Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
yeah write #255 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Hullo from the coffeeshop across the street from my house, where there is power and internet and all sorts of lovely convenient things. Unlike my house, which is...
yeah write #255 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burn out or fade away? I have vacation on the brain. All I can think about is my own private wilderness with plenty of snacks and no work to think of. Naps, too--plenty of naps. I am overworked and overtired and I just. Need. A....
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If you grew up in the USA, the odds are pretty good that at some point you were required to write a haiku in class. Your teacher probably sat you all down and gave you a little lecture on the history and culture of Japan that may or may not have been accurate at all,...
yeah write #255 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Let's start at the very beginning Or not. Every time I write a story I hit a point where I want to just skip through to the end. And sometimes the ending writes itself, and I'm stuck figuring out how to get there. Writing the...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #254: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday, roses; today, lilies. More specifically, a charming little phrase that has fallen somewhat out of vogue in recent times: "Don't gild the lily." What does it mean, to gild the lily? Well. Here's the thing. You have a lily,...
yeah write #254 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here What's in a name? Our ultimate question this week sent a lot of folks off in this direction, on all three grids. So as long as I've got your ear for a second, let's...
yeah write #254 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burn and fizzle Sunday was my two year blog anniversary. I remember that night after my first post. I couldn't sleep; I kept thinking of better ways to phrase my sentences or fretting that I'd missed a typo. Even after spending 13...
yeah write #254 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What's in a name? Names are important—not just for people and places, but for things. Are you using the right word at the right time? Rowan talked about this in her voting post last week—which you all read, of course—but it bears...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #253: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I don't often post-mortem the grids. Not publicly, I mean. It's not fair, right? I have access to all the inside information. J/K there's no inside information- the editors read every piece with an eye to skill, technique,...
yeah write #253 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Balance. It's not just what keeps you from falling over (well, most of the time), it's an important ingredient in writing. For example, I love things like the color...