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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: Summaries

So you’re fine writing your story or personal essay, but when it comes to that summary for your title page or authorial pitch, you freeze up? This month’s Technique Toolbox is ready to come to the rescue! If you missed last year’s class, never fear: you can still learn about the two summary structures. And if you’re looking for a little more in-depth instruction, the class video is still archived and accessible for a small fee!

Fiction|Poetry Prompt Up:

The first prompt is: “What if all the trees in the world suddenly disappeared?” Incorporate this prompt into your setting or as a plot device. Do not use it word for word.

Your second prompt is a prop: a wooden chair. Use the prompt without change (no plurals, not a chair made from another material, etc.).

Poets: Write a poem that includes “What if all the trees in the world suddenly disappeared”, or that incorporates a wooden chair, or write a diminishing verse (or combine them).

August Poetry Slam: Diminishing Verse

Summer (or winter, depending on where you are) is shrinking away, and so is our August poetry form. This month we’re learning how to write a diminishing verse, a form of poetry where the last word of each line is a little shorter than the one before it. Join us!

August Microprose:

This month, we’re asking you to retell a popular fairy tale, with an important twist: Instead of the traditional telling from the main character’s perspective, your challenge is to retell the fairy tale from the point of view of one of the secondary characters, in exactly 42 words.

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.

Weekend Writing Showcase:  Basic YeahWrite Guidelines

 

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About the author:

Arden Ruth is a paralegal by day, fantasy author by night. When she isn’t diving into worlds of magic and mythical creatures, you can find her eating her way through all the tacos in town. 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.

arden@yeahwrite.me

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!

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