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...
by Cindy R | Oct 24, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Back to Basics: Elements of Creative Nonfiction Hey! It’s Cindy, and I’m returning to yeah write’s editorial team this week after a long hiatus. It’s been two years since my last editing stint here, when I...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 17, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Playing to strengths I’m not really good at being a substitute. I never quite know what I’m doing and there really isn’t time to figure it out or, more appropriately, stress and build anxiety about it while...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 10, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hey, what’s Michelle doing here? Hi there, it’s Michelle, editor-in-chief here at yeah write. You may recognize me from such posts as “kickoff” or “nonfiction of the past” or, if you’ve been...
by Meg | Oct 3, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Speaking up Last week, I lost a reader for the first time—in public anyway. I was disappointed, of course, but I can say that it was easier than I thought to let it go and not feel my usual sense of guilt or shame. I wrote what I...
by Meg | Sep 26, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Getting to the top of the grid If you’ve been participating in yeah write and still find the top row an elusive place to be in the weekly vote, you might want to look more closely at whether you’re giving readers a reason to care about your nonfiction...
