by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 10, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Dog days of summer Hello, everyone! Christine speaking. Rowan is away on a well-deserved vacation, and that means I have the privilege of announcing this week’s winners! But first, I wanted to take a moment to congratulate all of you – not just the winners, or...
by Rowan | Aug 8, 2018 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Well, Round Two went off with only one miiiiiiinor hitch (it’s days like this that make me glad we no longer try to send out the prompt by email at a specific time and then respond to individual inquiries as they come in), and while I’m sure you’ve...
by Rowan | Aug 3, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Read Me? I’ve been doublechecking class handouts for Deconstructing Prompts all week. Like PowerPoint presentations, handouts should have enough information that a student doesn’t have to take detailed notes, but not so much that the class doesn’t...
by Rowan | Jul 27, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Action-packed Blockbuster! At least, I think that’s what this week has been. Between trying to put to bed a client project with thirty pages of footnotes (yes, thirty. yes, just the notes. yes, send ice cream) and three commissioned projects, I’ve barely...
by Rowan | Jul 20, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Interesting Times Remember the old curse, “may you live in interesting times?” Lately it’s felt like it goes with the adage “truth is stranger than fiction,” amirite? I don’t know, folks. I just want to make sure your writing...
by Rowan | Jul 13, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Low Fidelity If you weren’t a music nerd back in the day, the high fidelity / low fidelity (hifi) split probably doesn’t ring any bells. On the other hand, it might in your writing. Are you a high fidelity writer, focused on one piece at a time, polishing...