by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 4, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Fa-la-la I can’t help it: I’m a sucker for holiday carols. I’m not particularly religious and truth be told, I hate the snow, but no matter how Grinch-like I feel, all it takes is a cheerful rendition of Sleigh Ride or a four-part arrangement of In...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 4, 2019 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
The jury is out I don’t know about you, but November was a little of a bust for me in terms of writing. Between the holidays, a camping trip, and school-related activities for the kids, it was all I could do to keep up with YeahWrite, let alone my personal...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 1, 2019 | Writing Help, YeahWrite, Year of Fearless Writing
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
by Rowan | Dec 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Well, it’s December again. Like every year, I had the best intentions. I was going to write more. Specifically, I was going to write more poetry. I like what the process of writing poetry does for my brain. It makes me more concise, more richly metaphorical, and...
by Asha Rajan | Nov 30, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The dudes stories are emerging Who got my Tropic Thunder reference in the title? Only me? Oh, okay then. Fine, I’ll get on with it. I did a week long online workshop on flash/micro writing last week, which got me thinking about the story behind the story. The...
by Rowan | Nov 29, 2019 | Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Fourteen is the loneliest number Kidding. Fourteen is amazing. Fourteen means we’ve been running this little Super Challenge for over three years, and it gets better every time. But even since the first challenge, I’ve loved getting to announce who won....