by Arden Ruth | Mar 17, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF! Happy Friday, everyone. Have you noticed things look a little different around here? We’ve been working hard on this new site for a while now, and we hope you can find your way around with a little more ease, but...
by Rowan | Mar 17, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
After you read this, this post will self-destruct. No, just kidding, but the site might. Keep your fingers crossed. As part of our sixth birthday celebration (YW #312 is coming up fast!) we’re doing a little maintenance today. Hopefully it will be seamless....
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 15, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #309 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 14, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
dangly bits In my series of posts on copy editing, I wanted to discuss those grammar mistakes with a sense of humor: dangling participles. Before I go into dangling participles, I need to tell you about participial phrase first. A participial phrase includes a...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 13, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Coming Out of Hibernation The sun returned this week and, with it, a renewed urge to document everything around me. For some, the winter months are a time to hunker down and write. For me, the dark season turns my mind sluggish, my thoughts uninspired. But now, as the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 12, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The complexity of time Forgive me for giving you another intro based on my geographic location, but this is Daylight Saving Time weekend. At 2:00 AM it magically turns into 3:00 AM, taking away a precious hour. I don’t know about you, but I need more hours in my...
