Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
yeah write #293 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Eliminating Thought Verbs In the past month, my marriage ended and two-thirds of my dogs died. So that’s what I wrote about for the grid – nearly real-time stories about navigating grief. Sometimes we need tragedy plus time to best...
yeah write #293 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Giving Thanks It's Thanksgiving week here in the U.S., so I'm going to do the most expected thing on the internet: Express my gratitude. Thank you, dear participants, readers, and lurkers, for supporting us week in and week out....
yeah write weekly writing challenge #292: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Winning isn't everything. On the other hand, today is all about the winners. The winners of our popular vote here on the main challenge grids, and the winners of our super challenge, announced tonight at 10pm EST. I know it's been a...
yeah write #292 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #292 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 #292 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Changing Your Point of View As essayists and bloggers, most of us here at yeah write share our stories in the first person. And there is a ton of power in those eyewitness accounts, particularly when they amplify the experiences of...
yeah write #292 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Moderation is back this week You've asked for it and now it's back - MODERATION! This week, we're going to kick it old school and moderate the grid. That means our submissions editor, Rowan, will be reviewing each and every post and...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #291: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Americans. Amirite? No, actually, I've been saved today from having to talk about the election (I already wrote about it once this week and doubtless will again) by the fact that it's Veterans' Day here. So I'm going to talk about...
yeah write #291 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #291 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 #291 weekly writing challenge is open for personal essays & mostly true stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Writing Even When Conditions Aren't Perfect I’m traveling this week, so I thought I’d discuss taking your writing practice on the fly. Too often, we put off writing until the stars align to create our perfect writing conditions –...
yeah write #291 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Procrastination We are AAA members. For those of you unfamiliar, this is an organization that provides roadside assistance if your car breaks down or you run out of gas or you get a flat tire. Last time I remember paying my...
