by Michelle Longo | Apr 3, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
What’s Nonfiction? Okay, so that header sounds kind of silly – obviously nonfiction is writing based on fact or real events, people, and things. It can serve many purposes, however, ranging from informative, persuasive, personal, and more. It can be memoir...
by Nathan James | Mar 28, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Snooty Words Have you ever tried to define poetry? It’s not easy, and I learned recently that grabbing a dictionary doesn’t help much. Here is Merriam-Webster’s word-soupy definition of the word: “writing that formulates a concentrated...
by Rowan | Mar 27, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Write Around the Outside I spend a lot of time talking about how everyone’s stories are unique to them, even if they’re about the same kinds of things that happen to everyone else. The trick is how to distinguish and highlight what makes your story unique....
by Asha Rajan | Mar 21, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
The Collector I’m a word collector. I gather them like other people press flowers, catalog stamps, or collect coins. They’re ordered, described and curated with care, then shepherded into books that dot my shelves. When I was in grade 4 the teacher, Miss...
by Cindy R | Mar 20, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Finding your writing voice Students often ask me how to find their voices as writers. Voice, right? It’s the Holy Grail of writing, that mysterious quality we all seek to attain without really knowing how to get there. Some people will simply tell you to write like...
by Cindy R | Mar 13, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Coming Out of Hibernation The sun returned this week and, with it, a renewed urge to document everything around me. For some, the winter months are a time to hunker down and write. For me, the dark season turns my mind sluggish, my thoughts uninspired. But now, as the...
