Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #491 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Apocalypse when? I'm not writing this post from inside an evacuation zone. But it's close. Close enough that my go bag is packed and I'm sleeping in my clothes tonight. This week, writing is more of an escape than a succor. Also I stress-painted the ceiling? I don't...
YeahWrite #491 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Small Pleasures I'm watching the news about the fires in my home state of California, and in Oregon, where so many people I love live. I'm seeing friends and family post on Facebook and Instagram. It's terrifying. [Ed's note: The sky is very red and it looks like the...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #491
Spring is springing September's here and it's the beginning of Spring in my part of the world! I love this time of year; the days are warmer, the nights are still cool, there's enough rain to keep everything watered, but not so much that it feels bleak, and the sun is...
YeahWrite #490 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Trading places Michelle--our EIC--and I are frequently the same person. We have similar opinions on an awful lot of things from food (ugly is fine as long as it's tasty; more cheese, please) to people (we prefer a few close friends). One of the big differences,...
YeahWrite #490 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Noodle This I do the NYT crossword (and other NYT puzzles) every day. Sometimes, they take liberty with certain clues or words. Today, for example, one clue was "the epitome of limpness." I know. Get your mind out of the gutter! It was a two word answer and the first...
20/20 Hindsight – Eighth Variation
It was a dark and stormy night ... the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the...
The final round of Super Challenge #17 is underway!
The sky's the limit Well, actually Sunday night's the limit. That's how long you've got to complete an essay using the prompt that you're about to read. The good news is, you don't have to answer a question or constrain yourself to a topic. The bad news is that you've...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #490
Slowing Down A few weeks ago, I started intensive immunotherapy for my bee and wasp allergy. I sailed through the first two weeks, but as the doses of poison increased, my body had other ideas, so I've had to slow way down. My default way to be tends towards "go go...
YeahWrite #489 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
The dog ate my homework Well, Wordpress did. I don't know what this update is (ALSO LOOKING AT YOU, FACEBOOK) but can we not? This is my third stab at an intro and I'm just gonna save and exit as fast as I can so that you can find out who won the popular vote! Besides...
YeahWrite #489 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Arf Arf! Greetings from my dogs on National Dog Day! Actually, I doubt they even know. They are pretty much equally spoiled on any given day. Plus, they can't read, and who am I to tell and give them a reason to act entitled today? You, on the other hand, can read and...
