by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 14, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
In Like A Lion Here in New England, March is living up to its reputation, with three nor’easters in less than two weeks. This is my fourth winter here and the lion has never been displaying such force during my limited experience. By the time you read this,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 11, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
You Can Do It! I’m a sucker for a good motivational speech. Yesterday, I was listening to someone I know on FB Live talking about how he grew up in a really bad area but wanted to be successful and get out. He was told numerous times that for a number of reasons...
by Arden Ruth | Mar 9, 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 9, 2018 | Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. That quote is from Seneca, but also from that one Semisonic song that you can’t get out of your head now. I can’t think of a better way to embrace the diversity of the final round’s...
by Rowan | Mar 9, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Maybe it’s the weekend. Maybe not. I got a surprise weekend in the middle of my week when a client blew a deadline by two days. The corollary is that I now no longer get a weekend on the weekend itself, but it was glorious to have those midweek days to write and...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 7, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Cozied Up Yesterday I was in Napa, CA, and now I’m in the middle of a nor’easter predicted to dump 15 inches of snow in my Boston burb. Normally, I’d be a lot more bothered by this scenario, because dogs. But I decided to give myself the gift of...
