by Rowan | Oct 7, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My calendar has been covered in different-colored pen marks all week. Sure, I use a variety of calendar apps, but when your schedule’s as busy as mine is right now, sometimes there’s just no substitute for being able to...
by Rowan | Oct 5, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Announcements first: This is the LAST DAY to sign up for our super challenge, so what are you waiting for? Check out our announcements page if you missed it for special news about our celebrity guest judges. In the meantime…. Popular voting for the yeah write...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 4, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
The stories we tell ourselves at night Last night I dreamt I was Gulliver and my cats were Lilliputians strapping me down with rope and then we were in a basket attached to a hot air balloon floating over Lake Michigan. My partner is on tour right now and I have the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 3, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Speaking up Last week, I lost a reader for the first time—in public anyway. I was disappointed, of course, but I can say that it was easier than I thought to let it go and not feel my usual sense of guilt or shame. I wrote what I...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 2, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The business of unpleasant things I ruined my son’s life today. I made him go to the dentist and get a haircut. I’m used to being terrible; I make him do all sorts of things like chores and eating and such. I take a...
by Rowan | Oct 1, 2016 | Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
No $#!7, there I was: writing about the most horrifying moment of my life. I wrote, and I wrote. I sure did write the heck out of that story, which was a story about the most horrifying moment of my life. I was so scared in that moment. That’s why I wrote about...
