by Cindy R | Dec 12, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Making Your Holiday Stories Matter If you celebrate December holidays, perhaps you’re drawn this month to writing holiday-themed essays and stories. If you’re planning some holiday posts, I have a simple ask: Make them matter. Don’t...
by Cindy R | Dec 5, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Sense of Place Sometimes we’re so concerned about the forward motion of our stories—the plot, the dialogue, the characters’ growth—that we forget about the fourth element of great storytelling: Setting. Writing great setting is...
by Cindy R | Nov 28, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Start When Your Story Starts. In her roundup last Friday, yeah write’s submissions editor Rowan made an important point that merits follow-up: Begin at the beginning. Too often as personal essayists we begin before the beginning....
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 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...
