by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 6, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Developmental Editing: Finding your Story You should be editing your work. Yes, I know you’ve gotten great comments and even been published and hell, maybe you’ve even won awards for essays that you dashed off, skimmed once, and hit...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 5, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Death by 4th grade biography project My kid has to write a report about Nelson Mandela and then make an absurd poster where he will cut out holes for his face and arms and then “become” Mr. Mandela to present his report....
by Arden Ruth | Feb 3, 2017 | moonshine, Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The weekend writing showcase is open! TGIF! Cheers to the weekend, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful week, no matter what it entailed. I’m looking forward to a couple of days of relaxation and football. What are you up to? Hopefully, it involves bringing...
by Rowan | Feb 3, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]February. Amirite? The month of Valentine’s Day, that Hallmark holiday on which we celebrate love by honoring, um, either the Roman babymaking feast of Lupercalia (which was traditionally celebrated by killing a goat and a dog)...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #303 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 Rowan | Feb 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Now that everyone’s familiar with the couplet, let’s take February’s post to the next level. For this month’s poetry slam we’ll be taking everything we learned about writing in tight spaces and applying it to the four-line memoriam...