Over 20 Club - Week 1
The Over 20 Club
The Over 20 club started right after our 100-day of Freewrite Celebration. Then, we thought that many of the freewrites had been overlooked, especially from writers who just joined the platform.
And let’s face it. We ourselves sometimes forget what we did a couple of months ago. Well, maybe that is just me.
We love to do this freewriting journey, so we thought it a good idea to keep looking back a little bit.
Let me explain.
When we first started, just a few people were writing every day. And many of us were little tiny redfish or fairly small minnows. You know that means that our combined voting power was pretty low.
Many of the early freewrites had hardly any payout at all. Even now, that holds true for quite a few of us.
Still, so many of you stuck with it and kept on writing and you are still here today. Thank you for that!!!
The Over 20 Club is a way to allow some of those long forgotten pieces to shine again and give the authors a way to get a bit of a payout.
Here is how it works:
I have a list of writers who have written at least 20 freewrites. To qualify for the club, one must have written and tagged as such at least 20 freewrites and be active in the community now.
Every Friday, I will invite 2 authors to write a post showing us three or more of their own favorite freewrites which are past their payout.
Use #over20club and #freewrite
The writers have until Wednesday evening to post their showcase post.
If you submit your post
- You will receive a 100% upvote from the Freewrite House and several of us have committed to giving a 100% upvote as well.
- Friday's Daily Prompt will have links to the showcase posts and they will be featured in the next nomination post.
- Hopefully, many of you will give upvotes as well.
- You are entitled to add the Over 20 badge to your posts.
- If you submit your curation post by the Wednesday following the publishing of this post, your name will be entered into a spreadsheet. Once a month, we will do a random drawing for one SBI (@steembasicincome) membership from this list.
- Once you win, your name will be removed to give others a chance.
- It is up to the writers and the voters to participate - you are free to choose.
This Week's Over 20 Club Invites Go to:
@deemarshall
@pixiehunter
Here is the badge designed by @fireawaymarmot
Use it with pride!!
Join us at the Isle of Write in the freewriter - retreat
art and flair courtesy of @PegasusPhysics
Join the Freewrite daily prompt
What do you mean by a freewrite? Do my posts qualify for that definition? If it's not too much to ask to check them out, of course.
Yes. Where can we learn about what freewrite is. I am interested in participating.
Thank you.
See the comment below. FYI Saturday is a bit different. So, for the first time, you might want to find a post from any of the other days.
Okay. I will take times to learn.
At the end of the post above, you see a link to the daily prompt. You find it every day at this profile @mariannewest. The daily post explains what a freewrite is and give you a prompt. You write a story using the prompt, use the tag freewrite and post a link in the comments.
Freewriters tend to visit each other and leave comments and votes if they can. that is how you eventually make it into the over20club and later in the over 100 club.
We love for you to write with us.
Very nice initiative. I'm interested. I hope to contribute.
First time I am coming across this. I am an avid writer as I am a reader. I will be following your progress silently as I decide on when to jump in. I am currently swamped so it wouldn't be an ideal time to jump in and I don't like to give half baked products!
Great concept @freewriterhouse!
Glad you stopped by. The daily prompt is over at my profile @mariannewest and many writers use it as a warm-up exercise :)
Congratulations @pixiehunter and @deemarshall! I'm looking forward for your curation posts 😎
:) Thank you @marcoriccardi
do you keep track? i feel like ive submitted 20 🤣😂🤣
We do keep track. Not taking attendance - but we run a query ever so often. Your day will come. I have seen your name on the list lol
okay gotcha! :)
I was wondering the same thing!! 😂
Oops, I forgot to plop my post here last night. Here are three of my favorite ones.
https://steemit.com/over20club/@pixiehunter/earned-my-over-20-club-badge-5-4-18
Glad you remembered!!! :)
I have a question. If you're chosen do you have to use three pieces which were tagged freewrite? I ask because I actually did freewrites before I even knew they were a Steemit thing, lol
this is kind of about building and rewarding our community. So, to be invited into the club, it is over 20 freewrites from the prompt... and to be active in the community. at least sometimes :)
Copy. Makes sense :)
How are you able to find how many freewrites a member has participated in?
I have a spreadsheet with people who participated in the freewrites and Asher from the witness @steemcommunity is running queries for us ever so often.
Then we see who is still active and the highest number of the active ones gets the next nomination. If there are a lot with the same # the ones being most supportive of each other get to go first :)
Oh wow. That's a lot of work that goes in!
Congratulations @deemarshall & @pixiehunter!
too funny!! You are the queen of finding the right gif!!
Congratulations 👏 @deemarshall and @pixiehunter on your invite to join the Over 20 Club. Just have fun with it. 👍👍
Congrats to the seasoned freewriters.
This is fun! I'm excited to read their posts!! Congrats @pixiehunter and @deemarshall! 🎉🍕 <--- and pizza because that's what you should eat while celebrating and writing prompts!