by Rowan | Sep 15, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
Fall in! If you know me at all, you know fall is my favorite season. Well, and winter. But mostly fall cause it means winter’s coming. I got to wear a sweater most of the day yesterday and I was thrilled. See, for me, fall is a season not just of beauty but of...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 13, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Unplanned Family Time For those of you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear whether my son successfully escaped Miami prior to Irma unleashing her wrath on South Florida: he did. I was both relieved and thrilled to have my family intact. Irma was a rough ride for...
by Nathan James | Sep 12, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
The mind sludge and the don’t-wannas After a long break to refill my creative wells and fine tune some existing work, I’m starting to shift back into the mindset of generating new writing. Trying to dedicate 30 minutes of writing a day after 32 days of...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 11, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect When I can’t think of what to write, I generally don’t stare at a blinking cursor. I know everyone says they do that, but I don’t. No blank pages, either. Instead, I just scroll through Facebook endlessly. The...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 10, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Good Grief, Y’all As I write this, more hurricanes are swirling and things are still burning. It’s kind of hard to do anything right now without acknowledging all that’s happening. It’s hard to do anything because of all that’s happening....
by Arden Ruth | Sep 8, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! Did your life get in the way this week and not allow you to get on a grid? Did you get on but not use the prompts? Have another idea stowed away in that brain of yours? Then it’s time to share it right...