Weekly Writing Challenges: Microprose Archive
yeah write #245 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 OK, y'all. This is my official announcement that I'm probably not taking my Christmas tree down until Daylight Saving Time starts. It's not really for Christmas...
yeah write #245 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Yesterday was the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. I have to say, though, I look forward to this day every time it rolls around. It's not because it's the first day of winter or because it's my...
yeah write #245 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Holiday traditions When I was a kid, I used to give my dad a squeegee and a box of Andes Candies every year for Christmas. There was only so much you could buy for five dollars at K-Mart, after all, and he seemed to appreciate it. I...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #244: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What's on your mind? I like to play a little game sometimes when I'm reading through posts, especially from some of our more prolific or consistent writers: what are they thinking about that isn't this post? What are they reading, or...
yeah write #244 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 I dunno, you guys. I'm not feelin it today. And neither are you, by the look of the grids. And that's ok. You don't have to be 100% on, every day and every time you...
yeah write #244 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! I'm not a big believer in fate or karma or anything like that, but I do believe that what goes around, comes around. I believe in the Golden Rule. Think about the words you use. The stories you tell. Do your...
yeah write #244 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are gathered here today... Got confetti? Yeah write has something to celebrate. Our very own social media goddess, Arden R., got married yesterday! We couldn't be happier for her happiness. Even if it means we have to manage...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #243: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Your word for today is "bokeh." Bokeh (or boke, but when writing for native English speakers I find bokeh gives a more intuitive grasp of the correct pronunciation) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus...
yeah write #243 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 A friend of mine who teaches asked for feedback this week from my writing group on our most pivotal moments in learning to read and write critically. Obviously she got...
yeah write #243 weekly writing challenge is open for microstories in exactly 42 words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! What's your writing soundtrack? No, that's not this week's question. It's just something I am curious about. Years ago I figured out that I cannot, absolutely cannot, write while listening to music with lyrics....
