Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
yeah write #208 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 You say it's your birthday? It's our birthday too, yeah! It's also the birthday of Charles Baudelaire, Rahul Sankrityayan, Lev Kopelev, Carl Amery, and a host of...
yeah write #208 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You say it's your birthday Sniff, we're growing up so fast. Yeah write is celebrating its fourth birthday this week, and as usual, we have some surprise plans cooking. Some of them will be announced in the coming weeks, but for...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #207: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] submit No, this isn't some 50 Shades of Ohmygod Can We Talk About How This Series Is Only "Romantic" Because It's Fiction and How Creepy Would It Be If A Guy Did That To You In Real Life pun. It's writing advice. I love...
yeah write #207 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write I've started listening to the Moth radio hour for writing inspiration. Every Saturday afternoon speakers tell their diverse stories to a studio full of reactive listeners....
yeah write weekly writing challenge #206: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]So, now you've had your coffee, and your vote, and you're all wide awake and ready to hear some Very Good Advice, right? Right? Quit while you're ahead. I know, right? When was the last time you heard me say "quit" when...
yeah write #206 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 Coffee. Sweet elixir of life. I don't care if you drink black coffee, lattes, chicory or butter coffee. Even the ritual of coffee is a comforting presence in our...
yeah write #206 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write Sometimes, inspiration comes not from reading, but from some other avenue. When I went to see an exhibit of female surrealist painters a few years back, it felt like they...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #205: challenge winners
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Hey. Hey, you. I'm going to tell you a secret. It's a big secret. Are you ready? You don't have to use all 600 words. What, you didn't think that was a secret? Boy, it sure feels like it is some weeks. I'll read through...
yeah write #205 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write This week's ultimate question reminds me of the first lightbulb I had in a creative writing course. I was assigned to read Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan...
yeah write #204 weekly writing challenge: challenge winners
The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort. Those aren't the first words in Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, but they're the first ones I read, and they caught me immediately. This, I thought, is how you tell stories. In fifteen...