Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #325 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
Metaphorically Speaking The first post I ever submitted to YeahWrite* - a whopping five years ago - was an essay about crackers. Basically, I went on for a zillion words (no limit back then, and trust me, that was not a good thing) about how I had these crackers that...
YeahWrite #325 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Every New Beginning Comes from some other beginning's end. (You've probably noticed I often think in song lyrics.) I don't know if I hate endings so much because I'm not a fan of change or the sadness that comes with the finality of things being over. It's probably...
Emotional Misuse
With the solstice just past, most of us are either in the depths of winter or the height of summer. So it's natural to be thinking about extremes. For this month's Nonfiction Know-How, I'll be discussing emotional extremes and giving you a few tips on when to use and...
YeahWrite #324 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Pardon my soapbox I'm going to take a minute off from writing about writing, and even writing about winning, to give everyone an important reminder. It's almost Canada Day, and the 4th of July, and it's midsummer, and next week is a microprose week, and there's...
YeahWrite #324 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Lightning strikes! Massive thunderstorms rolled into the Boston area last night and boy did I have my share of excitement when a lighting bolt zapped our transformer, leaving us in the dark without power for nearly 5 hours. The fallout kept me busy all day today but...
YeahWrite #324 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
Vacation: All I Ever Wanted As you read this, I am on vacation, spending a few days at the beach with my family. We've been to this place (Wildwood, NJ, if you really care) many times over the years - as a family of three, in our earlier dating and married life, and...
YeahWrite #324 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
I'm Giving You an Assignment My son just finished up the school year, and he was given a packet of homework - math - to complete over the summer. Me, being the super cool mom that I am, have been joking around that he needs to do the packet by next week, that he'll...
YeahWrite #323 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
It's National Take Your Dog To Work Day! In my life, it's always take your dog to work day, since my office is in what used to be the living room back when I still had the illusion that I had friends who might come over and sit on the couch and drink a glass of wine....
YeahWrite #323 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Life's a beach Happy summer to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere! Summer's my favorite season, so naturally I'm thrilled. Not everyone feels that way though. Rowan prefers winter. Please cheer her up this summer by writing for our grids, reading, and voting. You can...
YeahWrite #323 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
Know Your Audience In order to write effectively, you need to know a few key things: what you're writing, where you're writing it, and who you're writing it for. If any one of these elements are missing, there's a good chance you'll miss the mark. For example, if you...
