by Meg | Jun 27, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Plotting ahead I’ve been taking an online class with the wonderful Cindy Reed, a former yeah write editor, learning more about the mechanics of writing creative nonfiction. I have always struggled with the concept of...
by Meg | Jun 20, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Who do you want to be? When I was six, I would take our Little Pictures of Japan: My Travelship book from the shelf and copy the haiku onto big lined kindergarten paper. I was practicing my handwriting but I also absorbed a love for...
by Meg | Jun 13, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When words fail Some days you just can’t. You can’t think, write, feel more than you’ve already felt. Today–Sunday, June 12, as I write this–is one of those days. Instead, I’m trying to think of...
by Meg | Jun 6, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Taking stock Here’s a simple exercise for your Monday: take a look at your writing from five years ago, from one year ago, and compare it to your writing today. Has it improved? Are you surprised by how far you’ve come?...
by Meg | May 30, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Everyone’s an editor It’s Memorial Day here in the U.S., which means most of us (unless you work in retail) have the day off to honor those who died while serving in our armed forces. It is also the unofficial kick-off...
by Meg | May 23, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Prepwork Google is a rabbit hole and I can disappear for hours researching info for a story or essay. Research is the prepwork for writing—the collection of ingredients that contribute to a great dish. (I won’t keep up with...
