Week 10/29/2019 - Win a Membership in Steem Basic Income - Tell us About a Favorite Freewrite

deirdyweirdy (61) 5 years ago

I'd like to recommend the Damp Conditions
free write by @myjob, well actually, I'd like to recommend all of her free writes for there's rarely a dull moment in any of them.
She writes in such a matter of fact way, this time about a hurricane destroying her home, living in a tent then a camper for 18 months whilst rebuilding, only to have her refurbished place seized by the local authorities six months later. It's a catalogue of disasters to be sure, but deftly told and well worth a read.

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wandrnrose7 (65) 5 years ago (edited)

Some freewrites hit you deeply. The one entitled Bitch by @mariannewest did that for me. I know those feelings well and I understand. I experienced a spiritual awakening that comes in a relationship where person that you are with has nothing but insults to throw at you. There was a time I remained silent no matter what the insults were but then I remember coming to myself one day and responding back to the insult with "As a matter of fact, I am a bitch. Do you enjoy what you created?" There's really only two directions you can go in this type of a relationship, you can believe it and learn to hate yourself or you can rise above it and walkaway. I chose to do what this character did... I walked away. Great job, @mariannewest!

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carolkean (66) 5 years ago

Thank you @wandrnrose7 for sharing your perspective and for calling attention to the issues as well as the the post itself. I had also nominated this one; @mariannewest rarely finds time for actual freewriting with all the other busy-work here, so I was happy to see any post from her, and most particularly, this one. The prompt "cold person" leads us to a woman who's been labeled and demeaned one time many. What does it take to ~wake up~ for those who fall in love with a manipulative, soul-killing narcisisst? I'm told it happens in a flash of awareness after years of denial. Readers, if you know someone in this situation, it will only backfire to say "You need to leave that loser." To me it's the hardest thing in the world to show support and withhold comment when a loved one is suffering the consequences of trusting a bad^ss. Thank you both for writing about it.

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wandrnrose7 (65) 5 years ago

This really was an excellent piece, @Carolkean. I encourage anyone in this type of relationship, male or female, to consider the source and recognize that they are being manipulated.

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carolkean (66) 5 years ago

I hear you!!
I do know women in this situation. (Too many.)
More than one was hospitalized with a punctured lung after a beating.
One of those ended up raising the daughter of her abusive boyfriend, who ended up with some other woman and their offspring. On the bright side, she never saw her abuser again, but someone else was living with him. She also raised a beautiful daughter, who is now married. Her mother died of cancer shortly after this daughter's high school graduation. Too young, too beautiful!
And what did it take for her to break free of her abuser?
The punctured lung?
Or, 'I'm having your baby' finally scared him off?
This daughter, as far as I know, has never learned the story of her father.
Too many of us know women in these situations.
Staging an intervention, as far as I can tell, would work only if we removed the abuser from the scene. Exile him to Siberia. Jail him.
Don't get me started on the police and domestic violence....

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The Bedtime Man (freewrite story)

iamraincrystal (68) 5 years ago

Time for the weekly freewrite recommendation once again. I challenged myself to do this on a regular basis.

I got interested when I read this freewrite. Plus, it said to be continued I don't want to spoil your fun, but I will most definitely wait for the continuation. ^_^ I love the Halloween vibe....

From @honeydue

I read the first part last week. I thought the story needed an ending. True enough, there's a second part. Now, I'm actually waiting for more... I love the mystery part. So what's going to happen next? ^_^

From @justclickindiva

The Package - Part 2: The smell from within (Weekend Freewrite - Single Prompt Option) 10/26/19

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justclickindiva (64) 5 years ago

Thank you so much for your recommendation @iamraincrystal. So glad you liked Margaritte's story. Final installment coming soon

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onyechi (64) 5 years ago

@inthenow no added sugar - I can relate to this, imagine going to a restaurant and being served something without taste, yuck, I love how he told his story, straight and precise. https://steemit.com/nonfiction/@inthenow/where-the-hell-is-the-sugar

@wwwiebe gut feeling - Talks about her life as a parent and it reminded me of your mom, she's not good at singing but she'll never agree, I always tell her to stop singing,she also loves yelling...
https://steempeak.com/@wwwiebe/a-freewrite-gut-feeling

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https://steemit.com/@inthenow/trick-or-treat

wakeupkitty (74) 5 years ago (edited)

I recommend @inthenow with Trick and treat. No need to tell (most of) you what the subject of the freewrite is. If you don't know it I tell you "Halloween".

There is no Halloween custom in my country and it is clear the world the writer lives in is not as big as mine. Nevertheless there is an interesting question about change of habit if it comes to celebrations asked. The only thing I can do is agree with the writer. Stubborn me would not join the new habit and stay home and... no treats!

You can read yourself and leave the writer a comment or better upvote.
Happy (Hallo ween)Day. 💕

carolkean (66) 5 years ago

LOL! I was going to recommend that one!

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wakeupkitty (74) 5 years ago

@carolkean what keeps you 😂 two recommendations is always better as one. 😁💕

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carolkean (66) 5 years ago

What stops me: the extra work typing it all up for Friday Favorites! 😂

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wakeupkitty (74) 5 years ago

You can copy-paste me 🙂

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inthenow (64) 5 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation, very much appreciated. :D Yes I do tend to keep my world small, way up in the mountains. I like it like that, although I've been around. ;-) Have a great day.

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wakeupkitty (74) 5 years ago

@inthenow nothing wrong with that, my world is small too and I love it. I wish you a great day. ❤️

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felixgarciap (69) 5 years ago

This week I recommend three publications that have caught my attention:

A master class in the consumption of products.
no added sugar has given us @wandrnrose7 in Divorcing Sugar
@snook also tells us the complete odyssey of his character who wanted to buy his mother an ice cream in When a Boy becomes a Man
@fitinfun She shows us her work to get out of the shadows on steemit helping others in Am I in the Shadows of STEEM? - Freewrite Day 737

fitinfun (71) 5 years ago

Thank you so much for your recommendation, @felixgarciap. I really appreciate all of your support.

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whatisnew (65) 5 years ago (edited)

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know how much work @fitnfun puts into helping others on this platform. Here you can find a long list of people and communities that she represents. She also just found out that she won the Conference Fee to STEEMfest in Bangkok. Congratulations Sharon on your well deserved win! She needs help for other expenses. Find out how you can help by reading her post.
https://steemit.com/busy/@fitinfun/who-do-i-represent-at-steemfest-freewrite-day-739

I always like a fun freewrite that makes me smile and @nathanthewise did just that. He tells how he is a big fan of freewriting in a fun way with a beat that will surely brighten your day.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@nathanthewise/you-best-be-representing-when-you-get-to-the-podium

fitinfun (71) 5 years ago

This is so nice of you, @whatisnew. Thank you for the recommendation and compliments. I will have a good budget soon and think I need $75 usd by Monday when I leave. It is a nail biter!

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whatisnew (65) 5 years ago

The pleasure was all mine Sharon. Good to hear that you will have the traveling money you need. It is always a nail biter with you! LOL! Have a safe trip and a fun time. : )

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fitinfun (71) 5 years ago

Yes it is, @whatisnew. Trying to get the money to pay the hostel cost now. Ergh...

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carolkean (66) 5 years ago

Considering that horror is not my genre either. I usually write to escape, but I was remembering some darker personal episodes which happened to me when I was younger. (Mr. Neil, in the comment section)

carolkean (66) 5 years ago

And here's another--this one by @wwwiebe:

We all know that girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice" and that boys.. well.. they aren't. We boys are apparently made of used motor oil, the odour of a neverending tire fire, and probably over-ripe avocado.

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https://steemit.com/freewrite/@myrockandocean/step-out-of-the-shadow-day-737-freewrite

carolkean (66) 5 years ago

@myrockandocean
I love this story about a woman who leaves it all behind:

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myrockandocean (57) 5 years ago

Thank you 😊🙏🏽🌸

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carolkean (66) 5 years ago

@sarez

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carolkean (66) 5 years ago

#Curie! This one just got curied a few hours ago! Congratulations, @sarez, and thank you, @curie, for all you do to reward creators.

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https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@wwwiebe/a-fictional-freewrite-cold-person

fitinfun (71) 5 years ago

I have two out of three fictions today. Such a change. Also taking this chance to say I will not do reminder work for Sunday's prompt for the next two weeks due to STEEMFest travel.

Excellent and interesting story by @wwwiebe - stolen format or not. I would like to see this tale continue. Very entertaining.

@wonderwop is partying in the cold Texas night and making me miss the place!

https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@wonderwop/day-740-freewrite-wednesday-cold-person

Nice to see the lawn chair back from @bashadow with a fast paced and interesting tale.

https://steempeak.com/justbecause/@bashadow/day-740-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-cold-person-a-lawn-chair-story-cold-lady-s-revenge

https://steemit.com/writing/@naitore/short-fiction-12-or-pause-play-pause

janaveda (67) 5 years ago (edited)

Hello @freewritehouse,

Here my entry to the contest:

Seeing the rules of this contest I thought: very interesting contest, it is a good opportunity to find a writer who is starting on steemit who is undervalued by his very condition of being new to the platform. So, I looked for a while until I found @naitore, who defines himself as an unpredictable writer. With less than fifteen days on Steemit, he has published a series of short stories, the last of his stories: Short Fiction # 12 | Pause, Play, Pause, I thought it was very good. I think it has a lot of potential for you to be encouraged to read their stories.

As he becomes familiar with the rules and forms of steemit he will be more successful. He quotes the sources of the images he uses, but not the link, I suppose it is due to ignorance.