Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #333 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Early fall? I spied a maple shedding pink leaves across the trail where I hike. It's very early for fall colors, but the sudden burst of color at my feet brightened my day. I hope reading and voting on the grids brightens yours! Popular voting for the YeahWrite #333...
YeahWrite #333 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
Where Were You? Last week's grid was light. It happens, I know. Were you drained or overwhelmed by the events of the world? Were you getting ready to send kids off to school? Maybe you were taking one last summer trip. Maybe you're not in this hemisphere so it's...
YeahWrite #333 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Are You Just Dreaming? Now, I'm not one to go posting inspirational messages and whatnot, but I guess I was having a sappy moment when I first read about Norma Heath so I made a note to write about her in an upcoming kickoff. Norma was, at one time, homeless, a drug...
Congratulations to the Winners of YeahWrite’s Super Challenge #5
This is the end, my friend The judges' results are in and tallied and we're ready to announce the winners of our fifth Super Challenge! That means it's time to stop comparing your feedback and trying to guess what it means about your score. (Hint: not that much, stop...
YeahWrite #332 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
It's been a week. What do you do for a writer's birthday? Well, if you're Claire Willett, former celebrity guest judge in our Fiction Super Challenge, you get the Kitchen Overlord to show up at your house and cook a The 100 themed meal. So that's where I...
YeahWrite #332 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Total solar eclipse? Check! I know this has nothing to do with writing or reading or voting. BUT I am a science geek so I feel compelled to tell you that, as someone who has seen quite a few annular (partial) solar eclipses, a total solar eclipse is the most amazing...
YeahWrite #332 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
So, In Conclusion Endings. Y'all. ENDINGS. We've talked about this recently, but since it comes up time and time again, I wanted to bring it up one more time. Indulge me, would ya? It's hard to end an essay, no doubt. If you end with a cliffhanger, you leave...
YeahWrite #332 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Oof It's been one hell of a week. I can only hope that in the midst of all the terrible things happening in the world, writing and YeahWrite in particular can be of solace to any of you who are suffering. As writers, our words are powerful. They can be the voice of...
YeahWrite #331 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
I'm back, did you miss me? Did you even notice I was gone? I just spent a week in the mountains with no internet but lots of storytelling (and bears there were bears real live bears they were right next to us). My dad and I still go backpacking together...
YeahWrite #331 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Heading towards totality I'm flying to Oregon this weekend to visit my parents and see a total eclipse of the sun for the first time. My nerd genes are quivering with excitement. What are you excited about? Reading and voting on the grids? Good! Popular voting for the...
