Weekly Writing Challenges: Microprose Archive
yeah write #253 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Time is what's weighing on my mind this week. How about you? I took a day off from work on Monday, and now I'm paying for it. My inbox is overflowing, my to-do list just keeps getting longer, I am supporting...
yeah write #253 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [Insert witty introduction here] So I'm sitting here on my lunch break trying to come up with something new and interesting and compelling to say, and it's just not happening. Instead I start a sonnet, scratch out 400 more words on...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #252: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Got big plans for the weekend? Yeah, me too. I'm going to do some yardwork and start writing the posts for next month's technique and poetry slam. There, now you're all my accountability buddies. Hard to believe I've been doing that...
yeah write #252 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 With Valentine's Day coming up this weekend, love is in the air. Some folks are writing love songs, others are writing love poems. Me, I'm writing love letters - the...
yeah write #252 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Sometimes what seems simple is actually the most complicated. Take our 42-word microstory challenge, for example. Just because the question is straightforward doesn't mean the answer will be any easier to...
yeah write #252 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We're all winners It's Superbowl Sunday. But you're here at yeah write, which means you win at writing. Yay, you! It's a friendly competition While I love me some sports, I'll spare you the metaphors. (Whisper note: I'm writing this...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #251: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday I was eating popcorn and reading comments as a friend of mine was removed from an internet community. The rough part about this is, I can see both sides of the story. The community has a "no photos, no selfies" rule and is...
yeah write #251 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 Well, there you have it. One of those days where you genuinely think you're going to be productive but instead you make a spreadsheet and then answer an email, pay...
yeah write #251 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! How do you tell a compelling story in 42 words? My #1 piece of advice: don't be cheesy. We know: there is no story that has not been told in some manner or shape. Tropes are useful things, especially when your...
yeah write #251 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Love, love me, do I make no apologies: I'm a romantic. And February is a great month to be one, all full of valentines, budding flowers and chilly weather. (Which is totally romantic, you guys, because what's the best way to get...
