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Week 7/16/2019 - Win a Membership in Steem Basic Income - Tell us About a Favorite Freewrite

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@owasco

I've been getting a kick out of @redheadpei's stuff. This one about a 100 year old donkey did not disappoint:

@improv floated my boat with this weekend freewrite:

The link above is for the text; below, the video--you're welcome!

And @kaelci of course. Always among my favorites. Today I feel like a Chloe and am a Lily wannabe:

@redheadpei's post was nominated twice!

@wakeupkitty

My 2nd recommendation is about a donkey's behaviour we will all recognize.
It's written by @redheadpei.
We all know how annoying reporters are. This one is there to spoil a birthday party and 300 guest are witness of how the 100 year old donkey is getting rid of this unwanted guest.
A great (fairy) tale a must read!

@carolkean

My first nominee:

@owasco

Steem has gotten me writing again, a daily blessing. I support and feel supported by a number of communities and unaffiliated people. We laugh, we cry, we love each other and that is a prize I never imagined receiving on social media.

This post is packed full of assorted gems, including this haiku:

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In the beginning
I placed my most treasured work
and no one noticed
After posting that haiku, she hoped for a reaction. Here's what she got:
AAaaaand I went right back to no one reading and not one single upvote.

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We all know that feeling, right? Right?? I totally identify with the part about @owasaco's opinions and the difficulty restraining them. My sister almost bought this plaque at a truck stop: "Everyone is entitled to my opinion" - LOL!
That's why we write, isn't it? We can't let go of the idea that others should and must care what we think and feel and learn and want to share!

"@freewritehouse rescued me,"

@owasco writes, and a lot of discouraged writers who've come here end up feeling the same gratitude.

My second nominee:

@marie-jay

is a veteran writer and freewriter, and I would nominate her every single week, but for the redundancy of doing so. No matter what new series or standalone she writes, you know it'll be good. Here is the most recent:

She keeps her promise:

Curie! Congratulations, @marie-jay, on a curie this week!

My third nominee:

@honeydue

is also a veteran writer and freewriter, and every series is good, with lively dialogue, quirky characters, weird and even lurid visuals and plot twists, and a sense of fun. Here is her most recent:

Part 1 began here:

Part 2 all the way up to Part VIII and continuing....

Click here for Part 9

Curie alert!

Quickest way to spot a curie is to look at the upvote earnings on a post. The big numbers usually indicate a curie; rarely do we ever attract a "whale slap," but see @owasco's "Gratitude" post (mentioned above) for a commentary on whale slaps.

Two more posts were nominated twice!

@redheadpei

1st Pick: @owasco has a great post about how trying to get upvotes and attention when she first joined Steemit was like riding a 100 yr. old donkey.

2nd Pick: @myjob does a great post about her day of fishing. In this post she also tells us why she doesn’t use blinds on her windows but something more interesting.

@irvinc

Of the last ones I read the one I liked the most was @hlezama. In his publication he gives us to know aspects of his childhood as a country boy in the East of Venezuela. With a jocular tone the author shows us a few brushstrokes of the life of people who are dedicated to the cultivation of cocoa, the basis for making the famous chocolate. In the episode where he narrates how they solved the problem with the donkey, we can see aspects that have to do with the way Venezuelans relate to power. I invite you to read the publication.

De los últimos que leí el que más me gustó fue el de @hlezama. En su publicación él nos da a conocer aspectos de su infancia como niño de campo en el Oriente de Venezuela. Con un tono jocoso el autor nos muestra unas cuantas pinceladas de la vida de las personas que se dedican al cultivo del Cacao, la base para elaborar el conocido chocolate. En el episodio donde narra cómo resolvieron el problema con el burro se pueden apreciar aspectos que tienen que ver con la forma como los venezolanos nos relacionamos con el poder. Invito a leer la publicación.

@fitinfun

I have only one this week! And it is fiction - at least I hope it is.

This story by @medusaeffect has stayed with me since I read it for my Sunday reminder duties. @medusaeffect is a new steemer and I think this is the first freewrite I have read from this blog. We have new talent!

The tale is told so well, and is hopeful and upbeat for such a gruesome subject. Don't we all lie to our doctors when we have that need?

@wakeupkitty

My 1st recommendation is written by @wonderwop!
The prompt used is 100 year old donkey.
A refreshing and funny post that gave me a good laugh. This 5 minute Freewrite is all about jokes. Not 100 jokes but 100 year old donkey jokes. If the writer wrote these within 5 minutes he is the king of jokes.

Enjoy!
My 2nd recommendation is about a donkey's behaviour we will all recognize. It's written by @redheadpei.
(Scroll up; this is one of the 'nominated twice!" posts).

My 3rd recommendation is written in German by @sniem5180
About a strange prompt.
"People who always want to have everything clean and organized have the biggest brain problems of all", a psychologist told him years ago.
To be honest I agree with him and I also wonder what kind of person the one is who came up with the prompt dirty ....
The way he describes this person reminds me of my mother. Have a good read or a great laugh. There are more important things in life as cleaning and organizing.

##My 4th recommendation is written by @myjob and she used the prompt filthy blinds too.

She really gave me a good laugh as she gave her opinion about blinds and where they should be. Also she gives a great tip what to use instead. Not interest in the tip? Than you can read about her day as a fisherwoman. Each day seems to be an adventure.

Curie! Curie! Who else won a curie this week?

More than one of us did--more than three of us, I'm sure! For now, I'll focus on

@byn

who also used the prompt "filthy blinds," posting only hours ago, getting curied only minutes ago:

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Friday morning UPDATE- via Twitter, I found this gem by @blueeyes8960

I could see him sitting in his rocker there on the weathered porch, a hand-rolled cigarette dangling off his lip, a jug of bootleg whiskey at his feet. I hated when he got around to that story because it always pissed him off with the telling. I hated, even more, being the only one around when Pappy got pissed off.

Of course it took more than 5 minutes to write and polish each part of the freewrite, but that's the beauty of freewriting to a prompt: see what story will emerge, follow it through, polish it, and present it--share it--with the rest of the world. And now to see about Narrative. @blueeyes8960 writes:

If you enjoy writing short fiction stories (less than 1,000 words) I'd love to have you join me on Narrative. Don't abandon STEEM - add Narrative and cross post your Steem content for more exposure. Here's a link directly to my page featuring Flash Fiction: Join me on Narrative

I want to include more of you, especially to celebrate a @curie,

but I kid you not: my internet speed is so slow, it takes 30 to seconds to open a link or click on a comment or get one to post. Ask @wakeupkitty about leaving the computer to put away dishes between every click on the computer. And creating a document like this one involves a LOT of clicking of URLs and toggling from one screen to another.

Thank you for nominating,

everyone, and thank you for reading, upvoting, resteeming, and social media sharing!

Please glance at the other nominations

before you post yours if you want to avoid duplicating a nomination. It's easy to spot the post for nominations. It looks like this:

And the Friday "Favorites" results look like this:

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