Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #483 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Elsewhere It's sweltering where I am. I don't know about you, but that's not my favorite feeling. I'm coping by looking at pictures of cold places, whether on the Internet or in video games. And stories. So many stories. If I can't go away with my body, at least I'll...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #483
Who knew? According to R.E.M. at the end of the world as we know it we're supposed feel fine (you're welcome for that earworm). I don't know how fine you're feeling, but I'm about fair to middling. It's interesting how those simple lyrics evoke such depth of memory...
YeahWrite #482 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Lost thyme That's not even a pun. A couple weeks ago, in a fit of gardening, I planted thyme in my front yard. And promptly forgot about it, because all the food plants and the herb garden are out back. So I've been diligently watering the crookneck squash, the...
YeahWrite #482 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Pop Nostalgia Apparently today is national freezer pop day! My sisters and I ate a lot of Otter Pops growing up, so I'm feeling a but nostalgic about this day. Ahhh Sir Isaac Lime, Strawberry Short Kook, Little Orphan Orange, Louie-Bloo Raspberry...We couldn't get...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #482
Celebrate YOU Many USAmericans will be celebrating the 4th of July this weekend, albeit not likely in the usual big social way of the pre-covid past, unless they're in a location that hasn't issued rules or guidelines, or where people aren't taking those rules...
YeahWrite #481 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Draggin. Ok, clearly I can't resist a Dad Joke when one presents itself. But between the long days (did you know that there are only 3 hours and 18 minutes of night where I live right now? i hate summer so much. i hate it so much) and the constant fireworks (thanks...
YeahWrite #481 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Quiet, Please I've been seeing a lot of dragonflies recently. I love how they move like little helicopters--or more likely the helicopters move like them. They have the added bonus of being quiet, unlike their mechanical counterparts. I don't much care for loud...
20/20 Hindsight – Sixth Variation
Out of time No, not you: you've still got plenty of time to join us! That's the joy of the Hindsight 2020 series: you can hop in at any point along the way. No, this month we're talking about chronology—the order of events in your story. Sometimes it makes sense to...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #481
Settle That word has negative connotations, but I mean it in the sediment sense. A lot of stuff has happened in the past 4 months, huh? Personally, my face has been shoved into news sites and Zoom meetings, but I'm finally starting to find a routine in all of this...
Registration is OPEN for Super Challenge #17!
2020 is more than halfway over, but it feels like it's been years since our last nonfiction competition instead of just a few months. Hopefully you've got lots of stories to tell, because we want to hear them! Registration opens today for YeahWrite's 17th Super...
