by Rowan | Jun 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Lucky Seven I’m drafting what will be the seventh post or page we publish today. That’s our June poetry slam, the new Technique Toolbox (don’t miss this one), registration for our ninth (!!) Super Challenge, the post reminding you that you want to...
by Rowan | May 25, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
END OF LINE. For those of you whose first contact with science fiction was the final round of Super Challenge 8, that quote probably sounds more sinister than it is. But it’s true- we’ve put the final punctuation on the final line of this Super Challenge,...
by Rowan | May 25, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Earworms Our winner on the nonfic grid may be singing lullabies, but the only song I’ve got stuck in my head right now is Barenaked Ladies’ “One Week.” It feels like everything is on a countdown timer and I’m clinging to each second. In...
by Rowan | May 18, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Scooter Trash I have this plan for the summer, if I could just get everything to cooperate. But having 1) good weather; 2) free time; and 3) a working scooter, all at the same time, is just not coming together for me. On the plus side, I’m becoming a passable...
by Rowan | May 11, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Flashback Friday While Stacie’s getting nostalgic for the days when her grad was little, I’m getting nostalgic for the old YeahWrite summer series workshops. But unlike her kid, those workshops and more are still available over at our writing help section...
by Rowan | May 9, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Round Two Roundup Time! When you’re writing for a prompted competition, do you ever take the time to sit back and ask yourself what the competition is trying to “test” in your writing? For example, Round One and Round Two both were two-prompt rounds,...
