Day 105 - 5 Minute Freewrite: Thursday - Prompt: elephant

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Prompt: elephant

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.

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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!

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Bandwidth Problems

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Voting

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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

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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.

Contests

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!

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. 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!!

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

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

Discord

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#freewrite day 105- The Elephant

Whenever I read or heard the name of elephant, in my mind the name of George Orwell, the "Animal farm" writer comes. He have also written a book "Burmese Days" where he described the killing of a mad elephant.
He didn't wanted to kill the elephant but he was pressurized. But now in our vicinity the elephants are in real danger. As the humans have occupied the lands and forests, the elephant corridors, where they graze and migrate every year. Therefore, the fight against The elephants and humans are increasing day by day. And we know who is the obvious winner and who is suffering.
The elephants are in danger and verge of extinct as they are killed by the railway tracks, electric wires, bullets of smuglers in Assam, India. This is a very serious issue for us. Though government is taking some steps, but they are not enough.
Till we do not educate the mass and leave the elephants with their home without encroaching them, the tragedy will continue.

I am praying that somehow the elephants escape extinction from man. Thank you.

Thank you for your freewrite.

Any attention we can bring to world issues is necessary and helpful.

Day 105 Freewrite Prompt: Elephant
(Hope someone likes it)
We are not going to ignore the obvious elephant in the room. Bitcoin has been bleeding and crashing for what seems like an eternity. This has indirectly affected other altcoins but bitcoin always rebounds. No company listed on the stock exchange has had as many rebounds as bitcoins has. Bitcoin is the vampire that can't be killed, the cat with nine lives. It started with a purpose more than just material wealth. The elephant in the room will be a testimony if we hold and ride the waves.

the only wise option is to hold and ride the wave!!

Here's mine! Very free-associative, which I normally don't do. Hope you enjoy the read.

Thanks to @marriannewest and @jrswab for helping us minnows. These freewrite gigs are awesome way to test your writing skill without any pressure and deadline. And five minutes of writing does not bore you either.

My freewrite!

I made a freewrite meme!

Thanks for mentioning my post! I aim to help as many minnows and redfish as I can because I know how hard it can be getting started as a blogger. I have done so many times on many different sites.

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Thank you for doing this!! It is so hard when you first start out and a little help can make all the difference!!

Here is my take on Butterflies and Elephants
Thank you @mariannewest & the Freewriters!
Day 2 of my migraine & hoping it won't push day 3. :(

I somehow missed this one yesterday. Glad I saw it today ❤️

no good!!!! Hugs and healing energy coming your way!!

... Thank you. I need it. hugs.

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