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The business of unpleasant things

I ruined my son’s life today. I made him go to the dentist and get a haircut. I’m used to being terrible; I make him do all sorts of things like chores and eating and such. I take a “too bad, so sad” approach. Life’s tough; get a helmet.

Meanwhile, I know I’ve mentioned the rewrites I’m doing on my book. Not doing is actually more appropriate because having to do them is ruining my life. I want to whine about how haaaaaaard it is to edit my work. I want to throw a tantrum.

Too bad; so sad, though, right? Writing’s tough; get a helmet. Then get back to work.

Yeah write super challenge #2

There are only a few more days left to register for our next super challenge which is for all you flash fictioneers out there! Make sure to register and send over your payment by 11:59pm ET on Wednesday, October 5. All you need to know about the contest and registration can be found here. We are so excited to get this one started and hope you are too![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

The basics

Yeah write gives you two competitive challenge grids — nonfiction and fiction|poetry — both of which are unmoderated. Everyone gets to the voting round on Thursday. (Remember, your post must be dated appropriately, not be offensive to our audience, and cannot be over word count.) Got a question? E-mail us, tweet us, ping us on Facebook, or visit our online community, the yeah write coffeehouse. You can learn more about yeah write in our FAQ. Please make sure you are familiar with our submission guidelines before you enter. We don’t have a lot of rules, but we do enforce them across the board. We’d hate to see anyone get disqualified by a technicality.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Bring us your personal essays and creative nonfiction!

The nonfiction challenge grid opens on Monday at midnight EST. This is the best place on the ‘net to showcase your best writing. Make us laugh, make us cry, make us think, and above all: make us care.

Nonfiction know-how: tension

For this month’s nonfiction know-how we’re going to focus on tension. There are two basic reasons that people continue reading a thing they’ve started. One is that they’re curious about something, and the other is that they’re worried about something. Curiosity is a large part of what drives humorous writing; worry is what drives suspenseful writing. I’ll let Rowan tell you the rest.

Is fiction more your thing?

The fiction|poetry grid opens on Tuesday. Grab a mic and join our monthly poetry slam or check out our weekly prompt up!

Prompt up!

Prompt up is our optional weekly writing prompt for the fiction|poetry challenge! Here’s how it works: we choose a sentence prompt from last week’s winning nonfiction post and announce it in the kickoff. It’s your job to use that prompt as the first sentence in your poem or story and then run with it. The prompt is just a springboard, though: feel free to keep it as your first sentence, move it, change it, or float down it to other territories.

Amy confronts racism in her post It’s Time to Have an Uncomfortable Conversation With You. This week’s prompt up taken from her essay is: Maybe it’s just finally your turn.

October poetry slam: nonet

This month, we’re taking it a little easy on you with the nonet. No scanning! No rhyming! Heck, you don’t even have all the content rules of haiku. Just good old syllable counting. Do you miss our microstory challenge? Then this is the poetry slam for you. Have fun![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Winners’ round-up

In case you missed them, you can find last week’s yeah write staff picks and crowd favorites all laid out for you on Friday’s winners’ post. Leave the winners some love in the comments. They will love you right back, we guarantee it.

Weekend writing showcase

The weekend’s not over: the moonshine grid is still open. Have something to add? Old posts and new are welcome. No moderation, no voting. It’s a laid-back relaxed kind of place. Just leave your commercial or sponsored posts at home. Drop by, share your work, and while you’re there, visit your fellow yeah writers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]