Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
Look deep into my eyes
Nothing strikes fear into the creative soul of a writer like being asked to write a persuasive essay. At least, that's what it looks like every time we check our Super Challenge inbox. We get more questions, comments and concerns about the persuasive essay...
YeahWrite #329 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
Is Free Writing Your Friend? It's happened a few times that I've gone to a writing workshop and the instructor encouraged us all to do a quick free write session. Maybe it was 15 minutes, 20, or 30, but it was just enough time to get an idea out of my head and on to...
YeahWrite #329 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Here's a Random Question Last week was Migraine Week here at YeahWrite. A bunch of us had them. I'm personally on Day 5 myself. I'd tell you the exact percentage of editors with migraines this week, but that's a lot of mathing, and I just don't have it in me. As a...
Super Challenge #5 Round 2 is Underway!
There are 48 Ptolemaic constellations. There are also 48 hours remaining in which our Round Two writers will produce a work of nonfiction. Coincidence? Yes. Entirely. In Round Two, we'll be looking for persuasive essays. A persuasive essay utilizes logic and reason to...
YeahWrite #328 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Bear with me It's a pun, get it? Sorry, my sense of humor isn't what it might be: I'm coming off a three-day migraine punctuated by texts from my dad asking if I've finished the bear bells for our camping trip yet. See, bear bells are... they're bells. You...
YeahWrite #328 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Flying high I'm in pre-vacation running around like a headless chicken mode. Whether or not I'll have time to read the grids is up in the air, but I hope everyone else takes the time to read, leave thoughtful comments, and vote! Popular voting for the YeahWrite #328...
Congratulations to the Round 1 winners at YeahWrite Super Challenge #5
Returning Super Challengeers, you probably noticed that Round One was handled a little differently from past Super Challenges. Instead of waiting around for that 10:00 pm email, you got your group assignment early and picked up your own prompt at 10:00. How'd that go...
YeahWrite #328 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
Whose Story Is It Anyway? We all have stories. We have the ones we are a part of and those we've heard. We have the ones we've participated in and the ones where we're just hanging on the periphery. As humans, we hear stories every day from our coworkers and friends...
YeahWrite #328 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Editors Are People Too Hi! As you know, I'm the Editor-in-Chief here at YeahWrite. Of all the editors, I've been hanging around these parts the longest (though I haven't been editor as long as one other - bonus points* if you know who has been editor here longer than...
YeahWrite #327 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Making the grade Most teachers get at least part of the summer off (supposedly; I see you, teachers, working on your syllabi on unpaid time, and I want to thank you for it). But here at YeahWrite we've been busy all week "grading" Super Challenge essays!...
