by Christine Hanolsy | May 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, 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 Christine Hanolsy | May 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Big ideas in tiny packages If you’re a fan of our microprose challenge, you know the joy—and the pain—of squeezing an entire narrative into a very limited number of words. It’s a matter of distilling your stories, reducing them down to their basic...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 1, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
I’ve got sunshine I’ve been accused of being an optimist. A unicorns-and-glitter kind of girl. It’s not untrue, especially when the sun is shining and the birds are singing and the sky is blue. Autumn might be my favorite season, with its crisp...
by Michelle Longo | Apr 27, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Do Not Waste Time Y’all. I know you’ve all seen the inspirational memes out there that tell you to go for your dreams, you have to take action to get what you want, success takes work, and so on. In fact, if you’re anything like me, you’ve seen...
by Rowan | Apr 26, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Welcome, fictioneers! OK, that was a little cloying. But I get excited every time we kick off a Super Challenge, and I’m incredibly excited about this prompt. I hope you are too. I love reading...
by Rowan | Apr 26, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Wow, we almost made it. It was very NEARLY week 420 on 4/20. That would have been fun. Not to mention, the intro for that post would have pretty much written itself. Instead, I want to talk to you about ableism, and the different ways it can manifest in our writing....
