by Meg | Sep 19, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
We tell stories here Creative nonfiction or narrative nonfiction, whatever you want to call it, goes beyond reporting an event or expressing an opinion. “Between the newspaper on your doorstep and the novel on your nightstand lies narrative nonfiction,”...
by Meg | Sep 12, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In this moment Sometimes, if you just sit and listen, you’ll hear something magical. At this moment, I’m sitting on the couch, laptop at the ready, trying to write this week’s intro. I’ve just realized my...
by Meg | Sep 5, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Open a door Last week, I wrote about paying attention, seeing the world afresh, and how that helps heighten your creativity. Today, I’m thinking about ways to inspire our writing more concretely but in keeping with this...
by Meg | Aug 29, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Power of observation Who hasn’t felt like they’re drained of writing ideas? I’ve felt this way, maybe a thousand times. One method I like to use to kickstart my creativity is practicing precise observation, aka...
by Meg | Aug 22, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kudos to you and you and you… If you took part in the yeah write super challenge (see below), which focused on creative nonfiction for this contest, you have my hearty congratulations. Writing can be scary enough without...
by Meg | Aug 15, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Words matter If you’ve been paying attention to U.S. politics, you know how much attention is being paid to words. We are accustomed to hearing that actions speak louder than words, which is true when action is required. But...
