Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write weekly writing challenge #306: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The last round of the super challenge opens tonight, and I'm looking forward to having the weekend off. That's the funny thing about workflow, isn't it? If I'm writing, probably the rest of the community isn't, and vice versa. It's a...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #306 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #306 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...
Congratulations to the Round 2 winners at yeah write super challenge #3
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Who's ready for the super challenge final round? We are, and we hope our ten finalists are, because it kicks off this Friday! Round 2 writers, if you don't have your feedback, please send us an email at superchallenge@yeahwrite.me,...
yeah write #306 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Running Lines: Editing on the Micro-Level Let’s talk about sentences and the words that make up your sentences. Because y’all have now mastered the high-level editing we talked about in the first two installments of our February...
yeah write #306 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Winter doldrums I'm over it. The snow, the ice, the cold. I've hit my breaking point. That's why Rowan was kicking things off last weekend - I was sulking. To be fair, this weekend it's supposed to be nice in New Jersey where I...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #305: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Everything old is new again. And for once I'm not talking about fascism. No, I fell down my own staircase Wednesday morning. It's like I haven't lived in this house for over a decade, y'know? Waved my foot over the first stair and...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #305 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #305 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 #305 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Structural Editing: How your story unfolds Our February nonfiction know-how is all about editing – from the highest level of story concept all the way down to the most specific level of individual word choice. Last week I wrote...
yeah write #305 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oh my god you guys this is harder than it looks Rowan here. Michelle left me in charge of writing the opening paragraphs for this week's kickoff. Sometimes I can just sit down and start typing and the words flow. Other times I'm...
super challenge #3 round two kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Convince me. Round two of our nonfiction super challenge is all about persuasive essays. A persuasive essay utilizes logic and reason to show that one idea or position is more legitimate than another. It attempts to persuade a reader...
