Weekly Writing Challenges: Microprose Archive
yeah write weekly writing challenge #255: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thursdays can be rough here in the yeah write secret moon base. We editors read, reread and discuss (and hopefully comment; Nate is the best and I am the worst about this) every piece on every grid. The hardest Thursdays, though, are...
yeah write #255 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 Hullo from the coffeeshop across the street from my house, where there is power and internet and all sorts of lovely convenient things. Unlike my house, which is...
yeah write #255 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Inspiration can come from anywhere: a children's game, a grain of sand, an ordinary button, the feel of a word or a phrase in your mouth. Seize it. Just because an idea starts small doesn't mean it can't grow...
yeah write #255 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Let's start at the very beginning Or not. Every time I write a story I hit a point where I want to just skip through to the end. And sometimes the ending writes itself, and I'm stuck figuring out how to get there. Writing the...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #254: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday, roses; today, lilies. More specifically, a charming little phrase that has fallen somewhat out of vogue in recent times: "Don't gild the lily." What does it mean, to gild the lily? Well. Here's the thing. You have a lily,...
yeah write #254 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's in a name? Our ultimate question this week sent a lot of folks off in this direction, on all three grids. So as long as I've got your ear for a second, let's...
yeah write #254 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! I'm a fantasy writer, more or less. In my world(s), names have power. I put a lot of thought into choosing and even creating names that mean something--to me, if not to the reader. But we all do this to some...
yeah write #254 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What's in a name? Names are important—not just for people and places, but for things. Are you using the right word at the right time? Rowan talked about this in her voting post last week—which you all read, of course—but it bears...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #253: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I don't often post-mortem the grids. Not publicly, I mean. It's not fair, right? I have access to all the inside information. J/K there's no inside information- the editors read every piece with an eye to skill, technique,...
yeah write #253 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 Balance. It's not just what keeps you from falling over (well, most of the time), it's an important ingredient in writing. For example, I love things like the color...
