Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
yeah write #253 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Afresh I've had to do a lot of rereading for work lately. Any time I teach a book I haven't read in the last five years, I give it another read to make sure it's all fresh in my brain--characters, plot, style, theme, details. These...
yeah write #253 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [Insert witty introduction here] So I'm sitting here on my lunch break trying to come up with something new and interesting and compelling to say, and it's just not happening. Instead I start a sonnet, scratch out 400 more words on...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #252: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Got big plans for the weekend? Yeah, me too. I'm going to do some yardwork and start writing the posts for next month's technique and poetry slam. There, now you're all my accountability buddies. Hard to believe I've been doing that...
yeah write #252 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 With Valentine's Day coming up this weekend, love is in the air. Some folks are writing love songs, others are writing love poems. Me, I'm writing love letters - the...
yeah write #252 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In summary My project at work lately has been reading kids books and writing two summaries for them. The first summary is sparkly and zippy with exclamation points and loose ends. Hey, did you know? Have you ever? It's purpose is to...
yeah write #252 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We're all winners It's Superbowl Sunday. But you're here at yeah write, which means you win at writing. Yay, you! It's a friendly competition While I love me some sports, I'll spare you the metaphors. (Whisper note: I'm writing this...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #251: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday I was eating popcorn and reading comments as a friend of mine was removed from an internet community. The rough part about this is, I can see both sides of the story. The community has a "no photos, no selfies" rule and is...
yeah write #251 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 Well, there you have it. One of those days where you genuinely think you're going to be productive but instead you make a spreadsheet and then answer an email, pay...
yeah write #251 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Liar liar It's no secret that we're natural storytellers. All I have to do to confirm this within myself is remember the amount of lying I did as a child. I don't know where these stories came from, but they made life more...
yeah write #251 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Love, love me, do I make no apologies: I'm a romantic. And February is a great month to be one, all full of valentines, budding flowers and chilly weather. (Which is totally romantic, you guys, because what's the best way to get...