Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #358
Speaking of Dialogue... The Write Life is a great resource for all things writing. I get their emails so I often have some words of wisdom waiting for me when I finally get around to cleaning up my email. They recently sent out some information about...
YeahWrite #357 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Go ahead. Ask me anything. We get a lot of questions around here. How long does your post have to be? (750 words or fewer) OK, so what's the lower limit? (There isn't one, but finish what you have to say) Does it have to be grammatically perfect? (That's a trickier...
YeahWrite #357 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Leaving on a Jet Plane My brain is already in South Florida even though I don't leave until Friday. Normally, when we vacation during Presidents' week, we are escaping the bitter bitter cold for shorts weather. This year, New England's February has been relatively...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #357
The First Book Like many writers, I grew up reading. My mom loved to read and she later worked in a library where I got to spend many afternoons just reading. I think I took out How to Be Funny, a book I cannot find proof of on the internet so you'll have...
Super Challenge #7 Round 2 is Underway!
Ok, folks. Warm up your keyboards and stretch your mousing muscles. Let's Do The Thing. What we consistently hear back is that this is the Scary Round of the Super Challenge. And we get it! Most folks haven't written what they think is a formal, persuasive essay since...
YeahWrite #356 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Whatever the Reason Stacie's got her fitbit. I've got Pokemon GO. Don't judge; I bet I'll walk more steps than her today, since the next wave of Pokemon are being released. My dog has never gotten so much exercise in her life. It doesn't matter, in the end, what gets...
YeahWrite #356 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Color Me Fit I bought a new fitbit this week because the band on my old one broke and is not fixable since the model I had was old, from the pre-exchangeable-band days. My new one came with two bands and one is purple, so obviously I love it as much as I love the idea...
Congratulations to the Round 1 winners at YeahWrite Super Challenge #7
Hey, Super Challenge writers! I guess I could just say super writers - this round had some great personal essays. Your feedback should be in hand. One thing we heard back on a recent survey was that it's confusing to get negative feedback and then advance. Here's the...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #356
Perseverance My 11 year old has embarked on several months of rigorous training leading up to a test to receive his black belt. He's nervous, and rightfully so, as the training, qualification, and testing are all pretty intense. As I write, he's 36 hours...
YeahWrite #355 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Schedules are hard I'm sitting here waiting for a Hot Pocket (tm) to cool down from "molten with a lump of still-frozen filling at the center" to "yeah you could eat that" and I suspect I'm going to miss the edibility window and end up chewing my way through congealed...
