by Rowan | Mar 1, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Scarlet Quill Society, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! This year at YeahWrite our free workshop focuses on everything BUT the writing, with an editorial series that’ll take the words right out of your mouth and put them on the page. Of course, we’re also including...
by Arden Ruth | Feb 25, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Push Through The end of February is usually where I falter, all of those new and shiny goals I made in the new year suddenly feeling impossible to reach. Whether it be imposter syndrome, the cold coupled with laziness, or the burnout of entering Pandemic: Year Three,...
by Rowan | Feb 18, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Promptly One of the reasons I know I would make a terrible parent is that I cannot stop myself from annoying kids. They’re like little straight line factories. For example, one of the kids in my life is playing some Facebook game where they draw a thing and...
by Rowan | Feb 11, 2022 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 1 closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Sowing the Seeds My seed order came today. A whole manila envelope filled with little packets of hope. I don’t know yet what the fate of all those seeds will be. Some will sprout; some might not....
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 11, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Celebrations My eldest turns 13 this week, and the family has been trying to figure out how to mark the occasion. Sleepovers are out, indoor birthday parties are out, and outdoor parties are tricky in the Pacific Northwest in February. (Who really wants to eat ice...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 4, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Everything Old Is New Again For me, there was nothing like the YeahWrite grids* to motivate me to write every week. The grids provided everything I needed: a hard deadline, a built-in audience, and friendly competition to challenge me to submit my very best work. Not...
