by Stacie Dalrymple | May 10, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Quiet time My son, the recent victim of a fairly prolific spring virus, has missed school for the last two days. He has a field trip on Friday to Six Flags (I know), so I’m sure he’ll be better by then. In the meantime, it’s quiet here, perfect for...
by Nathan James | May 9, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
I’ve Heard It All Before I’m gonna ask all of you to indulge me a moment while I fess up to a writing pet peeve. Out of all the thousands of clichés in all of writing history there is one that almost always makes me grit my teeth: Tears. (You...
by Cindy R | May 8, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Before You Hit Publish, Read This Are you all reading Rowan’s exceptionally thoughtful Nonfiction Know-How pieces each month? Her posts offer incredibly generous free writing assistance from a high caliber professional writer and editor. In case you haven’t read May’s...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 3, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Look, ducks! My college roommate used to say “Look, ducks!” while pointing in the opposite direction as a distraction when she wanted to steal food from my plate. Distraction might be a useful strategy for culinary orgasms, but it’s not so good for...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 3, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Love ’em and leave ’em I’m in love with my own words. I admit it. There are times I look at a page and I cannot quite fathom cutting a single syllable. But my job as a writer is to figure out what’s at the heart of my words and to whittle away...
by Asha Rajan | May 2, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Sitting On My Hands This week I’ve been taking a short break from writing. Instead, I’ve been focusing on reading other people’s beautiful writing. It hasn’t much mattered what genre of writing, or even the subject matter. I’ve...
