Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write weekly writing challenge #304: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Winners and tigers and bears, oh my! Folks, the grids were gorgeous this week. Does that mean everyone's all warmed up and ready to go for tonight's persuasive essay prompt at the super challenge? Also, now that I know what you can...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #304 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #304 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 #304 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Developmental Editing: Finding your Story You should be editing your work. Yes, I know you’ve gotten great comments and even been published and hell, maybe you’ve even won awards for essays that you dashed off, skimmed once, and hit...
yeah write #304 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Death by 4th grade biography project My kid has to write a report about Nelson Mandela and then make an absurd poster where he will cut out holes for his face and arms and then "become" Mr. Mandela to present his report. My kid does...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #303: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]February. Amirite? The month of Valentine's Day, that Hallmark holiday on which we celebrate love by honoring, um, either the Roman babymaking feast of Lupercalia (which was traditionally celebrated by killing a goat and a dog) or...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #303 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #303 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...
It’s not over ’til it’s over
This month's nonfiction knowhow is a little bit of a throwback. We've spent a lot of time lately talking about how to get writing that appeals to your audience onto the page; for Valentine's Day we're gonna remind you how to show your writing a little additional love....
yeah write #303 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] January Nonfiction Know-how Round-up Rowan and I were on fire this month, if I do say so myself, giving you nonfiction knowhow lessons at the front and back end of every week’s challenge grid in January. Our goal: To help you write...
yeah write #303 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When you can't make art This has been a difficult time for many. I find that artists, regardless of the medium they choose, are people who feel things deeply. While this may help fuel their creativity, it can also cause them to be...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #302: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Well, that concludes Week One. It was a rough week even for Trump's most avid supporters (schadenfreude behind the link). Lots of folks dipped their toes into activism for the first time a week ago. If you're one of them, are you...
