Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
yeah write #268 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Some weeks are big It was quite a week for me. I turned 40, I became editor-in-chief here at yeah write, I held a plank for a minute and two seconds, and I made some progress on my memoir and a long form fiction project. Is it luck...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #267: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]OK, yeah, whatever, maybe you're excited to find out this week's winners, but you're not having-dinner-with-Natalie-and-Christine excited. I always love it when the editors have a chance to get together. With Natalie in town, what...
yeah write #267 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction and fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Voting for our two challenges is now open! Hey, hay! Let the voting begin! How do I vote? Both nonfiction and fiction|poetry challenges are open below for your voting pleasure. The rules are simple: Everyone gets three votes on each...
yeah write #267 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The spaces between For me, writing isn't always about writing. A lot of my writing takes place in the spaces between. I am a very visually-oriented person, and as such, artwork and movies often inspire some of my most fun stories. A...
yeah write #267 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings from Nashville! I live in New Jersey, right outside Manhattan, which you can probably imagine is very different from the South. I knew within minutes of deplaning that I was far from home when we asked for directions and a...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #266: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week my writing partner and I were gifted with the most amazing present: a weekend away to do nothing but edit. Maybe that doesn't sound like much of a present, but I assure you it is. There's nothing like 72 uninterrupted hours...
yeah write #266 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction and fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Voting for our two challenges is now open! Which posts caughtcha hook, line, and sinker? How do I vote? Both nonfiction and fiction|poetry challenges are open below for your voting pleasure. The rules are simple: Everyone gets...
yeah write #266 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
Hotheaded I'm probably not going to tell you anything you don't know already, but you know those author quotes, books about writing, and "helpful" motivation websites that tell writers we need to write every single day at the same time? Yeah, they're assholes. In a...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #266 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oh, is that where I left it? Late last year, I stopped writing. Wait, that's not entirely true. My day job requires some writing but it's mostly about insurance so let's file that under "Doesn't Count." What I mean is that I stopped...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #265: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whether it's your Friday or your Monday right now - and my condolences to those of you starting the work week today - it's the end of the week at yeah write, which means it's time to announce our popular vote winners! As much as I do...