Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
yeah write weekly writing challenge #286: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[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...
yeah write #286 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Announcements first: This is the LAST DAY to sign up for our super challenge, so what are you waiting for? Check out our announcements page if you missed it for special news about our celebrity guest judges. In the meantime.... Popular voting for the yeah write #286...
yeah write #286 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
The stories we tell ourselves at night Last night I dreamt I was Gulliver and my cats were Lilliputians strapping me down with rope and then we were in a basket attached to a hot air balloon floating over Lake Michigan. My partner is on tour right now and I have the...
yeah write #286 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The business of unpleasant things I ruined my son's life today. I made him go to the dentist and get a haircut. I'm used to being terrible; I make him do all sorts of things like chores and eating and such. I take a "too bad, so...
Nine… Eight…. Seven….
45 is the magic number for this month's poetry slam. 45 syllables, that is: the 45 syllables, in decreasing lines, of the form known as nonet. I know this is the point where I usually get bogged down in some big long history lesson, but the fact is that there just...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #285: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
You don't have to be the first one to the finish line to be the winner. The length of time it takes you to produce your work doesn't necessarily affect when a reader will enjoy it. For example, I was definitely the last of my friends to see the new Ghostbusters, but...
yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
A happy conviction My seven-year-old son has recently discovered the Moomintroll books by Tove Jansson. And by "discovered" I mean: I have been shoving them in his face for months and he finally consented to read one. I couldn't be prouder. There are a hundred reasons...
yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge kickoff
Ready for another challenge? We are less than two weeks away from kicking off the first ever fiction-based super challenge. We had so much fun with our first one and cannot wait to see what stories you bring us this time. If you're interested in signing up (and come...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #284: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
Read between the lines. You’ve heard about that, right? It’s the way you can find out more about the writer by reading their writing than maybe they intended you to know. It helps you develop your critical reading skills, too. For example, you can often find...
