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: Pseudonyms
Every writer wants to build a brand – but what’s your brand name? Should you use your legal name? Pick a pseudonym? When and why might you want to use a name that isn’t your legal name, and how do you pick a good one? This month’s Technique Toolbox has you covered!
Fiction|Poetry Prompt Up:
In September we’re experimenting with voice. The first prompt is a mandatory opening sentence. Your job is to match your writing to it. If they use a word or phrase you would never use, then create a writing style that would use that phrase.
The first prompt, from YeahWrite #387 fiction|poetry winner Northie, is: “It was the right time to leave.”
The second prompt is the Narrator’s Point of View. It will always be a specific person, animal, or object. This mandatory prompt may or may not have a descriptor attached. For instance, the prompt could be “the main character’s dog” or it could be “the main character’s sarcastic dog.” The Narrator’s Point of View does not have to be a character in the story, but it should affect the way the story is told.
The second prompt, from the YeahWrite editors, is: A monster under the bed.
Poets: Write a poem using the opening line somewhere in your work, or write a poem written from the Narrator’s POV, or use the opening line to write a Golden Shovel poem.
September Poetry Slam: The Golden Shovel
With Back-to-School in full swing, we’re learning about two poems for the price of one in this month’s Slam. The Golden Shovel requires two things: a line from an existing poem, and a little patience to write your own using those words as a prompt. Join us!
September Microprose:
This month, we want you to give us a story in exactly 48 words that includes a window. The window must be literal, not figurative; that is, an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both. You do not need to use the word “window” in your microstory, but it must be clear to the reader that the window is there.
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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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.
