by Rowan | Jan 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 Nathan James | Dec 30, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
New Year, New View So we’re all looking down the barrel of 2023. I’ll tell you right now I do not believe in resolutions. If I want to change, I will. If it doesn’t stick, it must not be working for me. I don’t see the use in nagging myself for a month or two to make...
by Rowan | Dec 23, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
A few of my favorite things No, it’s not raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. OK the kittens thing maybe. I don’t have a cat problem, and I’m not a cat lady, I swear. But besides kittens, what I love is feedback from our judges that goes like...
by Asha Rajan | Dec 23, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Happy Merry Bah Humbug Whether you observe religious celebrations at this time of year or not, it’s still a busy time. The end of the calendar year is often when contests are winding up, submissions windows are closing, and rejections or acceptances are flying...
by Arden Ruth | Dec 16, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Healthy Habits I’m sure we’ve all heard the ol’ saying that “Real writers write every day.” I used to ascribe to this, dragging myself to the keyboard each and every day, forcing terrible words out of me even though it was the last thing...
by Rowan | Dec 9, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Let it snow It snowed at my house this week. Before anyone jumps up to say that that’s nothing special and I’m only excited because I live in the Pacific Northwest where it’s more likely to rain than either snow or be sunny, I need you to know that I...
