by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 29, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, microfiction, Microprose, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Micro what now? We love stories of all shapes and sizes. Flash fiction and creative nonfiction – stories and essays under 1000 words – have been our mainstay for over seven years. But sometimes we like to shake things up a little, and this summer seems...
by Rowan | Jun 24, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Onomatopoeia Look, it’s a better header than “carnival noises, ding ding ding” but that’s what’s going through our heads this week as we cheer for our Super Challenge winners! This turned out to be one of our harder prompts, with many...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 24, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Easy does it If you hang out with us on Discord, you may have noticed things have slowed down a little this month – and that’s okay! Sometimes we all need to take a breath and take stock. Where am I at with my writing? What’s inspiring me lately, and...
by Nathan James | Jun 17, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Random A friend recently said that if they were ever on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? they would use other writers as their lifeline because they always know random facts. It made me laugh. I’m not sure I’d be as well rounded as other potential lifelines,...
by Asha Rajan | Jun 10, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
If you want to learn, teach When the world was young and dinosaurs roamed the Earth (only ever so slightly hyperbolic), I did a teaching degree. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I was eager and energetic and young. I didn’t teach in schools for...
by Rowan | Jun 3, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 2 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Everything old is new again When you’ve read quite a few things, you start to notice patterns. Stories that are told over and over again, plus or minus a few tweaks. Hamlet and the Lion King, for...
