Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #569 Weekly Writing Challenge
It's the (not so) little things The world can feel overwhelming sometimes. The twenty-four-hour news cycle doesn't do much to assuage that; leaping from one story of disaster and suffering to the next, with only advertisements to buy more, bigger, shinier as segues....
Congratulations to the Round 1 winners at YeahWrite Super Challenge #23
Crunch time Forty-eight hours is not a lot of time to write a well-crafted essay - as we all know! - but that's part of the challenge, isn't it? The pressure of a deadline can be a huge motivating factor, and sometimes it comes right down to the wire. Our judges get a...
The Scarlet Quill Society: Editing on the Go
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! This year at YeahWrite our free workshop focuses on everything BUT the writing, with an editorial series that'll take the words right out of your mouth and put them on the page. Of course, we're also including some tips on...
YeahWrite #568 Weekly Writing Challenge
Push Through The end of February is usually where I falter, all of those new and shiny goals I made in the new year suddenly feeling impossible to reach. Whether it be imposter syndrome, the cold coupled with laziness, or the burnout of entering Pandemic: Year Three,...
YeahWrite #567 Weekly Writing Challenge
Promptly One of the reasons I know I would make a terrible parent is that I cannot stop myself from annoying kids. They're like little straight line factories. For example, one of the kids in my life is playing some Facebook game where they draw a thing and you're...
Super Challenge #23 Round 1 is Underway!
Sowing the Seeds My seed order came today. A whole manila envelope filled with little packets of hope. I don't know yet what the fate of all those seeds will be. Some will sprout; some might not. It's entirely within the realm of possibility that my cats will eat some...
YeahWrite #566 Weekly Writing Challenge
Celebrations My eldest turns 13 this week, and the family has been trying to figure out how to mark the occasion. Sleepovers are out, indoor birthday parties are out, and outdoor parties are tricky in the Pacific Northwest in February. (Who really wants to eat ice...
YeahWrite #565 Weekly Writing Challenge
Everything Old Is New Again For me, there was nothing like the YeahWrite grids* to motivate me to write every week. The grids provided everything I needed: a hard deadline, a built-in audience, and friendly competition to challenge me to submit my very best work. Not...
The Scarlet Quill Society: Before You Make the MisTake
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! This year at YeahWrite our free workshop focuses on everything BUT the writing, with an editorial series that'll take the words right out of your mouth and put them on the page. Of course, we're also including some tips on...
YeahWrite #564 Weekly Writing Challenge
Eating an elephant The old adage goes; how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. When the task of writing and submitting work for publication feels too daunting, breaking that down into more manageable chunks helps me immensely. I can tackle each smaller task...
