Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #466
Write For You I don't know how to make you feel safe. I don't feel safe. But I also know that writing helps. I've been struggling a little with my writing because some truths aren't ready to be aired in public. That's ok though. Diaries also help and at some point,...
YeahWrite #465 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
I'm one of the lucky ones Hi, I'm Rowan. And like many freelance writers and editors, I work from home. That means that quarantining myself has been kind of a minimum of effort. I also don't have kids, so I don't have to worry about them being little infection...
YeahWrite #465 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Souper Thursday It's national pack your lunch day, which is kinda funny to me since I've eaten lunch at home for the past eleven years. Am I supposed to do anything different? What does it even mean? I think maybe it means I'll grab a grilled cheese and tomato soup...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #465
Drop a Line Have you ever not received a comment on an essay, story, or poem you wrote for a YeahWrite challenge? Did you assume the reason you didn't get any comments was because your writing was subpar? Your writing wasn't subpar. You know how I know? If it was...
YeahWrite #464 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Come on Eileen I feel like it's kind of remiss to not mention that you should wash your hands and your phone and your keyboard. Because even if COVID-19 can be sung to the tune of Come On Eileen that doesn't mean it's not scary. Related: folks, remember not to say "it...
YeahWrite #464 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Very important editor's note: I'm going to let Stacie talk in just a second, but I want to have a word with you about the grids. Are you missing having 3 votes on each grid? Me, too. You get more consistent, nuanced results in the popular vote, and people are less...
It’s what’s inside
It's rhyme time! Yes, you heard me right. After all those months bagging on sonnets, I'm giving in. Let's talk about rhyme. Rhyme is probably the first thing you learned about poetry: it's just words that end in the same sound. Usually that sound isn't an isolated...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #464
Long-winded Writing Tips This is going to be a two-fold lesson, so bear with me here. Anyone who knows me know that I am majorly irked by people repeating trite phrases. When everyone is saying a thing, it gets on my nerves. (Yes, I know that I say common things, too....
20/20 Hindsight – Second Variation
What have I done? Look, February's 20/20 was heckin' hard. We almost died trying to get our story down to wordcount. The good news is, that's the tightest wordcount you're going to have all year. The bad news is... we're still taking away your words, just in a whole...
YeahWrite #463 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Time keeps marching on I know it's not March yet but it sure feels like March. All the bikers were out today, me-powered and otherwise. And I'm impatiently waiting for my seeds to do their thing. If you're bored by the idea of me planting cotton and dye flowers and...
