by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 5, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
It takes all kinds One of the things I love about prompted writing challenges is seeing how differently people approach the prompt. And one of the things I love about microprose is that it really highlights these differences. With so little room to spare, a writer...
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 7, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Abracadabra These days, I’m trying to find a healthy balance between reality and fantasy. Sometimes I watch the news and I think: this has got to be fiction. How can this be real life? And sometimes I read a story, and think wow–the author was clearly prophetic....
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 3, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Boo! It’s October – time to turn our minds to the spooky and scary, the inexplicable and the inevitable. When I first started putting together this micro prompt, I was a little intimidated. Scared, you might say. I haven’t heard a ghost story in...
by Christine Hanolsy | Sep 5, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Something in the air tonight I live in the city now, but I grew up in the country. We didn’t have air conditioning; we had one box fan and lots of screens. There’s something about listening to the world fall asleep around me that is incredibly soothing. I...
by Asha Rajan | Aug 1, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Once (more) upon a time… Fairy tales hold a special place in my heart. They usually contain tight writing, a clear plot, identifiable and exaggerated characters, and often an important moral. The stories that contain magic, witches, wizards and high drama are my...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 4, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Lazy days I’ll admit it; I haven’t been writing much. I’ve been editing like crazy, but I haven’t been writing. I like editing just fine, but editing and writing activate different parts of my brain. I may get a great deal of satisfaction from...
