Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #264 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
Psst–hey, you Yes, you—yeah write writer. I've seen you posting those 42 words over on the microstory grid for the last couple of months. Come on over here. Here's your chance to kick off the week with a new challenge: creative nonfiction or, as we like to call it,...
Tears, idle tears!
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tennyson wrote, but really, we all know what tears mean, right? Sadness. So sad. So very very sad. The saddest. Have reached sadception. Pining for the fjords. Something. What we might not know is that "tears" are a...
yeah write #264 weekly writing challenge kickoff
Sha na na na na When it's time to change, then it's time to change. (Brady Bunch earworm, anyone?) The Bradys got it right though: It's not just for the seasons, it goes for everything. And it's time for yeah write to make some changes. I am probably one of the most...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #263: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
I love secrets. I love knowing things before other people do, anticipating their delight, and watching that unfold. So keep your eyes peeled this weekend when we unveil our kickoff post for next week and our nonfiction knowhow and poetry slam for May! In the meantime,...
yeah write #263 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories
Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here You may not be able to make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, but apparently you can't make a Sherlock Holmes movie by looking up how to make an omelette, either. So, ok, I'm a huge Holmes fan....
yeah write #263 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
Variety is the spice Lisa at Pryvate Parts blog submitted two winning nonfiction pieces to yeah write recently. In both she experimented with unconventional structures—in shifting chronology (Unmentionables) and in creating tension by interrupting the narrative with...
yeah write #263 weekly writing challenge kickoff
Five-minute projects I have an old house. At any given moment there are a dozen things that need fixing, and most of those would take only five minutes if I would just settle down and do them. Five-minute projects add up, and the accumulation of them seems daunting to...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #262: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
I can't believe April's almost over, can you? That means if you've been considering joining in on this month's poetry slam, you've only got one more week to do it! Next month we'll move on with a new form, and if scansion's not your strong suit you'll get a chance to...
yeah write #262 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and microstories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here What sticks with you? It's kind of the corollary question to our ultimate question this week, "who cares," right? Because writing isn't just what you care about...
yeah write #262 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] OK, I lied Last week, I said that I was ready to jump back into writing, reading and commenting here at yeah write—I had the week off from work, giving me the perfect no-excuses opportunity to resume the writing life. Instead, my...