by Nathan James | Jul 4, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Building up I’ve been wallowing in a mud hole all weekend. It’s the same mud hole I visit whenever a writing competition ends. These contests always make me grow; they show me how far I’ve come in writing fiction. They also gently remind me how far...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 3, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Metaphorically Speaking The first post I ever submitted to YeahWrite* – a whopping five years ago – was an essay about crackers. Basically, I went on for a zillion words (no limit back then, and trust me, that was not a good thing) about how I had these...
by Asha Rajan | Jun 27, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Time Keeps On Ticking, Into The Future We’re almost at the middle of the school year here in Australia, and this seems like a good time to check in with everyone on their writing goals for the year. I started the year wanting to do another edit and expansion of my...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 26, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Vacation: All I Ever Wanted As you read this, I am on vacation, spending a few days at the beach with my family. We’ve been to this place (Wildwood, NJ, if you really care) many times over the years – as a family of three, in our earlier dating and married...
by Nathan James | Jun 20, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
The dreaded phrase I’ve been reading a lot of writing advice lately and I’ve noticed that most columnists assume that their readers know what “show, don’t tell” means, how to fix it, and when not to fix it. We hear that phrase over and...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 19, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Know Your Audience In order to write effectively, you need to know a few key things: what you’re writing, where you’re writing it, and who you’re writing it for. If any one of these elements are missing, there’s a good chance you’ll miss...
