by Natalie DeYoung | Oct 15, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Who goes there? This season of life has been especially harrowing, calling me to transform at a moment’s notice. A month ago, I had no work. Now, I have been thrown two compressed writing classes, with a week to prepare for each of them. Two months ago, my...
by Asha Rajan | Oct 8, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Writing when I’m not writing It’s been a tricky few weeks for me as I deal with the death of a close family friend and the grief and mourning that accompanies his passing. Naturally, that’s meant that putting words on a page has taken a back seat...
by Rowan | Oct 4, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Come sail away Ever wish you were, just, you know, not here? As in, literally anywhere else? We can’t do much about your vacation plans, but YeahWrite can offer you a great way to get away–48 hours and 1000 words at a time. That’s right. Registration...
by Arden Ruth | Oct 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Spoopy Season Fall may have officially begun one week ago, but there is something about that October 1 feeling that has me pulling out my cozy sweaters and boots. I love this time of year. I love the changing of the leaves, cooler weather, the Seattle sky morphing...
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Style and substance What makes a story a really good story? Anyone can write a list of events: “this happened, and then this, and I felt like that, and then this other thing happened.” That’s not a story; it’s barely a narrative. Stories...
by Rowan | Sep 24, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Stylish! This month’s “big project” is a style guide for a client I’ve been working with for a while—they’re one of my favorites, but I’m also, in the dark and secret corners of my heart, pretty excited to have an official...
