by Rowan | Apr 21, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I’m so excited Honestly, it’s been such a rush hosting Scarlet Quill meetings and this month was no exception. If you haven’t been checking out our supplemental content, you’re missing out on a lot. This month our guests discussed the ways that...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 14, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Tossing stones – or spaghetti Sometimes writing feels like tossing stones into a still pond just to watch the ripples. What effect will this phrase, this line of dialog, this scene have on the rest of the story? And sometimes it feels like tossing spaghetti at...
by Asha Rajan | Apr 7, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Love, actually Confession time. I unashamedly love romcoms (yes, even the dodgey ones like the one in the header). I know, I know, I know. They’re too often cheesy and trite, and sometimes they’re downright problematic, but they’re my guilty...
by Rowan | Apr 1, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Scarlet Quill Society, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! In 2023 YeahWrite’s free workshop is going back to the basics with a focus on tropes, the sometimes imperceptible and often underrated building blocks of writing. Check out the bottom of this post (and every post) for...
by Rowan | Mar 31, 2023 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Dear diary (don’t) The trick to writing good memoir – and personal essays are a form of memoir – is making sure you don’t tell the reader more about yourself than you intended. What you thought was a funny story might end up being, well,...
by Arden Ruth | Mar 31, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Living at Work No matter what our hobby or passion is, we all find ourselves disconnected from that part of ourselves due to what life throws at us from time to time. For me, working from home has really turned me away from writing. Now while you couldn’t pry my...
