Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
Let’s get meta!
Metaphors! (and similes, which are metaphors using the words "like" or "as") Metaphors are great. They can help us describe the indescribable, connect the dots between reader and character (or author), and give tone and shape to a story or essay. They can...
Un-sestina-ble!
It's my birthday and I'll poem if I want to. Um, and you can join me if you want to. November is one of my favorite months, for obvious and not-so-obvious reasons. But this year it's even more favoriter (I can make up words if I want, too) because our...
YeahWrite #394 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Boo! Happy Halloween to all who are Halloweening! Trick-or-treating will be winding down for me a couple of hours before this post goes live but other time zones will be in full swing. I love seeing all the costumes. And because I have a well-earned reputation as the...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #394
Yay November! As far as I'm concerned, October is over. When I rule the world, all months will start on Monday and the month will be 28 days long so everything is always even and neat. Don't give me that earth/sun/moon nonsense either. My way or the...
The Final Round of Super Challenge 10 is UNDERWAYYYYY
Well, we've arrived. Here's Round Three, the final round, the big one, the why-did-i-not-throw-round-two-i-have-to-sew-three-costumes-this-weekend round. Congratulations, before we begin, to our top ten writers. You should all be fantastically proud of yourselves for...
YeahWrite #393 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Are you ready? It's almost Halloween - you can see that we've got our costumes on at YeahWrite (bonus points if you can name the movies and pick out the theme) - but we've got one last weekend between us and the Best Holiday Of The Year [ed's note - I know...
YeahWrite #393 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Adulting Like a Boss This morning, I got my flu shot. After that, I voted in the U.S. midterms, since my state has early voting. Go me! The U.S. election isn't the only vote happening right now though. It's time to vote on the grids! Popular voting for the YeahWrite...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #393
One Wish If you had one wish for your writing, what would it be? Time to do what you love? Money to sustain your household while you pursue your dream? Confidence to share your work with the world? I think often we feel like if that One Thing was in place,...
YeahWrite #392 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Community I've been thinking a lot about community this week. How we build it, who's in it, who holds us up when we stumble and who brings us together when it looks like we're drifting apart. Community is who you reach out to when you need a hand picking...
YeahWrite #392 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Puppy Love Every time I volunteer at our local dog rescue, I want another puppy. Luckily my willpower is winning because having more than two dogs would be far too chaotic for me. My practical side thinks it would be better to collect thimbles or shot glasses or snow...
