Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #298 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How Not to Goal I have a stack of papers under my desk and on top is a sticky note that says, simply, "Edit." This is quite possibly one of the least useful notes I've ever written myself. The stack is my manuscript, sitting tall at...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #297: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Depending on where you were on our spinning ball of rock, the shortest or longest night of your year just slipped past. No matter what your faith - if any - these seasonal markers, the systolic and diastolic pulse of the planet we...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #297 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #297 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 #297 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Power of the Perfect Verb Never underestimate the power of the perfect verb. One reason it’s so important to edit and revise our drafts at least twice is because when we’re dashing off draft one, we tend to pull out the most...
yeah write #297 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oh, December So the thing I love about December is it's right before January which is a great month for resets. I have to be honest with you: November was terrible for a variety of reasons and December has been one of those "hang on...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #296: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I'm trying to figure out what to do with nine stale chocolate cupcakes. That's not a setup for a joke (nine stale cupcakes walk into a bar...). It's an actual dilemma. Do I throw them away? Try to turn them into a trifle? Make...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #296 is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #296 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 #296 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Making Your Holiday Stories Matter If you celebrate December holidays, perhaps you’re drawn this month to writing holiday-themed essays and stories. If you’re planning some holiday posts, I have a simple ask: Make them matter. Don’t...
yeah write #296 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do you ever get stuck? Of course you do. We all do. But I would guess that we all get stuck in different way s and in different places. For me, it's often the start of a new kind of project or a change in the the routine of my...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #295: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Probably the best thing about living in Portlandia is that you get snow days even when you're a grownup. That's right, folks, an inch of snow and the whole city shuts down. That's why I'm sitting in a comfy chair in my jammies...
