by Cindy R | Nov 21, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Eliminating Thought Verbs In the past month, my marriage ended and two-thirds of my dogs died. So that’s what I wrote about for the grid – nearly real-time stories about navigating grief. Sometimes we need tragedy plus time to best...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 16, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #292 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
by Cindy R | Nov 14, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Changing Your Point of View As essayists and bloggers, most of us here at yeah write share our stories in the first person. And there is a ton of power in those eyewitness accounts, particularly when they amplify the experiences of...
by Cindy R | Nov 7, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Writing Even When Conditions Aren’t Perfect I’m traveling this week, so I thought I’d discuss taking your writing practice on the fly. Too often, we put off writing until the stars align to create our perfect writing...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 2, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #290 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
by Cindy R | Oct 31, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sticking the Landing Ever write an amazing post, but then find yourself stymied by how to get out of it? Endings are hard. As writers, it’s difficult to resist the temptation to finish up with a paragraph summarizing the story...