Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #281 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #281 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 #281 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Power of observation Who hasn't felt like they're drained of writing ideas? I've felt this way, maybe a thousand times. One method I like to use to kickstart my creativity is practicing precise observation, aka "paying attention."...
yeah write #281 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two-thirds through I'm a sucker for a first-of-the-month that ushers in a new season. It feels like a good time for reflection. Here in the U.S., it's back to school. For many, the kids are in class already (though we have another...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #280: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I've spent a lot of time this week thinking about deadlines. I've also spent a lot of time this week making a color-coded chart of all the deadlines I have to meet in the next ten days, which may or may not be related. Summer's...
yeah write #280 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #280 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 #280 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kudos to you and you and you... If you took part in the yeah write super challenge (see below), which focused on creative nonfiction for this contest, you have my hearty congratulations. Writing can be scary enough without throwing...
yeah write #280 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A great big exhalation Surely you know by now about our yeah write super challenge (and if you don't, well, it's over and you missed it). It was months in the making and then when the time finally came to announce it and get...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #279: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My Thursday was not improved by biting into totally raw chicken at the barbecue. So I hope Friday's going to be better as we announce not one but two sets of winners. That's right, today we're not just cooking up the popular vote...
yeah write #279 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #279 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 #279 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Words matter If you've been paying attention to U.S. politics, you know how much attention is being paid to words. We are accustomed to hearing that actions speak louder than words, which is true when action is required. But words,...
