by Asha Rajan | Apr 18, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
It Takes a Village to Write a Book I’ve been joining things over the last week. Writing groups, blogging challenges, regular meetings with writer friends. If you sat still with a cup of coffee, I’d very likely join you too. It began as an attempt to revive my sagging...
by Cindy R | Apr 17, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
What’s Blocking You? I couldn’t think of anything to write about for this week’s opener so probably I need to write about writer’s block, no? How can we write when we can’t write? When you’re feeling blocked, poke around in your psyche a little bit and see...
by Nathan James | Apr 11, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
I found a poem in my clothes hamper yesterday So maybe you’ve heard that it’s National Poetry Month. To celebrate I’ve committed to writing a poem a day in April. This is the first time I’ve ever blocked out a specific time every day in which...
by Cindy R | Apr 10, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
A Time to Not Write I’ve missed you, YeahWriters! I took two weeks off for a once-in-a-lifetime whitewater rafting/wilderness camping/hiking trip in the Grand Canyon. I brought several journals, certain I’d knock out 10,000 words toward a literary journal’s prompt...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 5, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
The Flashiest of Flash Micro is back. That’s right: in honor of YeahWrite’s sixth birthday, we’re rebooting our famous fast-and-furious flash competition, and I couldn’t be more excited! This time around, we’re dialing it up a notch. The...
by Asha Rajan | Apr 4, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Happy Birthday To Me! I love April. I was born in April and I got married in April, so this month is already one of my favourites. On top of that, I share my birthday month with YeahWrite, so I feel like all the exciting things happening around here are joyous...