Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
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As an editor, I spend a whole lot of time talking about how to fix up writing you already have. But what do you do when the words don't come? For this month's nonfiction know-how (thanks, Cyn!) I want to talk about finding ideas when you don't think you...
yeah write #259 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 So many things in my life are so close to done. My book (well, half-mine). My contract job (boo. I like money). My patience with my dog. It's nice to start something,...
yeah write #259 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The extraordinary in the ordinary I grew up in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. I have a writer friend who is very accomplished, published several books through big-name publishing houses, and he urges me to write about my childhood,...
yeah write #259 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 2-4-6-8 I have the best team in the world. Seriously, folks. I work with the best people. I'm taking advantage of this week's microstory prompt to give them a shout-out. There's nothing better than knowing that somebody has your...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #258: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I talk a lot about fiction. It's my genre, my jam, it's near and dear to my heart. But let's take a second to think about nonfiction, ok? Nonfiction writing costs something. It's not easy. You have to reach into yourself and pull out...
yeah write #258 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 Spring is a time of beginnings, but also of endings. As the season opens, I am always reminded of the closings: I am leaving snow behind, and lights in the darkness,...
yeah write #258 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Go with the flow Writer's block is my bête noire. My first experience with it happened last summer after attending a transformative writing workshop. Ironic, I know. But I found myself staring at a blank page, pen in hand, waiting,...
yeah write #258 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The way things are Sometimes the morning comes and you just hate everything. The kids woke you up a dozen times in the night. It's still dark and the heat hasn't come on. When you go to write your next blog post, your computer is...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #257: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It's been a long week, folks. A looooong week. But it's almost over. Just one more day between me and yardwork. Wait, that didn't sound so good. No matter how interesting a project is, when you've been doing it a while it gets to be...
yeah write #257 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 First off, it's dark when I wake up again and I hate it. HATE IT. 'K, there's my allcaps rant about Daylight Saving Time knocked out for another year. It doesn't help...