Day 263: 5 Minute Freewrite: Monday - Prompt: grapevine
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As you are reading each other's freewrites, have a document open and copy and paste links to freewrites you really like. Add a comment 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.
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Prompt: grapevine
- Set your timer for 5 minutes
- Start writing
- Use the hashtag #freewrite and #freewritepoetry if it turns out to be poetry
- 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
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Not a Grapevine
My dear freewrite family, it wasn't a grapevine I weeded July 4th, oh no, luck would not have it.
Frantically preparing for my sister's visit Friday through Sunday, last Wednesday, on a whim, I decided to weed some creepers climbing the front of my apartment, they were getting out of hand and stuck out after the neighbor kindly weed whipped that area.
It took twenty minutes in ninety degree heat to pull those stuck vines.
How was I to know I just handled poison oak? I'd never seen it before, and now can't wait to be free of this exhausting itch and welts peppering my arms and legs. Seriously, never pull a vine you don't know. It's so not worth it.
Saturday I called Doctor on Demand and the kind lady called in a prednisone dose pack. The itching continues and I dealt with it all through my sister's visit a Saturday Brunch and a Sunday wedding.
If that's not enough, Jeff has also contracted symptoms
He's highly allergic and never touched it. He said it's from walking by the vine pile by my door. Ugh. He's getting meds tomorrow but symptoms began for him yesterday on his arm. Today, he has blisters and sores on his legs. Healing can take weeks. Im using Zertac, Lidocaine, an ivy scrub and Ivy dry.
I will hopefully return full time once the prednisone helps me heal.
Be well, my friends.
Definitely not from grapevines
I hope you feel better soon Janelle! Poison oak used to get me bad when I lived in Cali. Until I learned the trick of swallowing a few baby leaves in early spring... I never got it after that ;)
Thank you for your empathy. It's a terrible thing. I would be afraid that it would affect my internals! This it is beyond beyond.
@wandrnrose7, I hope the medicines will take effect quickly and you and Jeff get well very soon! I'm very sad you have to suffer like that. Good vibes, you're in my thoughts!
I drop here the next prompt: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-264-5-minute-freewrite-tuesday-prompt-food-to-the-table
Who knows? Maybe writing can help to distract from itching and pain...
Thank you, my dear friend. I don't think the meds are working well, I keep breaking out. Jeff isn't near as bad as me yet, but I was the one who had direct contact. I have to keep going to work on little sleep. I appreciate your positive vibes. They are truly appreciated.
Ouch, that must hurt! Feel better soon, Janelle! <3
It itches so much :( thank you, @honeydue.
Oh my. That is dreadful! I hope it heals up quickly for both of you!
Thank you very much! I'm on my 6th day and they say it could be weeks. I'm doing everything they tell you to do so all I can do is grin and bear... Much love.
Oh NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! and Jeff got it too! That stuff is so bad. I am so sorry!! You were looking so much forward to your sister's visit!!
Hope someone can eradicate those for you - that is a bad place for that kind of plant. Just make sure that they don't burn it.... that makes it worse.
At first when his rash started he thought he was allergic to his niacin that he has to take but as it developed he realized he had gotten a contact allergic reaction. All he literally had to do was walk by the pile that I had disposed of by the door. Yes words cannot express the frustration that this was going on during my visit with her. She was very sweet, but the last thing I wanted her to do was to worry about me or have to help me take care of some awful welts. On a good note, we did get to see all the family and have some together time and Jeff even took everyone up on the plane on Saturday. Yes, I did some research on it as soon as I can tracked it it and saw that you should never burn it. The problem is it is still leasing the whole back of my house and it's creeping over more on to the front. It's going to have to be destroyed somehow. Argh!! Hugs.
Thank you @improv for pestering me to write! Here's my freewrite for today: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@stinawog/5-minute-freewrite-grapevine
Not sure how or where the link to our #freewrite post should be.
https://steemit.com/grapevine/@voice23/grapevine
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@improv/grapevine-5minutefreewrite
I'm back. Here's my entry for the day: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@michaelluchies/heard-in-on-the-grapevine-5-minute-freewrite-day-257-grapevine
Here is mine: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wordymouth/heat-and-tension-on-the-grapevine
I went all over the place with this one.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@tristancarax/day-81-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-grapevine
Erotica: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@eroticabian/teacher-s-pet
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@honeydue/ride-on-freewrite
Hi, not happy with this one but here it is anyway:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@jk6276/day-263-5-minute-freewrite-monday---prompt-grapevine-my-9th-freewrite