by Arden Ruth | May 12, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF! We made it through another great week here at YeahWrite, thanks to all of you. Congrats to the winners of our weekly writing challenges this week, and good luck to all our Super Challenge participants who are currently...
by Rowan | May 12, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Work with me here See that picture up there? For the last three days, that was my office. I mean, not the ocean. But I took that picture from my “desk chair” with my laptop firmly planted across my legs and the novel I’m editing onscreen. Sometimes...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 10, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Quiet time My son, the recent victim of a fairly prolific spring virus, has missed school for the last two days. He has a field trip on Friday to Six Flags (I know), so I’m sure he’ll be better by then. In the meantime, it’s quiet here, perfect for...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 9, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
I’ve Heard It All Before I’m gonna ask all of you to indulge me a moment while I fess up to a writing pet peeve. Out of all the thousands of clichés in all of writing history there is one that almost always makes me grit my teeth: Tears. (You...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 8, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Before You Hit Publish, Read This Are you all reading Rowan’s exceptionally thoughtful Nonfiction Know-How pieces each month? Her posts offer incredibly generous free writing assistance from a high caliber professional writer and editor. In case you haven’t read May’s...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 7, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
So What’re You Gonna Do? You’ve heard the advice about getting out of your comfort zone to help your writing. We all know that submitting work opens you up to rejection, and that alone can be enough of a deterrent. It’s hard to find time to write....
