Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
YeahWrite #418 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Pee-Yew I saw a hooded skunk in my yard today, which was a big surprise considering they are local to the southwestern US and no where near New England. I've been wondering all day how it made its way to far-away Massachusetts. The iNaturalist app only has one report...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #418
Prey Drive I spied my first coyote of the spring in the woods today, or rather my dog Tango did, which means more are on the way. They tend to be very active as the new pups arrive, so it's time to be a bit more vigilant and maybe let the daydreaming fall by the...
YeahWrite #417 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
A little peace and quiet The dog had surgery Monday and has spent most of the week doped up on her bottomless prescription of narcotics (I legitimately don't understand the difference between the anodyne principles for pets and those for cancer patients, but that's...
YeahWrite #417 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Clothes Pile I need to get my act together and clean out my closet. Now (for the past 8 years) that I spend most of my time in sweatpants or yoga pants, I have way too many clothes. I put real clothes on only about twice per week, and by real clothes, I mean jeans or...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #417
Welp, I am a Libra. Balance. It's always in the back of my head when we choose the month's fiction|poetry writing prompt themes. Are we trying to push you all out of your comfort zones with the prompts? Or are we just trying to give you building blocks so that you'll...
YeahWrite #416 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
You may say I'm a dreamer... It's Friday, and once again I didn't get enough sleep during the week. But it's for a good reason: I spent some of those extra hours chasing a real-life dream of mine. If you dream of being a writer, that dream may seem so far off. But if...
YeahWrite #416 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
For Shame My dog Buster split his toenail last Sunday and has been wearing the "cone of shame" and on antibiotics for the past week. I finally de-coned him today, and he's much happier, obviously. I'm happier too, since it's pretty sad to see him banging around in...
Welcome to National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and you know what that means! Actually, no, you don't, because honestly we are not well-organized adults all the time and for at least the past few years we've dropped the ball on doing something cool for National Poetry Month. Well not...
Year of Fearless Writing: Finding and Forming Critique Groups
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #416
{Insert Clever April Fools Joke Here} So how did your first part of the year go? Did you accomplish what you want or is April Fool's Day just another day for your goals to taunt you? Sometimes I see my friends and aquaintances launching their books, attending events,...
