Weekly Writing Challenges Archive
Welcome to YeahWrite’s archives. Below, you’ll find all of our posts. We kick off each writing week on Friday (what?) with a new prompt for you. For 500 weeks YeahWrite hosted “weekly grids” which enabled writers to link their self-hosted responses, and to read and vote on each others’ work, as well as commenting. Check out our creative nonfiction, fiction|poetry, and microprose archives for a closer look at our nearly ten years of weekly writing competitions. While we no longer host weekly competition grids, we’re still delivering the prompts you love as well as our Super Challenge and classes. We also feature monthly instructional or challenge posts, which you’ll find collected here as well as in our writing help archive!
YeahWrite #315 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Fiction|Poetry
A metaphor is a weapon ...and a simile is like a weapon. That's my mnemonic device to remember the difference between the two figures of speech. It's also a true statement. A well-placed metaphor or simile can be a powerful tool in your writing. They clarify ideas;...
Who’s on Fourth: YeahWrite Interviews Contributing Editor Natalie of The Cat Lady Sings
Welcome to Who’s on Fourth where we interview one member of the YeahWrite community and the interview will publish the fourth Monday of each month. Next in the series features Arden Ruth interviewing our very own Natalie of The Cat Lady Sings. YeahWrite on YeahWrite:...
YeahWrite #315 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
Stop Being Boring. I want to open this week’s nonfiction grid by talking about something both Rowan and I have discussed before: Narrative hooks. Rowan hit on this in her nonfiction round-up last Friday, and I touched on it when I urged you to “start when your story...
YeahWrite #315 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Gotta Walk the Walk Remember last week when I said writers have to talk to each other? How connecting with others who share our passion can help keep us writing? Well, next weekend, I'll be walking the walk: I'm heading out of town to a little writing retreat and...
Super Challenge #4 Round One is Underway!
The waiting is the hardest part, isn't it? Well, the wait is over: Round One of YeahWrite's Super Challenge is officially OPEN. Writers, check your emails for your group assignments and prompts. For those of you playing along at home (seriously, though, sign up next...
YeahWrite #314 Weekend Writing Showcase
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! I want to take the time to wish a whole lot of good luck to our Super Challenge contestants. The first round of Super Challenge #4 kicks off tonight at 10pm ET. I know many are competing in multiple contests...
YeahWrite #314 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
Who's ready for the weekend? Especially, who's ready for this weekend, and the super challenge? I'm still a lot in love with our newest challenge, and not just because we get to hand out cash prizes to the winners. We've got great prompts and great judges all lined up...
YeahWrite #314 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Keep taking shots “Why do you write like you’re running out of time? Write day and night like you’re running out of time?" —Burr, “Nonstop” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Hamilton, An American Musical" I had the incredible privilege of bringing my 13-year-old son to see...
YeahWrite #314 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Fiction|Poetry
It Takes a Village to Write a Book I’ve been joining things over the last week. Writing groups, blogging challenges, regular meetings with writer friends. If you sat still with a cup of coffee, I’d very likely join you too. It began as an attempt to revive my sagging...
YeahWrite #314 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Personal Essays & Mostly True Stories
What's Blocking You? I couldn’t think of anything to write about for this week’s opener so probably I need to write about writer’s block, no? How can we write when we can’t write? When you’re feeling blocked, poke around in your psyche a little bit and see what’s...