Over 20 Club
Here are the invitees for this week
@wandrnrose7
@jezzle
@byn
@janine-ariane
@wonderwop
I hope you will take us up on the invitation to write a post about your freewrite journey and/or to showcase some of your favorite freewrites. Please drop a link to your posts under this prompt.
The Over 20 Club is a way to allow some of those long forgotten pieces to shine again and give the authors a way to get a bit of a payout.
Here is how it works:
I have a list of writers who have written at least 20 freewrites.
Every Monday, I will invite 5 authors to write a post showing us 3 or more freewrites they liked and are past their payout.
The writers have until Thursday evening to post their showcase post.
Several of us have committed to giving that post a 100% upvote.
Friday's prompt will have links to the showcase prompts and hopefully, many of you will give it an upvote as well.
It is up to the writers and the voters to participate - you are free to choose.
Prompt: yard sale
- 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.
- 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 @snooks 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!
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.
Contests
@moneyinfant posts a daily update of writing contests!! Go to his profile and start winning :)
Another compilation of all kinds of contests by @artz A new one comes out every Monday!
@arbitrarykitten is running a weekly contest to encourage you to become better photographers - a good skill to have for you steemit success..
A valentines challenge from SteemPulp Thank you @bhop42moro for finding this one. Do check it out - you have until February 14th!!
@improv is the master of puns! Enter his Punday contest here
The Constrained Writing Contest by our fellow freewriter @svashta is on! Check his blog for the latest contest. Click here to join
@miniature-tiger is hosting a 50-word story challenge. This is the opposite of what we are doing.
Here, you spill your gut out typing fast! The timer is beeping any time.
There - think about every word. You only get 50 to tell the story!
Click here to accept the challenge! and check his profile for the newest updates.The pink rabbit contest is hosted by our freewriter friend @janine-ariane. If this link is outdated, just check her profile for the newest contest.
If you like a picture to be the prompt, check out the #365daysofwriting challenge hosted by @mydivathings. Every day, a new picture to entice you weave a story.
If you come across any other contests the freewriters might want to enter, please let me know!
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/
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
Check out this post - one of our freewriters got a shout out!!
Great Opportunity
This is a great opportunity for those of you who are more serious about your writing and are ready to take it to the next place. The Isle of Write just announced their new project. SBD can be won and you can even make it into a print edition. Read the details here.
An update on how to enter your work.
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
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.
Check out @ghasemkiani if English is not your first language. He explains many idioms. Often to use those correctly is the biggest struggle when using a foreign language. He uses #idioms-tutorial
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
@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.
@craigcryptoking- he does a giveaway a few times a week. All you have to do is to be the first, or fourth or eight commenter. And he added a few more.
@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!!
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!
Here is the link to join . https://discord.gg/zfXNRnK
If you like this and want more people to come out and play - resteem!
Courtesy of @celestal
Also, I would love it if you all check out each others #freewrite and spread some love :)
@ackhoo @ahmadmanga @ana-maria @arbitrarykitten @alvinauh @alxgraham @annhoyblog @abyni @authorofthings @arkayani @ameliabartlett @amos-robinson @ablaze
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Thanks for sharing today's prompt and all of the helpful resources in your post! I'm definitely going to check out a few of those writing contests! I'm excited to read the featured members' posts highlighting their favorite works as well =)
I decided to take a crack at today's prompt using The Most Dangerous Writing App. It was a bit terrifying to think I could lose my work at any moment but it really kept me in the spirit of the #freewrite! Anyways, here's my post! Let me know in the comments what you think =)
Here's mine - love you @mariannewest and @improv for bringing this to Steemit and connecting us all <3
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Yard sales.. Sometimes that can lead to a hard sale. Like... somebody bartering for 20 minutes trying to get you down from 50p to 30p.... seems pretty pathetic really... I mean whats 20p really mean in the long run? I think more often than not it is the feeling of 'yes... I won that negotiation' that the buyer is going for over the literal physical victory of saving 20 pence.
Yard sales are called 'Car boot sales' in England. We don't have yards. But we do have car boots. In America they call them trunks - this caused confusion with one of my American friends once... and of course some laughter too.
It's great for sustainability. To go to a yard sale and buy things from other people. It means less packaging is produced. It means that less ends up in a landfill on the other side of the world somewhere. It also leads to other unexpected human interactions and sychronicities. It may also inspire you to buy something you'd never thought of buying before as you browse from one vendor to the next - you never know what you're gonna see next! It's kinda like a roullette - a gamble. Except.. luckily the stakes are pretty low at a yard sale.
Yard sales. It makes me think of chitter chatter and hustle bustle as the crowd compete to hunt for the best bargains. Cheap as chips. That's the general vibe of a yard sale. I'm really just writing rubbish now but I guess sometimes freewrites produce random ramblings often without true relevance.
If I was going to host a yard sale I would sell EVERYTHING I don't need or want in my life in the hope that it might actually go to a home that will appreciate and use the items I have neglected over the years.
This has been a boring write hasn't it? Not much of interest to say on yard sales after all.
Yard sales can be a great tool for sustainability - or for inviting hoarders to get even more :)
Good free write, my friend! Don't put yourself down!
I saw someone's freewrite and I really enjoyed it! So, he linked me here, and I decided to do my first freewrite! Thank you for the inspiration!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@poetrybyjeremy/yard-sale-5-minute-freewrite-1
Welcome to the freewriters zoo! Let your creativity flow and enjoy the ride!
I love everything you do, @mariannewest You are amazing to me! Thank you for the invite for us to write about our #freewrite journey... here is my somewhat long winded (long winded??? Who? Me? Nahhhh) post about mine thus far:
5-Minute Freewrite (Yard Sale): “What Am I Doing Here?”
I looked into this box full of toys and old books, but there was nothing I could find there that interests me. I shifted my attention to the other box full of old clothes, but still I could not find anything I could bring back home.
Shit, this yard sale of my neighbor is just a ridiculous business, all his junk are trash. Nobody wants this kind of yard sale.
But I found myself there. Why? Why was I there anyway? I thought damn, I must be so bored.
I was about to leave when I found myself checking this furniture that might be fit for our living room at home. Even though it is too big to consume a space, I still sat comfortable. At least I felt that I sat on such an old couch.
Why was I there again? I do not know.
I remember I was looking for something but I could not remember what it was. But that is the point of a yard sale, right? You find anything cheap that you might want but not necessarily need. A waste of money, maybe.
There is an old clock that might be of compliment in my room. I need to keep track of my time. But nah, it’s already eyed by this weird guy who went with me about the same time.
Why was I there again?
I’m homeless. And I do not have the money. In the yard sale, it is nice to window shop. All things are used and cheap but I still walked out with nothing but a nice feeling. I just left and I want to come back already.
that was an interesting twist - being homeless...
This will be my first free write experience! I am at work right now but so excited to get home and give it my first try.
Shoot it out Davey!
Don't forget to share us the link. :)
Here is mine .. Using the bloody most dangerous writing app sometimes won't hurt me..will it?
Hello all. Thanks for the good writes. Sorry i have been unable to curate/upvote any. My bandwidth has been down, just returned now.
Hopefully i can now give my thoughts on your works. Here is mine for today.
The Empty Chair #9
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ebitularmbert/the-empty-chair-9-5-minute-freewrite-challenge-prompt-yard-sale
Here we are :)
Yard Sale :)
Welcome to our new writers! Family is huge, make friends :)
Another morning free write warmup done! Thanks for keeping this going :)
https://steemit.com/life/@mikesthoughts/five-minute-free-write-yard-sale
Today dug-up some teary-eyed pleasant memories of my father who passed away in 2015. 💓
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ameliabartlett/my-father-the-antique-dealer-or-5-minute-freewrite-day-109
It Is Time For The Freewrite To End III (Not A 5 Minute Freewrite)
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mr-neil/it-is-time-for-the-freewrite-to-end-iii-not-a-5-minute-freewrite
Really?
This isn't a joke, is it?
Oh well, fine! Gimme 5 min and I'll do it. :P
Editing to deliver the promised goodies:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@svashta/wild-west-chapter-1-part-28-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
hahaha - remember - there are 2 words and you are free to break them up :)
I'm pretty happy with the idea I've come up with, and am therefore alao happy to have stuck to the initial prompt without splitting it up :p
Hope you find it cool, and maybe recognize what I was going for ;p
Thank you @mariannewest for the invite to the over 20 club. I hope all my links work. 😁
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wonderwop/monday-invite-to-the-over-20-club
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@marie-jay/yard-sale-5-minutes-freewrite-day-109
I loved today's prompt! Thanks for making us write daily, I really needed the motivation.
Hello everyone! Hope you have had a good start to your week. It snowed here today, and we had a wood delivery, so managed to get one ton of wood into the basement, before it got really bad. Nice and cosy by the fire, now, after a walk through the white stuff. Anyhoo, here is my effort for today:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@felt.buzz/jelly-an-original-fictional-snippet-for-the-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
Bruce it looks like you came out directly from Revenant XD ..
LOL! One of my facebook friends thought that too! :)
I did something different with this one. Instead of writing fiction, I took a more personal approach, here it is:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@zen-art/yard-sale-no-thank-you-5-minute-freewrite
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@improv/yard-sale-5minutefreewrite
And pun post! https://steemit.com/contest/@improv/free-to-enter-contest-try-your-punning-skills-win-crypto-prizes-punday-monday-33
I guess again I'm not the average freewriter but here is my freewrite for today..
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@saffisara/yard-sale-or-5-minutes-freewrite-day-109
You are unique - not average. I don't think any in this bunch is average lol
Awww.. Thank you so much my friend 😉
Yes I have to say it's a bunch of wonderful people an amazing writers wich makes this so much fun. And You of course who runs this and makes it inspiering 😊
I was struggling to write anything a few days. Good thin the muse knows how to spark creativity with her prompts. ;)
https://steemit.com/fiction/@isaganispeaks/5-minute-freewrite-prompt-yard-sale
Good morning! Unfortunately, I spent most of my time this morning working on a terrible pun on yard sale. But, at least, I ended up with a terrible pun.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@amos-robinson/gg-kk-6
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@isa93/a-dreadful-idea-a-5-minute-freewrite-story today's :)
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ellievallie/buried-treasure
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Hello everyone! Here's my freewrite for today:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@cbrayst/day-109-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-yard-sale
I got in today. Thank you so much for all you do, Marianne. Your posts are so epic now. I love your over 20 club idea.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@fitinfun/5-minute-freewrite-challenge-day-109-yard-sale
Hi Freewriters! Here's My First Yard Sale Oh, the hindsight!
Here's my Day 109 Enjoy!!!
Hi everyone! Here is mine: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@whatisnew/day-109-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-yard-sale
Hello there again! Here is my freewrite entry:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@iyanpol12/yard-sale-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
This is my first 5-minute freewrite entry. It was an interesting experiment!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@scribblingramma/5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-yard-sale
Using a busy link since the main steemit site doesn't seem to be working :).
https://busy.org/@snrm/day-23-of-free-write-yard-sale-prompt
Here is today's entry: "He confirmed that beneath it was mother of pearl and bone inlays"
My yard sale prompt:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wonderwop/just-another-tax-from-the-city-of-san-antonio
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@jeezzle/yard-sale-freewrite
Thanks so much for putting this out. It IS a lot of fun. My first attempt. [Five Minute Freewrite: Yard Sale]
Hello @mariannewest... this is my entry for this prompt. Am not a good writer actually but I was challenged to do it. :) https://steemit.com/freewrite/@bgie8311/freewrite-monday-prompt-yard-sale-by-mariannewest
you know how you become a good writer? Write all the time :)
Hello everyone! Here's mine for today. :)
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@rhei86/day-109-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-yard-sale
Hello steamians. This is my first time writing a prompt here. I am fairly new here and still trying to figure out everything.
I was so happy when I found this post today. This was exactly what I needed to get started with writing again.
Here is my freewrite
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@sanaaz/pheri-waali-the-5-minutes-freewrite
Okay, so to be honest, the 5-mins stop where I inserted the picture in my Freewrite post, but I couldn't leave things there. I had a clear idea of where I wanted things to go and I just had to finish the very short story.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@binkyprod/yard-sale-date-5-min-freewrite-with-prompt-yard-sale
don't worry - many stretch the 5 min - some to hours :)
Oh really? Cool. Well, if ever I'm inspired, I'll just keep on writing then.