Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #262 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sharing is caring I've got two kids, and somehow I am supposed to turn them into smart, capable, caring human beings. This trite little rhyme is one of many tricks I use* to gently nudge them in the right direction. But does it...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #261: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sometimes when I get really stuck for a post idea, I go google "today in history." Sometimes that's a mistake. So, uh, happy birthday, Leonardo da Vinci! Let's get on to better news. Like the news of who won the popular vote on all...
yeah write #261 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 Sometimes it's fun to break your life down into little plot arcs. For example, today (probably) I'm wrapping up the plot arc of a contract job I've been out on for...
yeah write #261 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Returning I've been a little distant from yeah write lately—not out of choice but due to an overwhelming work schedule that has kept me from writing, reading others' posts, and voting. Today kicks off a week-long staycation and I...
yeah write #261 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Post-birthday wrap-up Sigh, yeah write's birthday party is over, and we're all feeling a little post-birthday blues. But never fear, even if you didn't get a slice of cake, we will continue celebrating throughout the month. I mean,...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #260: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I'm not ready for our birthday to be over, are you? Well, good thing it's not. Keep your eyes peeled, because we're going to be sneaking surprises in all month. Like today's surprise: Who wants a love letter? Just kidding... sort...
yeah write #260 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 Welcome, captive audience! Happy 5th birthday to all of us here at yeah write. It's great to see all the new and old faces mingling on the grids this week. Welcome, or...
yeah write #260 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Five trips around the sun Five years. That's how long yeah write has been spinning tales. All this time, we've been floating in space, tethered to the sun, one part poetry and one part physics. The year I was born, 1960, a man...
yeah write #260 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Can you believe it? Yeah write turns five this week! Five years ago Erica M set out to create a space where writers could settle in and learn from each other; where we could share examples of the best writing on the 'net; where we...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #259: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gentle reminder: humiliation isn't funny. Remember high school? OK, that's my "April Fools" announcement out of the way. In other news, my new mouse has a scroll wheel again (YAY), it was Forearm Friday at the gym, and I have the...