by Meg | Jan 25, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Find your story beneath the surface I could write a rant this week about how a certain insurance company, whose spokesperson is a woman named Flo, is trying to stick me with partial responsibility for a car accident I didn’t...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jan 20, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Are you ready to dive into this week’s microstories? It may be January, but the pool is heated and I’ll be here to hand out warm towels when you get out. Just hold your breath (and maybe your nose)...
by Meg | Jan 18, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Listen carefully. Voice is essential to making your writing your own. If you write a creative nonfiction piece on the same subject as another person, your voice is what makes it distinctive. It isn’t the style of writing;...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jan 13, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Life is short. Let’s fill it with good things: with music, with friends, with thoughtful conversations and respectful discourse, with whatever kind of art makes us–and the people around...
by Meg | Jan 11, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The very small thing The so what is the holy grail of writing that earns editor’s picks at yeah write. It’s the yeast that makes your writing rise above all else. For our creative nonfiction challenge, the so what puts the creative...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jan 6, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! We are experiencing a “snow event” in my hometown. What this actually means is that on Sunday night two inches of snow fell, then it rained, then it froze. Schools closed, public transportation went...
