[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My calendar has been covered in different-colored pen marks all week.
Sure, I use a variety of calendar apps, but when your schedule’s as busy as mine is right now, sometimes there’s just no substitute for being able to see it all at once, draw circles, color things in, and physically move sticky notes from one date to another. That’s not an invitation to tell me how your calendar app does that. Mine does too. There’s something about the physicality of a paper calendar that’s reassuring. Yes, you have a doctor’s appointment Tuesday. Yes, the super challenge opens at 10:00 tonight and you need to paste that new chunk of code into the page so that the prompts will go live on time. But it’s written in permanent marker, so it’s for sure gonna happen. Solid.
Having an anchor like that makes it a little easier to sort through the details of the week, just like having a solid hook or concept will help keep the details of your story or essay organized. As you read back through this week’s popular vote winners, see if you can find the “solid parts” of each post. But it’s not all about the popular vote at yeah write, folks. We also have editorial staff picks to hand out. See, while there’s a popular vote winner every week, we don’t always give out a staff pick. Picks are based on writing quality, how successful the author is in conveying information, and just plain style. Some weeks, the editors will comb through the grids and nothing really stands out for us. Maybe the best stories had a bunch of typos or the grammatically perfect ones didn’t have much there there. You’ve really got to nail the details of both elements – structure and storytelling – to earn a staff pick. The great part is that we don’t have a finite number of picks to hand out. That means that if two, three, five, or even all the works on one grid are fantastic, we can give them all kudos.
On weeks when the grids are unmoderated, you can check out the Roundup, where I try to identify trends and troubles that show up for more than one writer on the grid. If you’re curious why there’s no pick, there’s usually a clue in the Roundup why that post you liked didn’t make the cut. Then keep scrolling down to check out who won the popular vote on both grids. If you earned the highest number of votes in either challenge, you are this week’s crowd favorite! If you came in first, second or third, you get “top three” honors. Grab your badge from our sidebar!
Looking for your badge? Our challenges share the same winner, staff pick, and top three badges. It doesn’t clutter up our sidebar, and they’ll still look pretty on yours![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Rowan’s roundup: yeah write weekly writing challenge #286
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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]It’s no coincidence that “see?” is a slang term for “understand” in English. Having a concrete image in front of you is one of the best ways to comprehend and remember a thing. That carries forward into your writing, even though writing isn’t technically a visual art. Conveying a crisp, clear image early on in your personal or persuasive essay can help the reader follow you more easily. See?[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”29344″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This week’s fiction tip goes for the nonfiction writers too. When you’ve finished writing something, it’s not enough to go back and make sure all your sentences are grammatically correct (although that’s a great start!). Here’s a quick editing tip. Look at the first sentence of each paragraph. Do all (or most, or more than half) of these sentences have the same basic structure? Do you start with a precatory phrase, a three-item list, or dialogue almost every time? If you see this kind of repetition in your work, change it up. Encountering the same structure repeatedly can bore a reader as much as encountering the same words or events.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”29345″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]That’s it for this week, so let’s move on to the popular vote results. If you’re lost in the middle of the grid and wondering how you can get a little more feedback on your posts, check out our membership perks!
Everybody: before you go, please take some time to leave your favorites a little love in the comments, and don’t forget, our weekend grid opens tonight at 6pm Eastern US Time![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Congratulations to the crowd favorites at yeah write #286
The thumbnails are now sorted in order of most votes to fewest. Ties in the overall number of votes are broken by number of editor votes.
Congratulations if you’re at or near the top! Writing well is hard work, and we’re honored you’ve chosen us this week to showcase your entry.
If you’re at or near the bottom, don’t be discouraged. You’re in the right community for learning and growing as a writer, and we are always available with resources for those who ask nicely.
To our readers and voters: thank you! See you next week.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
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