Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #450 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
...and when you come to the end, stop. That's advice given to Alice, of Wonderland fame. And it's hard advice to take as a creative person. I remember my math and science major friends talking about how much homework they had, and how long labs took, and thinking but...
YeahWrite #450 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Talkin' Turkey Not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving this week. But even if you don't, the long weekend (here in the US) can be a great opportunity to come together with family, even if it's just the YeahWrite family you know from the grids! I, personally, plan on...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #450
Spread Your Wings This weekend, I'm doing something COMPLETELY out of my comfort zone. I suppose now I have to tell you: At age 55, I'm doing a boudoir pboto shoot. Yes, in lingerie! I had to go out and buy stuff to wear, which just goes to show you how uncharted...
YeahWrite #449 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Sink or swim It's a good thing Stacie did all those dishes, cause this week kicks off a lot of holidays here in the US and worldwide. In my family, the celebrations start a little early, with my mid-November, firmly Scorpio birthday. Then it's US Thanksgiving (check...
YeahWrite #449 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Dish Fatigue Today, I'm finally getting my dishwasher fixed, two weeks after its tragic demise! (No, my sink doesn't look like the photo above; I did manage to hand wash everything during this sad time). It's amazing to realize how much you depend on something when...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #449
Waiting for the Fairy I used to think I was the kind of writer who needed to ruminate on my ideas in order to convey them properly, but then I started participating in writing contests and found myself completing finished short stories within 48 hours. Are they...
YeahWrite #448 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Rowan went to the Midwest and all I got was these germs Y'all, I'm sick. So sick. Sick enough that napping sounds good, even though naps always give me Nap Hangover. Whiiiiiiiine. But I have ginger tea, and honey, and EVENTUALLY whatever's going on with my body will...
YeahWrite #448 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Silence is Golden I am sitting here stunned by the silence. For what seems like forever, leaf blowers have polluted the air with their incessant buzzing during the daylight hours. This won't last long, I'm sure; the trees aren't quite done yet. But it's amazing how...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #448
How Are You Holding Up? Now that the first week of November is behind us and we're diving headlong into week two, how are you holding up? Are you still going strong on your November writing goals or have you already fizzled out? Or, are you like me, and never really...
YeahWrite #447 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Bodies in motion stay in motion Hello from the Windy City, where it almost, kinda, sorta snowed this week. You know who I get to see tonight? THAT'S RIGHT, it's a YeahWrite party for not just me but Nate. We're splitting our birthdays and going out. And it's been good...
