Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #420
Do Not Waste Time Y'all. I know you've all seen the inspirational memes out there that tell you to go for your dreams, you have to take action to get what you want, success takes work, and so on. In fact, if you're anything like me, you've seen them so often they mean...
YeahWrite #419 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Wow, we almost made it. It was very NEARLY week 420 on 4/20. That would have been fun. Not to mention, the intro for that post would have pretty much written itself. Instead, I want to talk to you about ableism, and the different ways it can manifest in our writing....
YeahWrite #419 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Spring in My Step After many days of rain, we finally have sun in New England! Plus, the trees are sprouting leaves, and it finally feels like actual spring, which makes me happy. Rowan is rolling her eyes, since she's a winter person, but at least one of us is happy...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #419
New Year, new age, old me This week has been a big one for me. It started with Vishu–the celebration of the New Year in Kerala–on Monday. Vishu signals the end of the spring equinox in Kerala and the transition into the first solar month in the Malayalam calendar. The...
YeahWrite #418 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Hoodies While Stacie was looking at hooded skunks, I was looking at Mount Hood. With editors in both hemispheres and all over two continents (although I'm holding out for my move to Antarctica, go away spring) sometimes it's hard to touch base at a time that works for...
YeahWrite #418 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Pee-Yew I saw a hooded skunk in my yard today, which was a big surprise considering they are local to the southwestern US and no where near New England. I've been wondering all day how it made its way to far-away Massachusetts. The iNaturalist app only has one report...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #418
Prey Drive I spied my first coyote of the spring in the woods today, or rather my dog Tango did, which means more are on the way. They tend to be very active as the new pups arrive, so it's time to be a bit more vigilant and maybe let the daydreaming fall by the...
YeahWrite #417 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
A little peace and quiet The dog had surgery Monday and has spent most of the week doped up on her bottomless prescription of narcotics (I legitimately don't understand the difference between the anodyne principles for pets and those for cancer patients, but that's...
YeahWrite #417 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Clothes Pile I need to get my act together and clean out my closet. Now (for the past 8 years) that I spend most of my time in sweatpants or yoga pants, I have way too many clothes. I put real clothes on only about twice per week, and by real clothes, I mean jeans or...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #417
Welp, I am a Libra. Balance. It's always in the back of my head when we choose the month's fiction|poetry writing prompt themes. Are we trying to push you all out of your comfort zones with the prompts? Or are we just trying to give you building blocks so that you'll...
