by Nathan James | May 12, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Going for a ride Before this week, I hadn’t been on a roller coaster in over 25 years. My partner and I just got back from Orlando to check out the Harry Potter theme park. Our vacation package included an express pass, which...
by Michelle Longo | May 11, 2015 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
How to write I recently took part in a conversation about how to write. Someone was feeling stuck and we were talking about how we get our mojo back when it goes on hiatus. Everyone seeks inspiration in different places and what works for one won’t necessarily...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 6, 2015 | gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Open, ultimate question, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! This week I lost my voice. No, not figuratively – I literally cannot force sound through my vocal chords. It’s either some crazy alien plague or something my kid brought home...
by Michelle Longo | May 4, 2015 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Let this be a cautionary tale I know that you know that everything we put on the internet is here for the duration. Some of us may joke that nothing we write will matter or that we’re never going to run for president so who cares, right? Wrong. Almost a year ago...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 29, 2015 | gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Open, ultimate question, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Some nights I lie awake, all the worries and pressures of the day just passed and the day to come tumbling and dancing in my brain like popcorn. When this happens I usually resort to one...
by Michelle Longo | Apr 27, 2015 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Refreshing finite resources It occurred to me that the ability to write is a finite resource. Even switching up projects has left me depleted and unable to keep pulling words out of thin air lately. So what is a writer to do when the writing well is dry? My solution...