Day 4
brought to you by @brisby
So we all know what a freewrite is, if not head here, and have had our kicks going wild with a prompt. Then we've had the pleasure of reading someone else's story and seeing a bit into their creative, passionate, hilarious and sometimes devious minds. 😎 We'll leave comments for the writer, learning more about them and creating those connections that make our freewriting group one of the best there is on Steemit!
That's a lot of WE !
We-Writes come from the excitement of sharing the joy in creating a story! They add another level of challenge and fun to the freewriting experience! Back on the Day 100 Celebration @mariannewest posted the dare for everyone to pick a partner and collaborate. So many of our community rose to the occasion and created amazing stories together! Everyone had a blast and were able to enjoy learning more about each other! Why let the fun stop there? We-Writes can be done anytime! There's no need to wait for a contest, although who knows what the future will bring? 😉
How Do We Play?
There are three ways to do this. They require correspondence through comments, Discord, Steemit Chat, email, or a shared document. Google doc is a free option. @snook wrote a terrific post explaining how to share a document if you have never made one. Here is her post. To work out any kinks, @snook and I beta tested the We-Write process and our story can be read here
Helpful tip: Plan how post payouts will be shared with your partner beforehand to avoid any misunderstandings.😁
Option 1
- Pick a partner and open up a shared Google doc.
- Decide who will begin writing.
- Prepare a timer for each writer. Alternate writing for 1 minute each.
- Use the word “Go” to let the other know that it was their turn.
- Use the prompt provided.
- Put the word/phrase at the top of the page.
- The first freewriter sets a timer for 1 minute and begins writing.
- When the minute is up, type the word “GO” to let the next writer know to begin.
- Carry on, alternating turns, until 10 minutes have passed (each has written for 5 minutes).
- Combine the sentences (cleaning up the formatting and removing the “Go’s” if you wish).
- Place the “cleaned up” version of the story below the exercise.
- Submit the link and then enjoy reading that day’s freewrites!
Option 2
- Pick a partner and open up a shared Google doc.
- Decide who will begin writing.
- Set a timer for 10 minutes.
- First freewriter writes one sentence.
- Then, the other freewriter writes one sentence.
- Switch back and forth until the 10 minutes are over.
Option 3
- This option is especially good if you can't find a time which suits both writers
- Each freewriter writes a 5 minute freewite.
- Exchange the freewites (This can be done in comments, through Discord, Steemit Chat, or email)
- Write 5 more minutes on the partners freewrite and finish the story.
- You can both publish the freewrites and if you want, add a bit on how that kind of writing felt to you. Was it fun? Difficult? Want to do it again?
We've come so far as a group since starting on our freewriting journey. Let's all enjoy playing and writing fantastic stories together! Our Freewrite House is always ready to party! Now, grab a partner, Do-Si-Do, and let's get rolling with those We-Writes!
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I first participated in a we-write with the wonderful @jrhughes in the 100th freewrite celebration post. A post of inestimable literary magnitude was created that day 😉
jokes, it was an amazingly sardonic piece of fiction inspired by our mutually dark sense of humour, check it out here. This first foray into free-write we-write got me hooked and I just want to put it out there that if anyone wants to colaborate on a freewrite I am well up for it! Just let me know in the comments here or find me on the 'isle of write' discord group. My name on there is the same as it is on here. I also want to say thanks to all the freewritehouse folks for these chances at a steemit basic income. Love the new initiative
7 raj808
You are in! And I will do my best not to mess up the numbers this time:) Good luck and we will do a We-Write contest soon. first, we have many more days of chances to win a Steem basic income and to get feedback and ideas from all of you :) Make sure to comment on Day 5 for another chance to win 👍
I'm just a new steemian and gew weeks old at free writing😁i hope through this challenge I'd be able to get to know you fellow free writers😊. If you guys are looking for an open minded,spontaneous and patient free write partner, I am more than willing to join you😁 thanks again for this opportunity!!
1 stephey
You are in! I am sure you will make lots of friends when you hang around the freewriters and the Freewrite House. That is what we are all about 😄
The red-haired woman fainted in front of all passengers. I had seen her when she had entered the plane, looking around anxiously. Most people would have assumed she was a nervous flyer, but I knew better. When she spotted me, she lifted her eyebrow for a short moment. We had recognized each other. Then she fainted. The surrounding passengers didn’t really know what to do, they hesitated, someone called out for a crew member. I jumped off my seat, made my way through the crowd – “Please let me through, I’m a Freewriter!” – and approached her quickly. When I kneeled down she opened her eyes and we both knew that our common journey to We-Write had just begun.
I apologize to @felt.buzz for kind of stealing his idea to write commentsupershortstories, but I've forever wanted to put the sentence "Let me through, I'm a writer" in a story and when I've read about We-Write (which I did for the first time here) I immediately pictured myself in the situation above. :)
"Lol", he said.
"What? " she said.
"I thought it was funny, so I said 'Lol'"
"Right. You do know, it stands for Laugh Out Loud, don't you? So if you're writing fiction you could just say 'he laughed out loud', or some more imaginative description?"
"Of course, I knew that!" he guffawed.
Does that mean you have a red headed female wewrite partner? If not a short brown/grey haired male freewriter is available...
3 felt.buzz
You are in!! As always, I love to read your comments!! I can see that you two are ready for the next We-Write competition coming soon LOL
Ha, awesome! If you're ok with option 3, give it a go! Would love to try the other options, but I'm a bit juggling with my time and other work stuff - maybe next time! Soooo... if you still haven't found a red-haired lady who happened to faint in front of you, I'd say you're free to choose a prompt and let me know. Maybe via email, I just tried Discord again, but I feel like in a bee hive there (not being the queen) and could barely find my way out, let alone would I find a 'message*. sandra(at)storytelling.rocks
LOL! You are on! I'll email you. I think the evil secret keepers in the FreewriteHouse will be giving us a prompt at a later date, but I am up for a WeWrite, before then. I'll be in touch... :)
Oh, those folks in the FreewriteHouse are crafty! Looking forward to we-write behind their back ;)
A phone rang. I looked at my mobile, but the battery had died. Weird. I had only charged it before I had left my apartment to head over to this dubious new FreewriteHouse. Then I realized - there was a phone booth in front of this shady old building, and the ringing came from the booth. I approached it cautiously. I hesitated, then picked up. “Hello?” – “Dick Laurent is dead.”
I looked at the phone in my hand. "Dick Laurent is dead?" I repeated. "Hello?" the voice said. I realised I wasn't talking into the mouthpiece, just looking at the phone in my hand. "I said," holding the phone in the correct mouth-ear configuration. "Dick Laurent is dead?" There was a pause. "That's what I said," said the voice, then: "Oh for heavens sake!" and the line went dead...
you guys are just too funny and too sneaky!! LOL
2 storytllng.rocks
You are in! That is a fantastic comment story!!
I have not yet participated in a we-write, mostly because it requires computer knowledge I lack, like what's Discord, Steemit Chat, or a shared Google Doc? But somebody did write a second part to one of my freewrites, and that was a lot of fun. Wish I could remember who it was. Maybe @snook? And how do I know if this is 50 words yet, short of counting them on the computer screen. (Ack!)
9 scribblingramma
You are in!! And did you check yesterday's winner announcements? lol
And now, let's answer some questions:
word counting tool: http://www.wordcounttool.com/
If you click on the Isle of Write graphic, it will take you to discord and you will be part an online platform where you can join different groups and also send private messages.
Google docs come with a gmail address which is free. They can be set that more than one person can access and edit a document. But there are many other ways to do that.
Thank you for all that useful information!
you are welcome :)
The wewrite is a lot of fun. I wish I could join but I prefer to have the original freewrite where I have to do it on my own. But i would love to read the outputs that will be on my feed. See you and God bless us All! 😂😂😂
8 christyn
You are in!! Some day you might try it out and see how much fun it is!! Watch this space for a contest in the future :) For now, check out day 5 for another chance to win!
Thanks. Heheh im very happy about it. 😆😆😆
Lol wow!?!? I have never thought of this idea to freewrite in real time between 2 writers . I can imagine 2 totally different topics and writing style clash together into one, forming something completely. This method is awesome because you can do this with a fellow Steemian because it’s online! I like Option A and Option B, I’m gonna try it out! Thank you very much for sharing @freewritehouse!!
Thank you @snook for thought of this idea and shared with us. You must have an incredible creativity level in you to have thought of this idea! How did you find this out?
10 tifaong
You are in the drawing. And @snook is a very creative person - you got that one right!! 👍 But guess what. so many of the freewriters are extremely creative and I am sure that you fit right in.
Oh wow, thank you very much for your kind words @freewritehouse!! I'm still working to be the best of my version!
This is what I haven't tried yet. I am yet to understand the mechanics but I will read whenever I am going to join. I am yet to look for someone to be my pair.
I am happy though that freewrite is more challenging. I am unable to take part on some as I only do single freewrite but hopefully, I am able to take the challenges soon. More power to #freewrite community and @freewritehouse.
11 iyanpol12
You are in the drawing!! Thank you so much for your donation!! That is the very first one we received from the freewriter community!! You are getting a big shout out in tomorrow's post!
I have never participated in a we-write for several reasons. The main reason being social anxiety; there is something daunting about collaborations. The first collaboration I have done (and the only one) was in December or so, and it was a poetry collaboration. I do understand that time-wise, a freewrite would be shorter, however, there is still a kind of co-dependency which I am not as comfortable with. That sort of thing that would inhibit me from freewriting and be too-critical before writing, which would defeat the purpose!
12 poetrybyjeremy
You are in the drawing. I think for you, option 3 would be perfect. You write your own freewrite for 5 minutes and that becomes you partners prompt - and theirs becomes yours - just a much longer prompt 😉 As with everything we do here at the Freewrite House - the critical mind is politely uninvited from the table and we are allowed to write sh.t. All is good. The truth is, once the critic leaves, things usually turn out to be pretty fun.
Wow!! Sounds very tricky and challenging. I can imagine the wildest stories coming out of a collaboration like this. Especially option 2. You are thinking the story is going one way and the next sentence, it has taken a turn and headed somewhere else completely...haha. Sounds like a crazy good time. Now to look for a partner... who won't mess my story too much.... haha
4 kaerpediem
You are in!! And it is crazy fun. If you follow the links @Brisby gave in the article, you will read some really fun stories!!
This was brilliant. Because of time difference, I wasn't sure if I was able to take part. I put a message out that I had written a part 1 of a story. @snook caught the message and offered to finish the story. I sent her the story through discord.
Because it was late, I was happy for the story to be written and posted. @snook was one of my biggest encouragers when I started the freewrite, so I has happy that she wanted to finish the story.
What a story it was. It was such a buzz to read it the next morning. The end was brilliant. It was my first time to put the freewrite community in danger, but the story had a great twist and everyone was saved.
5 mr-neil
You are in!! Aren't you glad that you didn't kill the freewriters? Now, we have a beautiful house for all of us and we are all safe here! 😜
I have to admit that we-writes were allota fun. @brisby and I did two option 3's and we each created a beginning, then swapped, and created endings for each story. I was definitely out of my comfort zone for those stories, but sometimes you just have to try something new. I wouldn't be on Steemit, if I didn't try something new. 😉
6 wonderwop
You are in!! You are so right!! Every one of us on Steemit is willing to try something new. And you did so well on those We-Writes!!
I have only had the pleasure of one we-write, with @hartfloe, and it was amazing fun. These exercises reach a whole new level of creative writing. We used option 3 and it was perfect for different time zones so both could write their part! I would have never gone in the direction he first began but I felt the piece take off from his last sentence.
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STOPThe contest is now closed. the last entry accepted was 12 poetrybyjeremy
Day 5 contest is still open for another 20+ hours and Day 6 will be posted in the morning Pacific time.