by Rowan | Feb 29, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
It’s rhyme time! Yes, you heard me right. After all those months bagging on sonnets, I’m giving in. Let’s talk about rhyme. Rhyme is probably the first thing you learned about poetry: it’s just words that end in the same sound. Usually that...
by Michelle Longo | Feb 29, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Long-winded Writing Tips This is going to be a two-fold lesson, so bear with me here. Anyone who knows me know that I am majorly irked by people repeating trite phrases. When everyone is saying a thing, it gets on my nerves. (Yes, I know that I say common things, too....
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 29, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
What have I done? Look, February’s 20/20 was heckin’ hard. We almost died trying to get our story down to wordcount. The good news is, that’s the tightest wordcount you’re going to have all year. The bad news is… we’re still taking...
by Rowan | Feb 28, 2020 | Super Challenge, YeahWrite
The Final Round Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Decisions! Fortunately for me, I only had to decide on the picture for this post. Decisions are hard. They get harder when I do things like forget to eat, or leave my tea in the microwave for three...
by Rowan | Feb 28, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Time keeps marching on I know it’s not March yet but it sure feels like March. All the bikers were out today, me-powered and otherwise. And I’m impatiently waiting for my seeds to do their thing. If you’re bored by the idea of me planting cotton and...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 26, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
I Wish I wish for so many things to be different right now: in my private world, in THE world. Sometimes it feels like everying is spiraling out of control. But the ten-day meditation retreat I attended last December taught that this very thing–the...
