Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
YeahWrite #381 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Hot Air I just put air in my left rear tire for the second time in two weeks. I have a feeling that in two more weeks, I'll confirm I have a slow leak that needs addressing, especially since usually when the air pressure warning illuminates, it's because it's cold...
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We've spent the last three months talking about how to write about other people's writing. Let's spend August talking about how to write about our own. Whether you're pitching a novel or entering a competition, you'll need to be able to evaluate and...
The Incredible Shrinking Poem
Last month we held onto our burdens; this month let's lighten them a little with diminishing verse. Ordinarily I'd put a big ol' explanation of where diminishing verse comes from right here, but honestly there really isn't one. It's just a bunch of poets...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #381
By the Time You Read This As I write this, it's Wednesday and I'm sitting at my desk in my office where I always am when I write these. But if you're reading this on Sunday, the day it's published, I'll be somewhere between Illinois and Nebraska. Any later...
YeahWrite #380 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Action-packed Blockbuster! At least, I think that's what this week has been. Between trying to put to bed a client project with thirty pages of footnotes (yes, thirty. yes, just the notes. yes, send ice cream) and three commissioned projects, I've barely found time to...
YeahWrite #380 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Sugar High I am starting to come up for air after having a large family gathering at my house for the past six days. We always have a great time but of course it's hectic. On top of that I ate a lot of crap. My sister bakes a lot, so all the delicious cookies and pies...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #380
My Life in Boxes I'm leaving New Jersey for good (no, for GREAT!) one week from the time I'm writing this. I packed all the mugs last night so it seemed there was no hope for coffee until I found the donation box in the living room that I'd procrastinated...
YeahWrite #379 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Interesting Times Remember the old curse, "may you live in interesting times?" Lately it's felt like it goes with the adage "truth is stranger than fiction," amirite? I don't know, folks. I just want to make sure your writing isn't the first casualty of interesting...
YeahWrite #379 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Crowded House Things are about to get nutty around my house, what with parents, sister, nieces and nephews all crashing here for five days. I did the obligatory Costco run so I'd have huge volumes of fruits and snacks. I don't know how to be more ready than that! I...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #379
The Great Book Debate In the process of moving house and moving toward a more minimalist lifestyle, I've found books to be a real sticking point for me. On the one hand, they're BOOKS. On the other hand, they are really heavy. Anyone who has moved before...
