Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
2020 Poetry Slam Roundup
Coda The last piece of music, the last stanza, the last closing remark. It's December, and that means it's time for the last poetry slam. This year we didn't focus on forms as much as techniques - I hope everyone learned something to take away, even if it's not for...
YeahWrite #503 Weekly Writing Challenge
Stranger Things 2020 is the year of strange, and as we enter the holiday season, that strangeness only intensifies. When this post goes live, many Americans will be recovering from the gluttonous feast we call Thanksgiving. And while I'm hopeful that most of us will...
YeahWrite #502 Weekly Writing Challenge
Everything Old is New Again Hello there. Welcome to the first week of YeahWrite's new prompt timing and format! We're dropping prompts on midday Friday now to benefit anyone who's short-timing this week and wants to start early, as well as those who need the weekend...
YeahWrite #501 Weekly Writing Challenge
Your words matter My writing bag has a Ray Bradbury quote on it: You must stay drunk on writing so reality doesn't destroy you. People would see it and ask, "Are you a writer?" I used to answer, "Well, I like to write." At the heart of it, YeahWrite is about moving...
YeahWrite #500 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
In the end I've put off writing this until the last minute. I know. It turns out nobody, including me, writes better like that. But in a way, as long as I put off writing this post, the last grid didn't close for me. And for more than half a decade, that's been my...
YeahWrite #500 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Bittersweet I'm not gonna lie. I have some big mixed emotions about writing this last voting post. I've been involved in the weekly grids in various capacities, starting as a participant, since 2012. That's a lot of grids over an 8 year period, and I feel a bit misty...
Cut the Strings: A Puppetmaster’s Guide to Characters – Complete
Do what I tell you! Do you ever find yourself yelling that at the computer screen or notebook page, while your characters resolutely refuse to participate in the plot? Do your stories feel wooden when you're done, even if the characters go where you tell them to? Is...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #500
(R)Evolution Before I make anyone nervous, let me start by saying one thing: We're not going anywhere. YeahWrite hasn't missed a week in 500 weeks, and we're not starting now. On the other hand, changes are in the air. We've got some big announcements to make, and we...
YeahWrite #499 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
That breathless moment The stage is set. The theater is full. The curtain is still drawn and the lights haven't--quite--dimmed. Are you ready for what's coming? Find out tonight in the kickoff for YeahWrite's 500th week. To kill time while you're waiting for that (or...
YeahWrite #499 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Pins and Needles I think it's fair to say that nearly everyone is on pins and needles regarding the US election. Being constantly stuck in the news cycle is stressful, vacillating between hope and despair even more so. But we might not know for a couple of days, so...
