Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
From intent to intensity
No $#!7, there I was: writing about the most horrifying moment of my life. I wrote, and I wrote. I sure did write the heck out of that story, which was a story about the most horrifying moment of my life. I was so scared in that moment. That's why I wrote about it. It...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #285: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
You don't have to be the first one to the finish line to be the winner. The length of time it takes you to produce your work doesn't necessarily affect when a reader will enjoy it. For example, I was definitely the last of my friends to see the new Ghostbusters, but...
yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
Getting to the top of the grid If you've been participating in yeah write and still find the top row an elusive place to be in the weekly vote, you might want to look more closely at whether you're giving readers a reason to care about your nonfiction piece. It's what...
yeah write #285 weekly writing challenge kickoff
Ready for another challenge? We are less than two weeks away from kicking off the first ever fiction-based super challenge. We had so much fun with our first one and cannot wait to see what stories you bring us this time. If you're interested in signing up (and come...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #284: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
Read between the lines. You’ve heard about that, right? It’s the way you can find out more about the writer by reading their writing than maybe they intended you to know. It helps you develop your critical reading skills, too. For example, you can often find...
yeah write #284 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #284 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
yeah write #284 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
We tell stories here Creative nonfiction or narrative nonfiction, whatever you want to call it, goes beyond reporting an event or expressing an opinion. "Between the newspaper on your doorstep and the novel on your nightstand lies narrative nonfiction," said Pulitzer...
yeah write #284 weekly writing challenge kickoff
Reimagine yourself Last week was my final week at a college for which I had been working nearly 15 years. I start my new job soon. I will meet new colleagues, make new friends, write grants for a different college—the same work but dressed up in a whole new wardrobe....
yeah write weekly writing challenge #283: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
Everything is on my last @#$#@#$ nerve this morning. My spouse is sick, which means a lot of dramatic coughing but also talking for two solid hours about nothing at all (just kidding! it was the same thing over and over again!) like an exhausted toddler. The dog wants...
