Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
yeah write #248 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hooray! We made it through another week. That's something to celebrate, isn't it? Before you pop that champagne cork or gorge yourself on cake and ice cream, let's talk business. This week I am giving you two assignments: Don't try...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #247: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sometimes it's hard to turn off the editorial bit of my brain.Not that it's the worst thing ever, critical reading and listening. Heaven knows I advocate for it here often enough. But it can also make you do things like watch Mad...
yeah write #247 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 Whoa. It looks like the first moderated week of 2016 took a few of you by surprise. Don't worry if you didn't make it onto the grid this week, though- we do this every...
yeah write #247 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Break it down I am a big believer in breaks. I used to work myself into the ground when working on a writing project, and it inevitably showed in the quality of the finished product. After a quick scan of that day's pages, I'd have...
yeah write #247 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Happy New Year! I, for one, am happy to put 2015 behind me. How about you? I'm not saying there weren't some great things that happened last year. I got to meet some amazing people and go to some amazing events - sometimes at the...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #246: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My very large dog had surgery two days ago. She'll be taking a variety of medications for the next fourteen days, some of which make her both needy and incontinent. What I'm saying is 2016 is off to a squishy, warm start this...
yeah write #246 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 Part of me feels like I should ask you if you've made any resolutions for the new year. The rest of me is like "nah, you're under enough pressure." So instead of...
yeah write #246 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Stand in the place where you live. I'm standing as I type this. I'd like to tell you that this new healthy choice of mine is the direct result of an eager and aggressive New Year's resolution agenda, but really it's because my...
yeah write #246 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Say goodbye to yesterday Hard as it is to believe, 2015 is almost over. Don't worry, we're not going to ask you to share your New Year's resolutions or your writing goals for 2016. Nobody needs that kind of pressure. But we are...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #245: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wow, Christmas already? There's only one week left in 2015? Welp. I guess this is a perfect chance for me to talk about word order and typos, amirite? See, here's one of my favorite Christmas stories. In the Greek text of the...