Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #269 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jumping hurdles When I was in the early stages of writing my memoir, I got to a certain point and I couldn't move. It was my own life story and yet I couldn't figure out how to tell it. It wasn't a lack of words or inspiration. I...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #268: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug. Right? I've been the bug all week, it feels like, or at least I caught the bug. The flu bug, that is. I've been flat on my back barely able to do more than read the grids;...
yeah write #268 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction and fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Voting for our two challenges is now open! Voting? Say what? Before the voting begins though The feedback from the vote is fantabulous but without your personal touch we won't know what we're doing right and what areas we can focus...
yeah write #268 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Everyone's an editor It's Memorial Day here in the U.S., which means most of us (unless you work in retail) have the day off to honor those who died while serving in our armed forces. It is also the unofficial kick-off to summer,...
Play it again, Sam
I spend a whole lot of time talking about editing. Edit your work. OH MY GOD PLEASE @#$@ING EDIT YOUR WORK. But what does that even mean, once you've run spellcheck and decided that you don't want to write at the broken fifth-grade grammar level that is Microsoft's...
yeah write #268 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Some weeks are big It was quite a week for me. I turned 40, I became editor-in-chief here at yeah write, I held a plank for a minute and two seconds, and I made some progress on my memoir and a long form fiction project. Is it luck...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #267: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]OK, yeah, whatever, maybe you're excited to find out this week's winners, but you're not having-dinner-with-Natalie-and-Christine excited. I always love it when the editors have a chance to get together. With Natalie in town, what...
yeah write #267 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction and fiction|poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Voting for our two challenges is now open! Hey, hay! Let the voting begin! How do I vote? Both nonfiction and fiction|poetry challenges are open below for your voting pleasure. The rules are simple: Everyone gets three votes on each...
yeah write #267 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Prepwork Google is a rabbit hole and I can disappear for hours researching info for a story or essay. Research is the prepwork for writing—the collection of ingredients that contribute to a great dish. (I won't keep up with the...
yeah write #267 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings from Nashville! I live in New Jersey, right outside Manhattan, which you can probably imagine is very different from the South. I knew within minutes of deplaning that I was far from home when we asked for directions and a...