Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #480 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Friday is the first day of the second work week One of the hardest mental shifts for a lot of people this year is that they don't get their ordinary weekend. Time that would be spent at home from work, for folks working remotely is just... more time at home, but now...
YeahWrite #480 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Boom! We have had some pretty intense t-storms lately in New England. I wish they looked as spectacular as the photo above, but mostly they are just loud and wet, with some flashing instead of an intense visual show. It's still fun to watch the sheets of rain though....
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #480
Shaking Life Into My Writing A few weeks ago, we had a small earthquake. It's a peculiar feeling, to suddenly start bouncing on the couch you're sitting on. The next night, I was sitting in the same spot and I got this jolt of inspiration (Sorry. I had to.) I grabbed...
#479 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Juneteenth For some, this word evokes over a century and a half of celebration. Others just heard about it a few years ago. But 47 states have made Juneteenth a holiday, so it's a good time to catch up. Juneteenth celebrations memorialize June 19, 1865—the day when...
YeahWrite #479 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Scattered There's a lot going on in the world right now. I guess I could write that about any day in 2020, but this week feels especially full, like long-tightened tectonic plates have maybe begun to shift. People are putting their strength behind any lever they have,...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #479
Winter is ... here I'm not sure what the weather's like where you are, but it's very confused here. Yesterday began with frost on the grass and air so cold my breath fogged in it as I walked. By midday, I was peeling layers of clothing off, and in the evening, I was...
YeahWrite #478 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Tell me a story When the world–the outside world or our internal landscape–gets too big to look at, one way we process is with stories. Stories are important: they let us examine aspects of reality, learn about each other, or access our feelings. Right now we're...
YeahWrite #478 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Unexpected places The world today is simultaneously huge and tiny. It can be intimidating to look around and think "what am I doing to make a difference?" But the good news is, no matter who you are or where you are, you can do something. Even babynames.com has a way...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #478
Collective Action Community is critical. Humans don't "lone wolf" well (and the lone wolf is a myth anyway). Do you know what "fittest" means in survival of the fittest? It means best suited to the environment, including the fitness of the collective. As we move into...
YeahWrite #477 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Black Lives Matter Yes, that's an unequivocal statement. Not just the "perfect victims" sleeping in their beds or the ones whose murders are recorded. Every single one. Every Black life. If you're going out to protest this weekend, stay safe, know your rights, and we...
