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YeahWrite #481 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Draggin. Ok, clearly I can't resist a Dad Joke when one presents itself. But between the long days (did you know that there are only 3 hours and 18 minutes of night where I live right now? i hate summer so much. i hate it so much) and the constant fireworks (thanks...
YeahWrite #481 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Quiet, Please I've been seeing a lot of dragonflies recently. I love how they move like little helicopters--or more likely the helicopters move like them. They have the added bonus of being quiet, unlike their mechanical counterparts. I don't much care for loud...
20/20 Hindsight – Sixth Variation
Out of time No, not you: you've still got plenty of time to join us! That's the joy of the Hindsight 2020 series: you can hop in at any point along the way. No, this month we're talking about chronology—the order of events in your story. Sometimes it makes sense to...
A Place and Time for Everything
Anchors When you think of an anchor, what does that mean to you? Is it an object that holds you back, or one that keeps you grounded and safe? Can it be both? In this month's technique-focused poetry slam we're going to explore how time and place are used as anchors...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #481
Settle That word has negative connotations, but I mean it in the sediment sense. A lot of stuff has happened in the past 4 months, huh? Personally, my face has been shoved into news sites and Zoom meetings, but I'm finally starting to find a routine in all of this...
YeahWrite #480 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Friday is the first day of the second work week One of the hardest mental shifts for a lot of people this year is that they don't get their ordinary weekend. Time that would be spent at home from work, for folks working remotely is just... more time at home, but now...
YeahWrite #480 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Boom! We have had some pretty intense t-storms lately in New England. I wish they looked as spectacular as the photo above, but mostly they are just loud and wet, with some flashing instead of an intense visual show. It's still fun to watch the sheets of rain though....
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #480
Shaking Life Into My Writing A few weeks ago, we had a small earthquake. It's a peculiar feeling, to suddenly start bouncing on the couch you're sitting on. The next night, I was sitting in the same spot and I got this jolt of inspiration (Sorry. I had to.) I grabbed...
#479 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Juneteenth For some, this word evokes over a century and a half of celebration. Others just heard about it a few years ago. But 47 states have made Juneteenth a holiday, so it's a good time to catch up. Juneteenth celebrations memorialize June 19, 1865—the day when...
YeahWrite #479 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Scattered There's a lot going on in the world right now. I guess I could write that about any day in 2020, but this week feels especially full, like long-tightened tectonic plates have maybe begun to shift. People are putting their strength behind any lever they have,...
