The Weekend Writing Showcase is open!
TGIF, YeahWriters! Let’s make this place your home for all the stories that didn’t make it to the YeahWrite competitive grids this week. As a refresher, here’s what we had going on!
Technique Toolbox: Pitch and Submit
Got a great piece of writing but not sure how to find a home for it? Know you’re a good writer but not sure what to write or who wants it? Check out our tips and tricks for pitching, submitting, and even getting ideas (plus three bonus rants from Rowan) in this month’s Technique Toolbox!
Fiction|Poetry Prompt Up:
The first prompt is: Use one of the definitions listed below in an INTEGRAL way in your story. In other words, your story wouldn’t work if the idea of the defined word were taken out. To be clear, you do not have to use the word in your story, but one of the definitions of the word must be a pivotal and identifiable element in your plot.
Definition of lighter (noun)
1 : one that lights or sets a fire
2 : a device for lighting a fire; especially : a mechanical or electrical device used for lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes
3: a large usually flat-bottomed barge used especially in unloading or loading ships
(definition source: merriam-webster.com)
The second prompt, a genre prompt, comes from YeahWrite #360 Fiction|Poetry winner, MM Schreier. The genre that your story must be written in is: Magical realism. The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines magical realism as a “chiefly Latin-American narrative strategy that is characterized by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements into seemingly realistic fiction”, but we encourage you to research the genre more widely.
Poets: write a poem that incorporates the prompt word (lighter), fits within magical realism, or is an acrostic. You are free to incorporate all three if you wish.
March Poetry Slam: Acrostics
Take one of the building blocks of learning poetry to new heights as we play a new game with the old acrostic form in this month’s poetry slam. You’ll learn one way to integrate your title into your poem with a little bit of nuance and a lot of fun! Get your spellcheck ready and let’s go!
March Microprose:
In honor of one of the world’s greatest spooky storytellers, Edgar Allen Poe (who was born October 9, 1949), we’re asking you to give us a ghost story in exactly 49 words. Learn more here.
You know the drill, YeahWriters. Bring us your best writing this weekend!
You got rules, right?
What?! It’s the weekend. There are no rules during the weekend. You can share a post that’s as many words as you like, a piece of fiction, a poem of your choosing, or a persuasive essay. Whatever you want, you can share. Well, except commercial or sponsored posts. That’s the one rule that never changes.
While you’re hanging out with us, please remember to visit other posts on the grid, comment, and take part in the community here! That’s what makes YeahWrite the place to be.
How to submit and fully participate in the Weekend Writing Showcase:
Basic YeahWrite guidelines: no word limit; no date restriction; no commercial/advertising posts (product reviews, sponsored posts, etc.); three post maximum per writer.
1. In the sidebar of this week’s post, please grab the code beneath the Weekend Showcase 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 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; and
5. Consider turning off moderated comments and CAPTCHA on your own blog.
Have fun!
Loading InLinkz ...About the author:
In early 2014, Arden joined YeahWrite as a contributing editor and social media manager, and we haven’t been able to get rid of her since. Behind the scenes, Arden is currently working on the first novel of her Hybrid trilogy. She also recently published a fantasy anthology entitled The Seven Sceptres which can be purchased on Amazon. Arden lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and two fur-babies. To read more of her stories, visit her website.
