Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
Navigating Prompts: Roundup
It's about the journey, not the destination But the destination is here regardless: it's December and our Navigating Prompts workshop has come to an end. But don't worry. We have a tremendously cool (do we still say that?) workshop coming in 2022 to help you polish...
YeahWrite #555 Weekly Writing Challenge
But My Panic Room Is Nice I don't know about you but society seems to be picking back up lately. This week before Thanksgiving has been the busiest I've been since the pandemic started. My tolerance for being busy has lowered, I've noticed. Days when I had...
YeahWrite #554 Weekly Writing Challenge
Oooh, baby Listen, I spent the day with a baby today. I got to hold her, feed her, burp her, and sniff that gorgeous new baby smell that wafts from the top of her teeny tiny head. And because I'm not the parent, I had none of the associated stresses. I could indulge...
YeahWrite #553 Weekly Writing Challenge
Hello, Darkness... I'll admit it. I'm a weirdo. I am one of the few people in this country who love the end of Daylight Saving Time. The bright, early mornings have me bouncing out of bed and ready to take on the day (as a non-morning person, this is a miraculous...
YeahWrite #552 Weekly Writing Challenge
On the road again I spent the last week driving across the country. Along the way I learned some things: Iowa has amazing public restrooms, Wyoming is flatter than you think, and I haven't been alone for 16 straight hours since the pandemic kicked off almost 2 years...
Navigating Prompts: Combination Prompts
The more, the merrier Writing to prompts can be a lot of fun, and a great way to spark ideas. So if one prompt is good, more than one should be fantastic, right? They can be! But incorporating several prompts naturally into a story or essay takes a certain amount of...
YeahWrite #551 Weekly Writing Challenge
If it hadn't been for those darn kids... What happens when you pull off the scary mask and see who's really holding you back? Is it your kids? Is it your boss? Or is it—drumroll, please—yourself? We all tend to be our own worst enemies, and hiding under a sheet won't...
YeahWrite #550 Weekly Writing Challenge
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings I love October. The wool jackets and the falling leaves. Little kids in costumes, freaky movie marathons. It just doesn't get any better. But about two-thirds of the way through my wheels screech and I veer off the...
YeahWrite #549 Weekly Writing Challenge
Who goes there? This season of life has been especially harrowing, calling me to transform at a moment's notice. A month ago, I had no work. Now, I have been thrown two compressed writing classes, with a week to prepare for each of them. Two months ago, my eldest son...
YeahWrite #548 Weekly Writing Challenge
Writing when I'm not writing It's been a tricky few weeks for me as I deal with the death of a close family friend and the grief and mourning that accompanies his passing. Naturally, that's meant that putting words on a page has taken a back seat over this time. But...
