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I have a problem
I often walk through my days burdened with random couplets, rhymes, and other wordplay and no place to put them. Two weeks ago it was the phrase “purple apples” that kept pestering me. Last week it was the almost-homophones “atrophy” and “a trophy.” Yeah, they seem real cute and all but seriously they drive me nuts. Imagine clouds of word mosquitos buzzing in your ears for days on end, and you’ll have some clue as to my inner turmoil. I’ve tried swatting them with pen and paper. I’ve tried to get them to land on my computer screen. I’ve even tried spraying a can of pop music into the air to kill them off. No dice.
The one thing that has worked in finding a place for these rambunctious rhymes and miffing meter, thankfully, is the writing help reference guide. That’s a link to every single one of Rowan’s handy and fun-to-read explanations of poetry forms, nonfiction techniques, and literature genres; plus some other helpful tips from current and former yeah write editors. If I have a thyme of interesting rhymes (that’s its grouping name like a cackle of hyenas or a clowder of cats…a thyme of rhymes), I can peruse the writer’s help section and find a poetry form with which I can swat words.
So, while I’m sad to see the finale of our Focus on Fiction feature (FoFf, or as I like to call it: Fffffffffaaaaaaaawwwwwfffffffff!), I also know that the knowledge will always be there when I need it, and Rowan will continue writing her poetry slam and nonfiction features.
Before you press “Post,” be sure to check out the submission guidelines. Take a peek if you haven’t already, or maybe refresh your memory if you’ve participated before. It will give you confidence when you click that submit button.
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Why didn’t you go?
The optional prompt above can serve as inspiration for your fiction or poetry. Use the question word for word in your story or poem, or just answer it. Was it rush hour and you didn’t want to deal with traffic? Were you too busy binge-watching America’s Funniest Home Videos? We don’t judge. But wait, there’s more:
New inspiration for you
Introducing Prompt Up!
Prompt Up is our new optional weekly writing prompt for the fiction|poetry challenge! Here’s how it works: we choose a sentence prompt from last week’s winning nonfiction post and announce it in the kick-off. It’s your job to use that prompt as the first sentence in your story and then run with it. The prompt is just a springboard, though: feel free to keep it as your first sentence, move it somewhere else, change it, or yank it out completely.
This week’s prompt comes from Nancy at The Chef’s Last Diet, who won the nonfiction challenge with her post about family, loss and moving on: Grandmother’s House. The prompt sentence is: I got the call before I reached Philadelphia.
Got your own story all thought up? No problem. The Ultimate Question and the Prompt Up are only there if you need them.
Focus on Fiction + Poetry Slam
Need a bit more? Our finale focus on fiction genre is myth. And we’re re-slamming the tritina. Why? Because we lurve them.
Still drawing a blank? Join the conversation in the coffeehouse. You’ll notice we moved it to a Facebook group where it’s much easier to access and share!
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Yeah write #242 fiction|poetry writing challenge is open for submissions!
You can check out the submission guidelines and join us with your essay using the link below.
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