Please welcome our newest freewriters by visiting their blog and leaving a comment: @mylittleblurbs
@beatenegg
Steem Home
If you have been writing with us for a while, you might have heard rumors of that mysterious place called the steem home. Luckily, Omra-sky who got all of this started wrote a post about it. You must read this!! If you ever wondered why freewriting is a good idea - Omra-sky is giving you the answer.
Simgirl is one of the co-creators and the first who created an original song for the steem home. Here is howSimgirls remembered it all for your enjoyment.
And the Saga continues! @brisby unleashed monsters! Oh no!!!!
But @snook doesn't let anything bad happen to the inhabitants of the Steem Home Make sure to check out @snooks profile for videos and readings of many stories. She is creating all the gifs and pictures of the Steem Home!!
Prompt: earthquake
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 can)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!
Steemit Tools
This is the most comprehensive list of applications on this blockchain I have seen. I highly recomment that you bookmark it!! I also will include it in the growing resource section in the future. Steemit Tools
A post by the Isle of Write celebrating a curie vote and telling us how to get help with poetry (or fiction). Check it 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.
Contests
These 2 contests are not necessarily writing related, but are run by our fellow freewriter and great supporter @arbitrarykitten
A chance to win a 30-day mentorship with @arbitrarykitten. This is huge!! Hope you enter!
A new contest by the Isle of Write folks. Win SBD.
Thanks to @bhop42moro here are two new contests for you all to consider:
writing impact challenge by @rensoul17 - it has a price
A valentines challenge from SteemPulp
@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 starting 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!The pink rabbit contest is hosted by our freewriter friend @janine-ariane
If you like a picture to be a prompt, check out the #365daysofwriting challenge hosted by @mydivathings. Click here for a recent link
If you come across any other contests the freewriters might want to enter, please let me know!
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!
Help
I am going to post this request for help for a while. Even though many of you responded, eventually, I would love to see several freewrite encouragers signed up for each day. Our numbers are growing - which is wonderful!!! But reading 30+ posts takes a bit of time and I don't want anyone to get burned out.
Thank you so much @marcoriccardi @miniature-tiger @deirdyweirdy @byn @brisby @f3nix for taking on a day and @improv @dmcamera @snook @janine-ariane for being available once in a while.
What is that help, you ask. Every day, once the new prompt is out, the freewrite encouragers mentioned above visit all freewriters who left a link to their post in the comments of the previous day's prompt. They read the freewrite, leave a comment and drop the new prompt.
I will still give all of you a vote - mostly on the comment with your link and read as many freewrites as I can. If you want to help, you too can take a day or share. We often now have 30+ participants per day and there is plenty of fun reading for all to be had. If you can't commit to a day, please read as many of your fellow freewriters work as you can. Make sure to leave a comment!
To sign up on the google spreadsheet, click here
I suggest that all of you who are taking on the prompt delivery join discord. That way, you can private message each other. Especially the occasional people can speak up and say which day, or the 10 from the top... they want to read.
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. It helps you to grow to vote wisely!!
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
Money
There are several people who offer SBD for free on this platform! How great is that!!
Here are a few
Leave a comment on @jr11 post and you might win 10SBD click here
@fisheggs - follow this account and you get up votes 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!!
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!
Curtesy 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
@bashadow @bloghound @brisby @byn @btcnoodle @binkyprod @brazen
@bleedingheart @beatenegg
@chuazm @citizenzero @creationofcare @cecicastor @cikxaijen @celestal @cvmidwife @cecirod1218 @carolkean @calluna @crookshanks
@deaconlee @deemarshall @dennisauburn @dmcamera @dfrankle @digitalmutt @debbietiyan @daithilifereport @deirdyweirdy
@ecoinstant @elizacheng @ellievallie @eggstraordinair @elijahniel12
@f3nix @fitinfun @felt.buzz @fishyculture @foffelius @freedomtowrite
@gniksivart @girlbeforemirror
@improv @iyanpol12 @imcesca @isaganispeaks @itworks4sierra @iknowkungfu
@janine-ariane @jayna @jewels3 @jie28 @jjwriter85 @jkiw @johnwjr7 @jbn @jrhughes
@knightengale @kerlund
@littlenewthings @littlescribe @lenapena @lucylin @lonestarpoet @ldacey-laforge @ladylei
@long888 @lindahas
@marcoriccardi @marillaanne @melinda010100 @miniature-tiger @mydivathings @maverickinvictus @molovelly @mrslauren @mr-neil @mountainjewel @mkkenny @mwoodall @mel1ss @mylittleblurbs @martinwbender @metzli @moneyinfant @mylittleblurbs
@nathanthewise @navaneeth @not-a-bird @nays
@omra-sky @old-guy-photos @olaivart
@preparedwombat @pumpkinsandcats
@rainbowme @raj808 @rok-sivante @rensoul17 @racemlaadhar @rubertd
@shanibeer @sharoonyasir @simgirl @snook @stinawog @sayee @slhomestead @steemitgraven29 @someoneusual @svashta @saryn @starfall @snrm @syzegy @saronym @shula14
@tezmel @themerrylotus @theprettysoul @thereikiforest @topkpop @tpkidkai @tegoshei @tattoodjay @thisgirl @thechosenwhan @the-real-coral
@valorforfreedom
@wandrnrose7 @whatilearned @whatisnew @wildwoman @wonderwop @wido @warpedpoetic
@yomibolo @yadah04
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All images are my own unless otherwise cited.
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https://steemit.com/freewrite/@dennisauburn/always-something
You're so nice for commenting on this post. For that, I gave you a vote!
I'm glad I came across this post as I found many helpful links which I will resteem as I need to review it often as I'd like to join the free write group. I'm still finding my way around in Steemit and am having a lot of fun so far. Thank you @mariannewest
Glad you found it and jump in any time!! :)
good writing dear
carry on alwyes following to you
If you're wondering why I'm so quick with the freewrite, it is because I see them around 8pm my time.
This one is the most grounded one I've done for a while.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mr-neil/the-storm-5-minute-freewrite
I probably should start free writing... i need to do something sometimes and this may be a great way to fill in extra time (ikr who has extra time?)
hahaha - no such thing. But it is fun times and helps us all to get the creative mind into gear lol
yes very much so. I used to write a lot back in the day.. but it was all 18+ content :(
Hi Team!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@metzli/daily-freewrite-91-earthquake
Hi
I continue my story with Sarah and Ross. Has he abandoned her?
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@kcoyote/get-up-5-minute-freewrite-friday-prompt-earthquake
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wonderwop/funny-not-funny
Eek, that was a hard one.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@amos-robinson/freewrite-earthquake
Aaaah, today's fit in perfectly! :D
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@svashta/short-story-wild-west-part-11-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@improv/earthquake-5minutefreewrite
Has anyone mentioned the tiny typo? You say @arbitraykitten instead of @arbitrarykitten one of the times
thanks. fixing it now. good editing eyes!!
better than a lawyer..
Thank you for the warm welcome, @mariannewest! It has been a fun experience so far. This is my 3rd freewrite attempt and I'm sure there will be a lot more!
It's not easy as I thought. Thank you @mariannewest.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@davinsh/a-response-to-day-91-5-minute-freewrite-friday-prompt-earthquake
My entry, late as usual! "because Thunder and Earthquake wished the people to live."
better late than never and quite brief but...I still like it. Thanks for hosting I'm having fun.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@saronym/earthquake-5-free-write
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@jeezzle/earthquake-freewrite
Thank you everyone for your kind words and upvotes yesterday. I was a right little grumpy twat all day. You lot cheered me up this morning, though. Love you all... :)
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@felt.buzz/power-an-original-fictional-story-for-the-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@fitinfun/5-minute-freewrite-challenge-day-91-earthquake
I'm not late! @bxlphabet is posting! He's doing really well with it. I'm so happy now :) Love you, my friend.
so glad he is!! WEnt and gave him some votes lol
Earthquake:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@littlescribe/earthquake-5-minute-freewrite
https://busy.org/freewrite/@shula14/5-minute-freewrite-challenge-earthquake
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@ellievallie/fracture
💙
Here is my *earthquake
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wandrnrose7/earthquake-in-my-head-day-91-5-minute-freewrite
Have a wonderful weekend everyone
I'm late, but here it is
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mylittleblurbs/in-your-eyes-day-91-5-minute-freewrite-friday-prompt-earthquake
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/earthquake-freewrite
A bit late it seems, sorry I needed to wait for the right time to write this
https://steemit.com/life/@whatamidoing/perverted-fantasies-of-armageddon
never late :) Your entry is always welcome!!