Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write’s nomo writing challenge 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] November is for writers November... it's the time of year for all the fall things, eating leftover Hallowe'en candy, snuggling by a fire, and driving yourself bananas trying to write every single day! Yeah write is back with a 30...
yeah write #237 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Forget the timer My son is tasked with reading for twenty minutes per day as part of his Language Arts homework. He complains about it nightly, asking if he's done yet ever minute or so beginning with the ninth minute. We set a...
yeah write #237 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What do you want? We're a different kind of writing site. We're not a link-up. We're not a blog hop. We're a place where writers can come, interact, learn, and improve their craft. You are here because that's what you want, right?...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #236: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the submissions editor, I don't just get to write this sweet winners' post. I get to write you love letters. That's right- I'm responsible for telling you when you didn't quite make the cut to get on the voting grid and why. And...
yeah write #236 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting: nonfiction, fiction|poetry and micros
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Okay, everybody, you know what day it is. It's that day where we take time out from objectifying Canada's new Prime Minister analysing the Canadian election, and vote...
yeah write #236 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Taking back blogging Just this past week, I had someone tell me that they hate the word blogging because it carries a negative connotation. I get where he was coming from - there are plenty of people who think that all bloggers are...
yeah write #236 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What's the word? And how do you use it? How is it spelled, declined, conjugated? How do you use it in a sentence? How do you punctuate that sentence? All of these things matter. A good story is a good story, but a good story poorly...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #235: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rock the vote One of my jobs here at yeah write is to help monitor the vote. Stacie and I are behind the scenes making sure everyone's following the rules (you know, reading all the pieces before voting, no self-voting, etc.). It's...
yeah write #235 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 If you read (and watched) our Long Beach Comic Con recap, you know that one of the things we're really excited about here at yeah write is building communities, and we...
yeah write #235 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays and mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What are you afraid of? This past week, I spent some time in the yeah write coffeehouse* trying to encourage more nonfiction submissions. The biggest barrier for most was a lack of time. I totally get that - by the time I'm done...