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Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here
That’s right! You’re not seeing triple, you can vote on all three yeah write challenges at the same time, in the same place, every Thursday. Fiction, nonfiction or microstories, we’ve gathered every post under one big umbrella to protect them from the autumn rains (or at least, it’s definitely raining in my corner of the world)
As you’ll see below, all three challenges are open for your vote. You can read the entries for each one and vote in each one, even if you didn’t enter. If you want to vote on a grid, please take the time to read all the entries in the grid before voting for the best three. To do that, you might have to take a step back and read the rules for each grid: for example, does that microstory really answer the ultimate question, or did it just make you laugh?
You get three votes in each separate grid. If you’d like to reveal the current vote tallies, you’ll have to vote for three entries then refresh the page. Just a reminder: if you want to see the vote tallies, please use the device you voted from originally. Don’t double-vote just to see how your post is doing. We’ll remove your votes.
Did you happen to land here out of curiosity because you saw a whole bunch of hits from yeah write in your stats? Welcome! That means somebody at yeah write stumbled over your post, thought it was a good fit for us, and submitted your post for consideration. We hope you don’t mind!
Did you come here after reading a friend’s post? Please take the time to read all the posts on that grid and only vote for your friend if you really think they’re one of the best three. We promise not to tell if you vote for somebody else. If you vote without reading and run away, you make your friend look like a cheater, and that doesn’t help anybody.
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Where’s my post?
Don’t see your post but didn’t get a love letter this week? You probably didn’t fill out the entry form for the November writing contest. Only contest entrants are moving to the voting grid this month, no matter how much we liked your post otherwise. So if you didn’t get a love letter there’s nothing wrong with your post, we just couldn’t enter it in the competition without your entry form.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
I got a love letter. Now what?
Trust me, it’s not any more fun for me to write your love letters than it is for you to get them. I know that on the other end of that letter is someone who’s hearing “my post wasn’t good enough this week.” I’m not going to say this hurts me more than it hurts you, but I know what rejection feels like. That’s why we never tell you that you didn’t make the grid without explaining what you need to improve.
Did you break a rule? Miss too many typos? Just skip that last proofread? Remember, there are no points for being first in line. All the entries you see on the grids down there are in random order. Take the time to give your post that last bit of polish that makes the difference between “okay” and “great.” Read the rules one more time before you submit, to make sure you are following all of them. Bring your best, most careful work to the grid, and it will pay off.
If you are reading your letter and you think the advice conflicts with other advice you’ve received on your writing, remember that we’re not the absolute overlords of writing but we do know what’s going to improve your chances in the voting and competition at yeah write, from structure to grammar to visual elements in your post. Take a minute to listen carefully, even though it hurts, and see how you might be able to use that advice.
Thank you to those of you who already do this, who take your feedback with grace and in the spirit we give it. If you recognize your words here, you really made my day at one point or another:
I had a feeling that maybe my non-fiction writing was occasionally as rambling as my speaking style, so what you’ve said here is a really great springboard for me to start to learn to not only tighten it up, but what to look for when I’m doing it. [Thanks! It’s hard to explain in a way that shows not only what’s wrong with this post, but what you might be struggling with in general. I’m glad you see ideas to apply to your other writing.]
I have finally understood what the ‘so what’ concept is about. As for structural errors, I work on them. [That’s the hardest part to explain- I’m glad I could write about it in a way that worked for you!]
Your response was thorough and concise. I’m taking a look at the coffeehouse now. [Thanks! I try! And the coffeehouse is a great place to get and share ideas and feedback.]
Thank you so much for the feedback, it enlightened me to some of my not so good writing habits. I made some revisions to the story and plan to post it in the moonshine grid. That’s okay, right? [Always! We love seeing your improvements!][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Voting closes on Thursday at 10 p.m. US eastern standard time. [-5 GMT]
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