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Merry merry.
It’s hard to keep two thoughts in my head lately. My birthday’s in a few days, my husband’s is a few days after, and somewhere in between we’ve got family gatherings up the wazoo. After a month of flu and eighty hour work weeks, I am not in the holiday spirit in the slightest. I’m trying not to be a grinch, though, and even picked up a tiny tree for our tiny living room. It’s a real Charlie Brown tree, which warms my heart with it’s spicy Douglas Fir smell and teeny tiny branches.
Amidst all the holiday brouhaha, I am looking for ways to slow down. What I wouldn’t give to escape into some engaging fiction, or maybe to dive into some soul bending poetry. Why don’t you bring some to this week’s unmoderated grid? Every post will be eligible for voting! The standard rules for nonfiction apply: stay within the 1,000-word count, no commercial posts, and use proper grammar and punctuation.
Before you press the “Post” button, be sure to check out the submission guidelines. If you’ve found some other yeah write writers you dig, why not ask them to be your writing partner? Everyone needs another set of eyes to point out the typos, content errors, and awkward phrasings in our posts.
What did you get me?
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. Pricey gift or generic item from the grocery store, whatever moves you. In case that’s not enough to get you going:
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 poem or 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 winning essay is Rowan’s Be There, a frank and wise analysis of what it means to support one another through the bleak times in life. This week’s Prompt Up is: It’s a lot to ask of a person, being alive all the time.
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 that’s much easier to access and share!
Is this your first time here?
Check out Sunday’s post which kicked off the week here at yeah write. If you don’t think you can remember to check back every Sunday, sign up for our email blasts. We send them directly to your inbox. No fuss!
Yeah write #245 fiction|poetry writing challenge is open for submissions!
Basic yeah write guidelines: 750 word limit; your entry can be dated no earlier than this past Sunday; fiction or poetry only.
How to submit and fully participate in the challenge:
- In the sidebar of this week’s post, please grab the code beneath the challenge grid badge and paste it into the HTML view of your entry
- Follow the Inlinkz instructions after clicking “add your link” to upload your entry to this week’s challenge grid
- Your entry should appear immediately on the grid if you don’t receive an error message
- Please make the rounds to read all the entries in this week’s challenge
- Consider turning off moderated comments and CAPTCHA on your own blog
It’s a holiday week here in the U.S. so all the yeah write grids are unmoderated! All submissions meeting the basic guidelines will be moved to the voting grid. Please note that submissions for this week will close on Wednesday at 11pm EST. Voting will open immediately thereafter and continue through Thursday. The winners, as always, will be celebrated on Friday.
Thank you for sharing with us your hard work! Good luck in the challenge…[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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