Weekly Writing Challenges: Microprose Archive
yeah write #263 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
Greetings Earthlings! My routine is broken. I mean, it's not all bad. I finished a draft of something I've been working on for a million years - which is awesome - but now I have to switch gears and spend more of my time editing instead of writing. And that means a...
yeah write #263 weekly writing challenge kickoff
Five-minute projects I have an old house. At any given moment there are a dozen things that need fixing, and most of those would take only five minutes if I would just settle down and do them. Five-minute projects add up, and the accumulation of them seems daunting to...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #262: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
I can't believe April's almost over, can you? That means if you've been considering joining in on this month's poetry slam, you've only got one more week to do it! Next month we'll move on with a new form, and if scansion's not your strong suit you'll get a chance to...
yeah write #262 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here What sticks with you? It's kind of the corollary question to our ultimate question this week, "who cares," right? Because writing isn't just what you care about...
yeah write #262 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! This week's question is an important one, I think, for all of us: Who cares? If you are a writer - or aspire to be one - the obvious answer is, "I do." The trick, of course, is making the reader care. Our...
yeah write #262 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sharing is caring I've got two kids, and somehow I am supposed to turn them into smart, capable, caring human beings. This trite little rhyme is one of many tricks I use* to gently nudge them in the right direction. But does it...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #261: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sometimes when I get really stuck for a post idea, I go google "today in history." Sometimes that's a mistake. So, uh, happy birthday, Leonardo da Vinci! Let's get on to better news. Like the news of who won the popular vote on all...
yeah write #261 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Sometimes it's fun to break your life down into little plot arcs. For example, today (probably) I'm wrapping up the plot arc of a contract job I've been out on for...
yeah write #261 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! I'm an elemental kind of writer. Fire, water, earth, air - elemental references sneak into my prose (and my poetry) like cats into sunbeams. I don't even see them coming. Suddenly, they're just there. Many of...
yeah write #261 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Post-birthday wrap-up Sigh, yeah write's birthday party is over, and we're all feeling a little post-birthday blues. But never fear, even if you didn't get a slice of cake, we will continue celebrating throughout the month. I mean,...
