Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #534 Weekly Writing Challenge
Unmoored This is the first summer in a long, long time—like, since I was a student—where I don't have every minute scheduled. It used to be day camps and childcare for the kids, and the regular 9-5 for me. Even after I left my office job to pursue writing, I had...
Navigating Prompts: Characters – Images
Is it possible If you put that search string into Google, you'll get a lot of autocomplete options. One of the most fascinating ones is "Is it possible to write a story without characters?" The answers are sure, certain: No. Yes. One of our favorite answers is "yes,...
Summer Coworking!
A little help from your friends Join YeahWrite editors for virtual coworking hours throughout the summer! We'll open up a Zoom, make some introductions, talk about what we want to accomplish during the session, and spend an hour or so working quietly on our individual...
Registration is OPEN for Super Challenge #21!
Y'all, I know I'm supposed to write something chirpy and exciting, but the LOW temperature here last night was around 90 degrees (around 30 Celsius for folks living in countries with reasonable measurement standards) and frankly I think I've sweated all the words out...
YeahWrite #533 Weekly Writing Challenge
Dah Brees-way Our apartment is unique for Chicago because it is both large and comparably inexpensive. In the back of the line of rooms, like a caboose, there's a large, covered...well, in Michigan we'd call it a back deck but our landlord in his thick Chicago accent...
YeahWrite #532 Weekly Writing Challenge
Surf's up Every summer, my little family escapes the heat with near-daily trips to the beach. California is built to be lived in outside, but as the years grow hotter and hotter, staying in the water is the only palatable option available. My kids are finally old...
YeahWrite #531 Weekly Writing Challenge
Cold enough for ya? Every summer, random strangers ask if it's hot enough, and every winter, without fail, some passing person will pull their coat a little tighter closed around themselves and ask if it's cold enough. What do they expect in response? "Why no, Brenda....
YeahWrite #530 Weekly Writing Challenge
Pride in action Happy June, YeahWriters! Pride is now in full swing, and we here at YeahWrite hope to forever foster a space where everyone can gather, be their true selves, and better their craft. We're so glad you're here. A new month also means a new prompt style...
Navigating Prompts: Action Prompts
Aaaaand.... ACTION! In the Western tradition - which most competitions follow - a story isn't a story unless something happens. Decisions need to be made, actions need to be taken, characters need to undergo transformations emotional or literal. Otherwise, what you've...
YeahWrite #529 Weekly Writing Challenge
Candy I used to stock my shelves with books and music without really paying much attention to if I liked them or not. Instead, I acquired things that the person I thought I'd like to be--the person I wanted people to think I was--would enjoy. I watched Movies with...
