by Rowan | May 8, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
It’s been challenging But has it been … SUPER CHALLENGING? That’s right, the 16th (whoa) Super Challenge kicks off tonight. Good luck to all our writers (and their beleaguered beta readers), and Coffeehouse? I’ll see you in a month. I’ll...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 6, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
New Bird, My word! I saw a new bird today, which is not very common since I don’t actively bird right now. On my regular dog hike, a great crested flycatcher perched on a branch right in front of me. I wanted to show you this bird in the post image, but when I...
by Nathan James | May 2, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Risk Assessment Some of you may know I’m in the middle of a career change. It’s been scary to pull myself out of my comfort zone for a career that I’m not even sure I’ll like or be good at. The leap between writing textbooks and designing...
by Rowan | May 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
May Day I thought about writing something long-winded about our global colonized history of oppression by elevation, about how the “noble, silent worker/slave/servant” mythos has been used to penalize anyone who spoke out about their oppression. About how...
by Rowan | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Where do you stand? In April we took away a lot of ways to add information to your story. In May, we’re giving them back… and then some, with a shift in your point of view. Ready? May’s assignment is: rewrite your story from a different point of...
by Rowan | May 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Roger. Copy that. Let’s talk tech. Technique, that is. Technique is about more than just copying a poem’s form, although we’ve been having a lot of fun doing that and building muscle memory while we’re at it. Technique is the building blocks to...
