Day 122: 5 Minute Freewrite: Sunday - Prompt: Spa

[mariannewest]

Please welcome the newest freewriters!! Visit, comment, and vote on their posts. We all love that, right?


@cizzo @dofficialbarbs @conradt

Over 20 Club

If you read Friday's post, you know that he gifted the Over 20 Club with their very own badge. you find it in Fridays post. Then, he decided that he wanted to work on it more.
Here is the final version of the badge. All you Over 20 Clubers. Use it with pride@fireawaymarmot is such an amazing artist and writer!!

@fireawaymarmot Thank you so much!!

If you haven't read and voted on the Over 20 Club posts yet - what are you waiting for? Let's sprinkle thevoting and commenting love. Before you know it, it will be your turn.

here is @fireawaymarmot's Over 20 Club postIf you haven't read any of @fireawaymarmot's stories yet, you are in for a treat. Each one comes with an original illustration!

Here are @f3nix favorite freewrites for you.All of you who have been writing with us for a bit know this man: @f3nix. His first freewrite was on Day 1! He is funny and sometimes, you have to be careful while reading his work. It all starts out friendly - and then... But you better read some of his stories yourself.

Here is @whatisnew's blast from the pastWe have the beautiful review of our resident cat lover @whatisnew. If you visit her blog, you see lots of information on the beautiful things you find in nature - like bugs. Those often make it into her freewrites as well. You probably also know our friend for sending random tips to your wallet.

You all know what to do, right? Give them all the best upvote you got!!!

If you don't know what 100 % vote or fully powered up means, please read the section on voting below.

Prompt: Spa

• 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!

Contests by our Fellow Freewriters

• Ends on 2/23This is a fun contest by our freewriting friend @mountainjewel. I has nothing to do with writing but looks like a lot of fun.

• @fireawaymarmot has a very special contest. Listen to his music and then, write your story!! How cool is that!!! Go to his profile for the latest prompt.

• Enter his Punday contest here@improv is the master of puns!

• Click here to joinThe Constrained Writing Contest by our fellow freewriter @svashta is on! Check his blog for the latest contest.

• 
  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.@miniature-tiger is hosting a 50-word story challenge. This is the opposite of what we are doing.

• 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.

Contests Galore

• @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! Check the profile.

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

Read the post hereThis post is talking about using your vote for maximum curation. Thank you, Asher @abh12345

Bandwidth Problems

for this explanationI 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

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.

Can one of the newer Steemians please let us know if this is still a problem?

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

• Check out their intro postOur fellow freewriter @arbitrarykitten has a business here on Steemit. Several editors are offering to edit and format your post for a small fee.

• 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. Usually, they involve commenting and/or beer. @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

A must read!!This is an excellent article by @dmcamera on how to use images legally.

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!

Also, I would love it if you all check out each others #freewrite and spread some love :)

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Comments

[iyanpol12]

Hello there! Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@iyanpol12/spa-5-minute-freewrite-challenge

[isaganispeaks]

A 5-minute freewrite to start the day. :D
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@isaganispeaks/spa-a-5-minute-short

[cbrayst]

Here's my freewrite for today:

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@cbrayst/5-minute-freewrite-day-122-prompt-spa

[deaconlee]

Loved this! 😃

[christianyocte]

Im trying it again :)

[mountainjewel]

hey @mariannewest, we also have a contest going on right now. replicating a picture of your childhood self NOW! no pressure to add it to the contests, but i finally got @ginabot so I saw you tagged me in this! thanks :)

https://steemit.com/yesteryear/@mountainjewel/contest-younger-than-yesteryear-or-15-steem-giveaway

[mariannewest]

Yes, I have a list of all people who have participated in the freewrite. If you want me to remove you, let me know. Otherwise, you are going to get a tag every day besides Saturday :)
Going to check out your contest.

[christianyocte]

Oww... This is really awful i think. I do not even know if I have conveyed a message in this freewrite.

But it was all fun.

[bleedinheart]

I think you conveyed it just fine! You used the prompt spa and made it your own! It can be about anything, a story, poem, personal, whatever that prompt brought out! Keep it up!!!

[bleedinheart]

Here's my Sunday 5 Minute Freewrite!! :)

[tezmel]

Does this 🔥 count as a comment? :)

[poetrybyjeremy]

Here's my entry, Beach Trip, which is faaaar more relaxing than yesterday's traumatic story.

[storytllng.rocks]

my first contribution. I'm happy to read and vote for other contributions, of course, just give me some time to recharge a bit more today (rookie mistake, I guess).Hi fellow Steemians :) Thank you for hosting this contest, @mariannewest ! And thanks to everybody participating, of course! I've been on steemit for only a few weeks and posted a few things, but now I thought I'll try to get into Freewriting, which is a great idea and concept! So here's

[tezmel]

This is a riveting read! :) Welcome to Freewrite.

[storytllng.rocks]

Thank you, I'm really glad to be here!

[mysecondself01]

Hi there! Here is my freewrite for today... :)
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mysecondself01/freewrite-day-122-the-spa-party

[mr-neil]

The Wish At Bath Spa
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mr-neil/the-wish-at-bath-spa-5-minute-freewrite

[valorforfreedom]

We may be talking or writing more often in the future Marianne, currently applying for the alliance and they put me on the school server.

Maybe we work on something together soon.

I could for example interview you & present freewrites as a means to make friends and cash here on Steemit and boost that into trending.

[mariannewest]

sounds good :)

[tezmel]

I am on a roll. Hongera kwangu! Congratulations to myself :D

Enough ego stroking, Spa :)

[conradt]

Hello fellow freewriters :)

Here is the link to my story

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@conradt/5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-spa

[freedomtowrite]

Hey everyone! Here is my freewrite for today! https://steemit.com/freewrite/@freedomtowrite/day-122-5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-spa-broken-part-3-a-continuation-of-lola-s-story

[mikesthoughts]

Come and relax at my spa...if you dare ;)

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mikesthoughts/five-minute-free-write-spa

[felt.buzz]

How are you guys? We have had a day preparing the B&B for guests, then cooking and serving them dinner. They have just finished...
Anyone got a bit of room for some Jelly? https://steemit.com/freewrite/@felt.buzz/dip-jelly-11-another-original-snippet-of-irrelevance-for-the-5-minute-freewrite-challenge

[mariannewest]

always room for the Jelly's :)

[janine-ariane]

yes I managed again :-)

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@janine-ariane/the-spa

[improv]

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@improv/spa-5minutefreewrite

[belemo]

Here's my Sunday write up: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@belemo/sunday-freewrite-prompt-spa-70d34c92fedd2

[deaconlee]

Here is my entry for today: " that pompous old windbag who acted like he was still Governor of a Mexican territory."

[pixiehunter]

And the final round catching up my freewrites. :-)
https://steemit.com/weekendfreewrite/@pixiehunter/weekend-freewrite-2-18-18-spa

[deadgrlsuppastar]

that's a great prompt for a freewrite. if i get a chance to I might join in!

[angelveselinov]

Hey I am very happy to present you my first freewrite :) Yeee Thanks for this nice initiative it is really lovely and inspires people to go explore new horizons . God Bless . Peace and Love. Here is my entry :) https://steemit.com/freewrite/@angelveselinov/freewrite-5-mins-day-122-spa

[ablaze]

Here is today's freewrite. I hope you enjoy it..
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ablaze/what-makes-us-beautiful-freewrite

[wonderwop]

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wonderwop/spring-break-1983

[cryptosharon]

I've been producing so much! I love these Freewrites! It's like free inspiration faucets.

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@cryptosharon/whoosing-wind-5-minute-freewrite

[honeydue]

Didn't think I'd do this one, since I just did the weekend freewrite a couple hours ago...But I find I can't help myself, so here we go:https://steemit.com/freewrite/@honeydue/soft-freewrite

[bgie8311]

Hello everyone. Good morning. This is my entry... https://steemit.com/freewrite/@bgie8311/day-122-5-min-freewrite-sunday-prompt-spa ... i hope to see your post too.

[whatisnew]

Hi everyone! This is not your typical Spa: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@whatisnew/day-122-5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-spa

[eaglespirit]

Hi there #freewriter 's, I hope you all had a great weekend!

Here is my official entry for today's #freewrite:

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@eaglespirit/day-122-5-minute-freewrite-with-mariannewest-sunday-word-prompt-spa

[jeezzle]

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@jeezzle/spa-freewrite

[snook]

this is my weekend one............don't read it.......

https://steemit.com/weekendfreewrite/@snook/my-weekend-freewrite-yup

[ellievallie]

Thank you for inspiring this!

https://steemit.com/writing/@ellievallie/sanctuary

[pranithreddy]

:( because of exam I stuck with my books , here is my late entry , check it and make some comment , your comments are my drugs to improve .
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@pranithreddy/freewrite-prompt-spa

[simgirl]

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@simgirl/day-122-5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-spa

[rhei86]

Hi everyone! I am sharing my spa experience this time. Something that will just be part of memory. lol

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@rhei86/day-122-5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-spa

[scribblingramma]

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@scribblingramma/5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-spa (Once again, I neglected to copy and paste this yesterday.)

[ebitularmbert]

I am very late for this one, but i have no intention of missing.

Meanwhile, i have decided to end the Empty Chair trail at what is its last episode, namely #21.

I will now fine tune the individual episodes and compile them.

I should enjoy some freedom to attempt as many themes as possible for the several prompts.

I have been somewhat taken up and haven't penned any since Sunday, but i have no intention of missing any prompt, unless i really must.

So, better late than never, No? Here is my late entry for the Sunday prompt.

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ebitularmbert/freewrite-prompt-spa