by Michelle Longo | May 6, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Have You Set a Date? I was talking to someone today who is trying to wrap up his book. He’s been putting it off because life (we can all relate, right?), but he’s determined to get it done. To meet his goal, he set a deadline. This is some pretty solid...
by Arden Ruth | May 4, 2018 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! Let’s make this place your home for all the stories that didn’t make it to the YeahWrite competitive grids this week. As a refresher, here’s what we had going on! Technique Toolbox: Writing About Writing While...
by Rowan | May 4, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
May the Fourth be with you Except you, Poe Dameron. But hey, you get to be the subject of my narrative rant this week. Mild TLJ spoilers to follow: If you have a character who relentlessly refuses to participate in the plot except to actively work against what your...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 2, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Sun Kissed The bulbs are up, the flowering trees blossoming. Many of the other trees still appear bare, with small leaf buds only visible if you look carefully. It looks like spring but the temperature is full-on summer today. I’m happy, even though it...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 2, 2018 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
It’s my party No really, it is! May is my birthday month. and so this month’s challenge is all about me. I have been accused by some – and not without some basis in fact – of letting my writing slip from the lyrical into the florid. I pile...
by Rowan | May 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I’m still skipping sonnets But it’s spring here in the Pacific Northwest, and I’ve been reminded that it’s time to explore another classic form: the ode. Odes were once so numerous that their name became a synonym for “poem.” And...
