Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #416 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
You may say I'm a dreamer... It's Friday, and once again I didn't get enough sleep during the week. But it's for a good reason: I spent some of those extra hours chasing a real-life dream of mine. If you dream of being a writer, that dream may seem so far off. But if...
YeahWrite #416 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
For Shame My dog Buster split his toenail last Sunday and has been wearing the "cone of shame" and on antibiotics for the past week. I finally de-coned him today, and he's much happier, obviously. I'm happier too, since it's pretty sad to see him banging around in...
Year of Fearless Writing: Finding and Forming Critique Groups
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #416
{Insert Clever April Fools Joke Here} So how did your first part of the year go? Did you accomplish what you want or is April Fool's Day just another day for your goals to taunt you? Sometimes I see my friends and aquaintances launching their books, attending events,...
YeahWrite #415 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Hey, honey... Now that I've got your attention, let's talk about all the cool stuff coming up, ok? It's about to be April, which means a new poetry slam and a new post in our Year of Fearless Writing series. Those both go live on April first, but I promise I'm not...
YeahWrite #415 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Sniffle Nothing is blooming yet, but every morning I wake up congested, then it goes away. I'm typically not prone to allergies so now I'm wondering if maybe I should change my filters (again). In the meantime, I'm feeling much empathy for those who suffer from...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #415
The other side Last week was a good one for writers. Wednesday was World Storytelling Day, and Thursday was UNESCO's World Poetry Day. Thursday was also the International Day for the Elimination of Racism; a day that commemorates and honours the 69 peaceful protestors...
YeahWrite #414 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Nie moje małpy, ale mój cyrk: they may not be my monkeys, but this is my circus (as an aside, I'm pretty proud of myself for retaining enough Polish to be able to adjust the original proverb, nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy, to match the headline despite not having lived...
YeahWrite #414 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Maybe Tomorrow I wear real clothes once, sometimes twice, per week. And by "real," I mean jeans. The rest of the time, I'm sporting (see what I did there?) sweat pants when it's cold or athletic shorts when it's warm, minus the occasional dress. Needless to say, I...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #414
Less Than Thrilling As an Amazon Prime member, I get to choose a free book each month for my Kindle e-reader. I typically wait until the end of the month, so I can base my choice on reviews. Occasionally, the books are great reads. More often than not, though, they...
