Weekly Writing Challenges: Microprose Archive
YeahWrite #442 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Microprose
I ain't afraid of no ghost I am, however, afraid of things that go bump in the night. And the monster that lives under my bed. And whatever it is that's hiding behind the furnace in our dimly-lit basement. You'll never catch me watching a typical horror flick (at...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #442
For Science! When I first started writing for the grids, it took me a long time to lose some of the habits I'd developed writing scientific papers for years. Passive voice? BYE BYE. Long, convoluted sentences? I'm working on it. But one thing I refuse to let go....
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #439
Baby On Board! It's okay, I haven't launched headlong into midlife crisis, there's no wistful longing for some whimsical memory of raising small children. No, we got a new puppy. Frank. I didn't name him. He was Frank when we got him, and when I suggested a name...
YeahWrite #438 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Sinking feelings Oh yeah, folks, if you've been following the Great Remodel saga, I have some good news for you: I can do the dishes. Well, my spouse can. Well, the dishwasher we bought because life is too short to fight over the dishes can. I'm so excited to stop...
YeahWrite #438 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Take a minute We've got some new folks hanging out here on the grids and in the Coffeehouse. Take a minute or two to say hello, whether that's a comment on a post or a kind word on Facebook. And new folks, don't be shy! Even if you didn't write this week, we'd love to...
YeahWrite #438 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Microprose
I don't like Mondays This is going to be the refrain around my house for the next ten months. My boys are back in school, and while I'm personally excited for the return to a routine, the kiddos are dragging their feet every morning—especially my third-grader, who...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #438
Keep on Writin' This might sound odd, but one way to improve your writing is to try not to care what other people think. Of course, this is easier said than done, but effectively it keeps you writing more and the more you write, the greater your chances of improving....
YeahWrite #434 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Rough re-entry Some people (cough*Nate*cough) take a break from writing and return invigorated. They have new ideas, new energy, new passion for their work. And if that's you, I'm jealous, because when I take a break from writing it's like ... going to the gym. See, I...
YeahWrite #434 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Rest in Power "If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it." --Toni Morrison The world lost an amazing, influential writer this week. So many of us are heartbroken by the death of Toni Morrison. But...
YeahWrite #434 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Microprose
Turn, turn, turn Show of hands: who here loves summer? So do I. I mean, I love fall, too, and spring. (I prefer to ignore winter, to Rowan's chagrin.) It's summer here in the US, of course, but we're on the cusp of fall. The days are already getting shorter, the sun...
