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Stand in the place where you live.
I’m standing as I type this.
I’d like to tell you that this new healthy choice of mine is the direct result of an eager and aggressive New Year’s resolution agenda, but really it’s because my back can’t take sitting hunched in front of a computer for very long. I promised myself the last time my back went out that I’d stand (now face west) in my kitchen and work at the tall bar table we have wedged between the stove and the baking cupboard we inherited from Nana.
Since I made this “standing” rule, I’ve noticed something cool: ideas seem to come faster.* When I stand (now face north), I find I move my hips or shift my weight around a lot. Being free to move must help me get the words going because I don’t have to think as long or as hard for my next sentence to come. That and the eventual ache in my legs motivates me to finish my writing faster, which gives me more time in the day to do non-screen-related things…like choreograph dances to REM songs (are you singing it yet?). It’s win-win-win.
*I should add that I have no hard scientific data on this. It’s just the way I feel, which must have some bearing on my attitude when I write. Right?
This week all of your writing will be eligible for voting! So bring us something new, bright, and shiny. The standard rules still apply, of course: stay within the 750-word count, no commercial posts, and use proper grammar and punctuation.
Who dropped the ball?
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. Tell us all about Greg from Accounting’s spectacular ball-drop. 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.
Last week’s winning post was Mamarific’s This Old House Is Not Mentally Tough, her honest essay on self acceptance. This week’s Prompt Up is: It will open.
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? This is the last week for our focus on fiction genre, myth, and the poetry slam feature, the tritina, before we move on to other interesting forms. 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 #246 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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