It’s Way Too Early for This
As I write this, it’s Wednesday. It’s only 2-cups-of-coffee-so-far o’clock, which means barely 7am. This post won’t go live for about 89 hours and, if the way things have been going is any indication, literally anything can happen in the world between now and then. But I’m headed out to make my annual pilgrimage to Long Beach Comic Con, which is about 2500 miles from my house. This has me trying to finish all my work for the next week within the next 24 hours. Part of that work is this post. It’s too early to be writing it because I don’t even know what world we’ll live in by Saturday when I usually write it. Let’s just hope for the best, shall we?
Speaking of current events, as many of you know, YeahWrite has been bringing writers from around the United States and the world together for years. Before YeahWrite, I didn’t know a single person living in the Houston area. I’ve only been to Texas twice and both times were layovers on my way too and from New Orleans. Whether you know anyone there or not, I think we can all agree that Hurricane Harvey and it’s resultant flooding is devastating. Thoughts and prayers don’t do a whole hell of a lot, but if you’ve got them, send them. If you can do something more, do that, too.
YeahWrite Super Challenge
Congrats to Laura Neill, the winner of Super Challenge #5 and to Trish Tuthill and Sarah Grey on their runner-up finishes! We’re already gearing up for Super Challenge #6 where we’re returning to the land of fiction. Register today and be sure to sign up for our email blast so you don’t miss out on any announcements for the YeahWrite Super Challenge.
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: Tutorials
How often have you heard “the best way to learn a thing is to teach it?” This month’s Nonfiction Know-How focuses on a specific type of essay – tutorials – and how to show the lessons beneath the lessons to your audience. Get your Nonfiction Know-How right here.
Is fiction more your thing?
The Fiction|Poetry Challenge 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 announce a sentence prompt from last week’s winning nonfiction post. It’s your job to use that prompt in your story or poem in some way. Feel free to use it as your first sentence, move it somewhere else, change it, or float it down to other territories.
This week’s prompt up comes from Nate’s essay “Walls” (welcome back from vacation, you jerk):
“I felt the heat on my face.”
September Poetry Slam: Sijo
What poem blends the best elements of haiku, sonnet, and ballad? The Korean form called sijo! Busy with back-to-school? Don’t worry. It’s also short! Learn to write a 3-6 line, 40-50 syllable poem – with a twist – in this month’s slam.
Winners’ Round-Up
In case you missed them, you can find last week’s YeahWrite 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 yeah write Weekend Writing Showcase 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.
About the author:
Michelle submitted her first entry to YeahWrite in March 2012 and they haven’t been able to get rid of her since. After nearly 20 years in the insurance/employee benefits industry, she decided to give it all up to pursue writing full time. Her work has been featured on The Huffington Post and xoJane, as well as several local sites near her northern NJ home. She blogs at Michelle Longo.
