Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #653 Weekly Writing Challenge
Running hot and cold While the weather's cooling and the leaves are turning in the northern hemisphere, things are hotting up here in the world's south. We're careening into warmer weather with all the decorum and coordination of a toddler taking their first steps --...
YeahWrite #652 Weekly Writing Challenge
It's Spoopy Season aka Prep Season Happy Friday, yeahwriters! As we move into October, the temperatures cool even further, and the leaves begin to change. Perhaps you indulge in your first pumpkin spice latte of the season or pull out your favorite sweaters and...
The Scarlet Quill Society: Cryptidkeepers
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! In 2023 YeahWrite's free workshop is going back to the basics with a focus on tropes, the sometimes imperceptible and often underrated building blocks of writing. Check out the bottom of this post (and every post) for a...
YeahWrite #651 Weekly Writing Challenge
It's decorative gourd season, motherwhatzits. Fall has fallen and we are moving into the (USAmerican normative) holiday season. The good news for you is we have a tropetacular lineup headed your way. Honestly that's also the good news for me. Whether it's a decorative...
YeahWrite #650 Weekly Writing Challenge
On the menu My younger child has been experimenting in the kitchen lately. He's playing around with frozen treats. He loves to try different egg dishes. Lately a lot of his choices are Asian-inspired, and I have to say I'm not complaining. His specialty is condiments:...
YeahWrite #649 Weekly Writing Challenge
You're not alone Ever have one of those weeks (months... years...) when life rudely crashes in on your precious writing time like the Kool Aid man? How very dare it, right? Right. This year has been filled with unexpected intrusions on my writing time, and this week...
YeahWrite #648 Weekly Writing Challenge
Age is Just a Number This post goes live on my 38th birthday which seems like such an odd number. I don't feel 38, but then I remember that is a ridiculous thing to feel. Sure, as a youth, my undeveloped brain thought someone in their late thirties was sooooo old (I...
YeahWrite #647 Weekly Writing Challenge
Soup It's the first rainy day in my fire-scraped state in a *very long time* and I'm reveling in it. I didn't have to water the garden this morning! The grass might grow back someday! The smoke is... well, it's still there, but the rain is rinsing it out of the sky....
The Scarlet Quill Society: Hurt/Discomfort
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! In 2023 YeahWrite's free workshop is going back to the basics with a focus on tropes, the sometimes imperceptible and often underrated building blocks of writing. Check out the bottom of this post (and every post) for a...
YeahWrite #646 Weekly Writing Challenge
All's well that ends well As I'm writing this, summer is drawing to a close. My family has been surprisingly busy over the last couple of months and it's been hard to fit writing into my schedule. I keep saying, just wait till summer ends and the kids are back in...
