by Rowan | Sep 16, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, microfiction, Microprose, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
The Big Bang We often refer to microprose as the tiniest stories with the biggest bang. But you have to work for the bang. Micros don’t have to pack less of a punch than a full-length short story or even a novella, but to get that emotional payload in, every...
by YeahWrite Editor | Sep 16, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Peaks and troughs As is often the way in the world of writing, there’s been a flurry of my work published all at once. While that’s delightful and a huge ego boost, I’m also bracing for the fallow period to come, when it feels like absolutely nobody...
by Arden Ruth | Sep 9, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Birthday Blues Blues perhaps isn’t the right word, but I do love a good alliteration. This week, I turned 37. I’m not one to fret over growing another year older, but I find with each passing year it’s harder not to compare myself to others and the...
by Rowan | Sep 2, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Oh, that’s why I think we’ve all had that moment where we question ourselves. Where we ask why. Why am I even writing when nobody’s reading this? Why am I driving 1500 miles when it’s exhausting and expensive? Why am I still in school when...
by Rowan | Sep 1, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Scarlet Quill Society, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! This year at YeahWrite our free workshop focuses on everything BUT the writing, with an editorial series that’ll take the words right out of your mouth and put them on the page. Of course, we’re also including...
by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 26, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
How does it feel? This month’s issue of Poets & Writers features Zambian writer Namwali Serpell on the cover with an intriguing pull quote. “I don’t want to tell you what happened,” she says. “I want to tell you how it felt.”...
