Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #309 weekly writing challenge kickoff
The complexity of time Forgive me for giving you another intro based on my geographic location, but this is Daylight Saving Time weekend. At 2:00 AM it magically turns into 3:00 AM, taking away a precious hour. I don't know about you, but I need more hours in my day,...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #308: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
You're all winners. Just kidding. No, I'm not. Because there's a lot of ways to "win" here at yeah write. Whether you're at the top of the crowd vote this week or whether you won our super challenge (winners will be announced at 10pm tonight, folks, so stay tuned),...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #308 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #308 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
yeah write #308 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
Reading and Writing as Workshop I’ll admit it. I hate to be edited. Whenever I send a piece out for feedback, I cringe inside waiting for comments. It’s not easy to let others read our work. But it’s not always easy to be on the other side either, in the role of...
yeah write #308 weekly writing challenge kickoff
It's always more than you think I think we've mentioned here a time or two that there are some changes coming down the line here at yeah write. Well. The closer we get to unveiling them, the more I know you're going to love them. I still can't quite tell you what they...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #307: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Some things are a mystery: who's going to win our super challenge; the location of the Holy Grail; why I can't have nice things. Others aren't: maintaining a regular writing practice where you hear and incorporate useful feedback...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #307 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #307 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
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Enough about writing; let's talk about reading. For this month's nonfiction knowhow, I want you to take a little break from your own writing. I'm always harping on how being a better reader will make you a better writer. But how do you become a better reader, and what...
yeah write #307 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Proofreading: The Final Polish We made it to the end of our February nonfiction knowhow! We’ve looked at editing all the way from high-level story ideas through line-level copyediting. Up this week? The polish. Yep, it’s time to...
yeah write #307 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Little Voices Do you have a little voice inside your head? I do. The one I hear the most is the one that tends to give me a hard time, trying to instill doubt at every turn. What's worse, I think, is that every time something is...
