Day 262: 5 Minute Freewrite: Sunday - Prompt: parachuted
Freewriters. Listen Up!!
As you are reading each other's freewrites, have a document open and copy and paste links to freewrites you really like. Add a commet why you like that particular freewrite and make it a good comment - 50 words or more. Mark it poetry if it happens to be such.
Then, when Tuesday comes around, you are ready to enter your favorite freewrites in the Freewrite House drawing to win SBI and on Friday, you have your favorite poems ready.
Right now, each drawing is for one Steem Basic Income share for the recommender and a vote for the recommended freewrite featured in the respective Digest Editions.
As we get more income, we will increase the prizes.
Watch for the Poetry Digest coming later today at the Freewrite House.
We also added something new at the Freewrite House:
Freewrite Supporter of the Week
We like to give back to those who are supportive of the Freewrite Community. The Freewriter of the Week will get at least one 100% upvote per day.
This week's featured freewriter is @wonderwop. I think most of you know Bruni and all he does for us!
Look for the next nomination on Monday, July 16 :)
@byn did a fabulous job to bring you the Favorite Freewrites of the Week Volume 14!!!
Thank you all for helping in the search by recommending your favorite Freewrite. Please visit the featured writers and give them some love!!
Keep checking the Freewrite House Page for more contest you can join.
What are you waiting for? Rush on over to the Freewrite House!
Watch this space for Freewrite House News!!!!
Great News from the Spanish Freewrite
- @latino.romano found a sponsor for the Spanish Freewrite - so fantastic!!
- A freewriter won the Romano Family Award for their Freewrite! See the post here
- You all can help one of our Spanish Freewriter Family members to win this A vote of any weight will do!
Tell your Spanish speaking friends about the Spanish Freewrite edition!!
Prompt: parachuted
brought to you by @deaconlee
- Set your timer for 5 minutes
- Start writing
- Use the hashtag #freewrite
- Publish your piece (include a link to this post if you wish)
Copy and paste your URL into the comment section of the prompt post.
If your freewrite turns into a poem, please use in addition to #freewrite also either #freewritepoetry or #freewritepoetrydigest so we can find you!
- Or, if you don't want to publish your freewrite, just copy and paste as a comment under the prompt post.
If you don't know what a freewrite is, here is a link to the introduction post.
Here is @snook's excellent tutorial on how to join our freewrite adventure
And @improv's input:
Two things I do a little differently. I just type "timer" into google and it pops up a 5-minute timer. I also type directly into steemit. I also rarely use a photo, don't I? So that's three things.
Please read, comment and vote (if you have voting power) on each others freewrites as much as you can. Especially if you are new to the platform, you will be surprised how many friendships are formed by reading and commenting on each other's work!
Contests by our Fellow Freewriters
If you are running a contest let me know, I will list it here 😄
@felt.buzz is hosting an ongoing writing contest on zappl!! If you don't know what that is, here is your chance to learn another application to the blockchain. Please check his profile for the latest contest post.
@improv is the master of puns! Enter his Punday contest at his profile @improv
The Constrained Writing Contest by our fellow freewriter @svashta is on! Check his blog for the latest contest.
Voting
Remember to check your voting power. Do not vote for a while if you are under 90!
https://www.steemnow.com/ or use https://steemworld.org/
If your vote is below 0.03 - this is a must read by @thedarkhorse. Vote Dust
This is an initiative called @dustsweeper that is helping all of you [who deal with vote dust](Here is an initiative to help all of you who are dealing with voting dust. find the details here)
Here is an excellent article explaining how to maximize your vote by @taskmaster4450. It helps you to grow to vote wisely!! And a more recent one
And here is a counter opinion on voting by our freewriter @improv
This post is talking about using your vote for maximum curation. Thank you, Asher @abh12345 Read the post here
Bandwidth Problems
I know that many of you are very new to the platform and your wallets are pretty empty. Believe me, we all started there!! Here is an excellent article which explains what bandwidth is and why you might have a hard time logging in some days - or posting. Thank you @jrswab for this explanation
There are many contests on Steemit. From art to music to writing and everything in between. Enter as many as you can!! And take advantage of the free money people give away I listed in the money section below.
Spanish Freewrite Initiative
The Daily Prompt is now also being published in Spanish and a Spanish language community is forming.
@latino.romano is the leader of the community and I am sure, he would love for you to stop by and say hello - in any language. If you are bilingual, please feel free to publish you freewrite in both languages and drop the link at both Daily Prompt posts.
Está publicada la versión en español de hoy @latino.romano
Writing help
A free app: Grammarly. A lot of us are not native English speakers and I am finding it a helpful app. It will underline spelling and grammar mistakes. Just remember that is is not always right -especially if you use complex sentence structures. Here is the link
Remember The Most Dangerous Writing App. You set the time - 5 min - and start typing. Don’t stop!!! It will destroy what you wrote if you stop for more than 3 seconds - and backspace does not count as writing on the app. If you are prone to stop and think - this app forces you to keep going. You can make corrections after the 5 minutes are over.
A timer. Egg timer is a free tool you can use on your desktop to set a time. This is useful for our freewrites or if you want to work in blocks of time and then take a break. Here is the link
I found this app through @emwalker. Use it regularly and it will help you type faster and more accurately. 10 fast fingers
Our fellow freewriter @arbitrarykitten has a business here on Steemit. Several editors are offering to edit and format your post for a small fee. Check out their intro post
Our discord channel Isle of Write has workshop rooms for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry where some of the experienced writers might be able to give some tips. Join with this link https://discord.gg/zfXNRnK
If you are ready to get serious about improving your understanding of the English language check out @majes.tytyty blog. He has lots of useful information to understand words and their roots better. If you have questions or need help, leave a comment on his blog.
If you know of other helpful tools or people, please share with us!
Money
There are several people who offer SBD for free on this platform! How great is that!!
Here are a few
- @scrooger has a great "help the minnows" project. It is so easy!! Visit his profile for details.
- @fisheggs - follow this account and you get upvotes at random times.
- @sydesjokes - he rewards his followers with SBD for any kind of interaction with him- comment, vote, resteem.
- @danielsaori - he does a comment contest. A new challenge every week.
- @rexusmo - I think a few of you have started to leave links to your post. Every day, he has a cheering up post. You leave a link to a post you are proud off and you might get a reward. Keep trying!!
- #newbiegames takes you to all kinds of games and competitions @newbiegames
Steemit Tools
This is the most comprehensive list of applications on this blockchain I have seen. I highly recommend that you bookmark it!! I also will include it in the growing resource section in the future. Steemit Tools
Staying Legal
This is an excellent article by @dmcamera on how to use images legally. A must read!!
Discord
Remember, we have our own room in the Isle of Write Discord! Join us now!!!
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Thank you!!!@marieannewest I won because of you.
write with us :)
Mam:), this is the indeed the best opportunity I had ever in the life. I really respect it from my core of heart.
I will definitely write along with you!
But I am not a regular user.
But I am happy to join you, always !
This might make you a regular user LOL
The more you write, the easier it will be - and the more you have a chance to get some votes on your posts :)
Yes, of course but as you know I am a student and Just from 7-july 2018 government of India has introduced NTA for taking competition.
My exam date shifted from 7 May2019 to 3 Feb.
There is a huge competition for Students belonging to GENERAL category. As I am from general category That's perhaps the one reason why I failed to achieve MBBS colleges since two years.
So, it is pressurizing me! There is a huge syllabus to remember without forgetting a single word otherwise game is over.!!
***I think you can write a freewrites related to problems that a general category candidate are facing in India.
Anyways, how can I join you...
perfect. So, you use a prompt to see if it relates to anything you need to remember. And by writing about it, it will stick in your memory better :)
By the way, I also tried like this:
https://steemit.com/freewrites/@saun/the-unusual-talents-inside-me-buddy-6d3b108ff57b4
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Well, I guess I made the most I could with this prompt in the middle of a shoot-out!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@svashta/wild-west-chapter-11-part-12-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@botefarm/my-grandpa-story-day-262-5-minute-freewrite
Don't even know what got hold of me.
I am a day late, because I had my grandsons all day yesterday, but here is my three part weekend freewrite:
https://steemit.com/weekendfreewrite/@byn/do-over-what-would-you-choose-weekend-freewrite