by Rowan | Apr 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
In honor of YeahWrite’s seventh birthday this month, our poetry slam’s focused on sevens too: the seven lines of a rime royal. Or rhyme royal. Rhyme royale. Look, spelling wasn’t standardized yet when this form was developed. In fact, it’s a...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
We’re 7!!! Can you believe it? I hardly can, and yet I feel like I barely remember life before YeahWrite! Rather than get all nostalgic on you, I’ll jump right into all the special stuff we have planned to celebrate our birthday. We came up with too many...
by Arden Ruth | Mar 30, 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: Pitch and Submit Got a great...
by Rowan | Mar 30, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
ARE YOU READY? I know I’m supposed to talk about this week’s winners, and I’ll get to that in a second, but y’all, I am SO excited for our birthday. Birthmonth. We’re making it a whole month, what the heck. Keep an eye on Sunday’s...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 28, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Talking Turkey A turkey walked beside me in the parking lot as I was heading to my yoga class this morning. He was singing a muted, pleasant song, and I wondered why he was alone. Typically, turkeys travel in rafters. Perhaps he was searching for his friends. Or maybe...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 25, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
How to Write Finishing stuff is hard. I have lots of great ideas and plenty of terrific starts, but I’m terrible at finishing. The reason is simple: Hard work is, well, a lot of hard work. Ideas and starts are fun and exciting and successes and finishes are so...
