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Writing post-hell week
I ain’t gon’ lie: last week was a rough one, and I am nowhere near recovering from it. Events in the news, family-related stress, and, now, as I’m writing this, finding out Bobbi Kristina Brown has died at the age of 22. What a hard life that girl led, and she was not much older than my nieces and my daughter, and they all could have been sisters. When I was younger, when the world became too depressing, I would shut off the news, stop reading the papers, become oblivious. As an adult, that feels irresponsible. Still, it’s tempting, and I know I should do that when it’s time to write.
But I don’t. I keep the news churning through my head, even the political news where every racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic pandering remark feels like a personal attack. I open my laptop, nothing comes out. Until it does. My writing will always reflect what’s going on in the moment, though I make every attempt for its themes to remain evergreen. When I am reading submissions to yeah write, I am looking for that universality. What’s important to the writer should become important to me as I am being drawn into the piece, even if the events are quite different from those I would experience.
If last week for you was a breeze, we’re glad you’re here. Tell us about it, but don’t forget your central conflict. If last week for you was like mine, don’t let that stop you from writing. Organize your thoughts, let it all out. The yeah write community is your perfect audience.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Optional prompt: what did Christine tell you?
This optional prompt is here to serve as your inspiration for your nonfiction submission. Already have your own story thought up? No problem! The prompt is only there if you need it.
Who’s on fourth?
It’s time for the next installment of yeah write’s who’s on fourth series! This month features Jan of Red’s Wrap. Check in today at 12pm EST to see what she has to share with us.
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How to submit and fully participate in the challenge
1. In the sidebar of this week’s post, please grab the code beneath the nonfiction badge and paste it into the HTML view of your entry
2. Follow the Inlinkz instructions after clicking “add your link” to upload your entry to this week’s challenge grid
3. Your entry should appear immediately on the grid if you don’t receive an error message
4. Please make the rounds to read all the entries in this week’s challenge
5. Consider turning off moderated comments and CAPTCHA on your own blog
This summer, all our grids are unmoderated which means all submissions meeting the basic guidelines will be published Thursday on yeah write. Those entries will be open to a popular vote with the winner celebrated on Friday.
Thank you for sharing with us your hard work! Good luck in the challenge…[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
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