by Arden Ruth | Mar 24, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! Happy Friday, everyone! We’ve made it through another week, and I think we all deserve a couple days of relaxation. So kick up your feet, grab a drink, and let’s get to it. You know the drill. Bring me your best...
by Rowan | Mar 24, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Smells like victory Just like one of the best parts of writing is seeing someone with your book in their hand (essay onscreen, etc.), one of the best parts of design is seeing your images in use. And just like I’ve been thrilled to see the new grid badges on...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 22, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #310 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Concrit is here! One of the best ways to improve your writing is giving and receiving constructive...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 21, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
The Collector I’m a word collector. I gather them like other people press flowers, catalog stamps, or collect coins. They’re ordered, described and curated with care, then shepherded into books that dot my shelves. When I was in grade 4 the teacher, Miss...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 20, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Finding your writing voice Students often ask me how to find their voices as writers. Voice, right? It’s the Holy Grail of writing, that mysterious quality we all seek to attain without really knowing how to get there. Some people will simply tell you to write like...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 19, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sprucing Up the Joint You’ve probably noticed by now that we slapped a fresh coat of paint on the walls of YeahWrite. We may have changed the look, and even how we write the name (two caps, no space), but we also updated the site’s navigation and threw in...
