by Stacie Dalrymple | Nov 6, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Massahhhhhhge I feel like this woman right now. Why, you ask? Because I just had a massage and I feel so amazing. This time of year I often get the blues but I find if I treat myself to things that make me feel good, it takes the edge off of the colder, darker days....
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 6, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Little talks It happens. You’re at a party, at work, at the bus stop, and somebody launches into a fifteen minute version of a story that all boils down to something like, “the neighbor’s cat stole my laundry,” and you wonder, did they really...
by Asha Rajan | Nov 2, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Wait, hang on… I know it’s Asha’s turn to write the intro, and I’ll let her do that in just a second, but have you heard about NaNoDoMore yet? It’s YeahWrite’s annual challenge to you. Well. To all of us who look at NaBloPoMo or...
by Rowan | Nov 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
November already? Well. That means it’s time for my two favorite things. FIRST: Soul Cake isn’t a Christmas carol, it’s a Hallowe’en carol, so go out and get some soul cake. SECOND: It’s time for NaNoDoMore. That’s right,...
by Rowan | Nov 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
That doesn’t count How many times have you said that? But counting is one of a poet’s best tools. Even in poetic forms without rhyme or meter, we’re often counting words in a line, lines in a stanza, stanzas in a … you get the picture. The...
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 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...
