Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #279 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Melting... You know those super annoying people who complain about the weather all the time? It's too hot. It's too cold. It's too windy. It's allergy season. There are too many bees or flies or mosquitos. It's snowing. It's...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #278: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My writing partner and I changed things up this week. Usually I drive the plot and she does the character feelings. Usually I talk about the book to strangers and she cheerleads. But right now she's off at a writing conference...
yeah write #278 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #278 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 #278 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In praise of weeding We have a garden bed that extends out beyond the raised backyard deck. My plan was to use this bed as a screen to hide the mulch-covered area under the deck. As luck would have it, the bird feeders also extend...
yeah write #278 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Something about life and lemons I'm sure it's actually based on a series of choices I've made, but I like to blame the universe for my current predicament: No one pays me to write only what I want to write. That means that my...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #277: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Well, we're gearing up for the final round of the super challenge - good luck to our round 2 winners - and you know what that means.... I'm totally procrastinating on Pinterest. I love this little competition we've got, from the...
Yeah write #277 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #277 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 #277 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Stranger than fiction Our local newspaper recently ran a story headlined, "Man wearing Richard Nixon mask found in tree." I don't know the man wearing the mask but how I wish I did. Not every absurdity has a story behind it, but...
yeah write #277 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Confession I'm going to be brutally honest with you: Right now, I'm not feeling it. I should have written this post hours ago. But after a crazy couple of days in what has proven to be a crazy couple of weeks, I can't focus on...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #276: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I'm sitting here a little drunk on the feeling of history being made. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a little like an essay. A really good essay. See, whether you agree or disagree with her, you can recognize and understand what she did...