Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #407 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Brrrrr YeahWrite voting day is so cold here in New England, but I'm not complaining after reading about -20°F temperatures in the US Midwest (and that's without the windchill). Wait, yes I am. I hate being cold and just because my 3°F cold isn't as bad as their cold...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #407
Story Time It's almost February (where did January go?) and time to refocus on writing and telling stories. The end of January brings with it the Society for Storytelling's National Storytelling Week in the UK. Officially starting on January 26 and ending February 2,...
YeahWrite #406 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Reach for the stars There's an inspirational quote that makes the rounds periodically, usually slapped over some sort of adorable cartoon image or fantastic galaxy and with questionable attribution. It goes "Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you'll land...
YeahWrite #406 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Howling Disappointment I missed the super blood wolf moon because of a storm system, so I feel deprived. I hope some of you got to see it. [ed's note: the clouds broke here for JUST LONG ENOUGH 😛 /rbg] The pictures look amazing. I've seen lunar eclipses and super...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #406
My Brain on Brevity Last year, I hardly wrote at all. I read a lot--more than sixty books--but I can count the number of stories I wrote on one hand (okay, it was six, but you get what I mean). Since I've already written three stories in 2019, I'm tracking far better....
YeahWrite #405 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Practice makes... ...perfect, right? Isn't that how the saying goes? But it turns out that's not quite true, is it? See, recent studies have shown that mindful practice improves your work a lot faster than just repetitive practice. What's true for music is true for...
YeahWrite #405 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Hanging on to the Holidays I still haven't taken down my Christmas decorations. In my defense, I was gone all last week and this week has been full of paperwork, writing (!!), and restocking the refrigerator (not necessarily in that order). I'll get to it, eventually....
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #405
Is That All? Probably the biggest thing I've learned (and continue to learn) from participating in YeahWrite challenges is how to tell a complete fictional or nonfictional story in a tight word count and still maintain a style and themes. It's not easy. As...
YeahWrite #404 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Whatever gets you through Hey, did you know they make energy drinks that are also coffee but they're still energy drinks? I've got a dozen or so backed up emails I can't even bring myself to look at, the fancy blueblocker "stop getting migraines from your screen"...
YeahWrite #404 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
I Found My Heart I tagged along on my husband's business trip to San Francisco, and since he is in meetings all day, I spend the day walking for hours and eating old favorites like clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl and dungeness crab cocktail. YUM! It's so nice...
