Day 118 - 5 Minute Frewrite: Wednesday - Prompt: lace
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Prompt: lace
- 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 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!
Help Wanted
You might have noticed that at least one person comes to read your freewrite - and leaves you a link for the newest prompt. In the beginning, I used to do that and then, I needed help and a wonderful handful of freewriters answered my cry for help.
Our group has grown and many days, we have close to forty wonderful and amazing freewriters molding the daily prompt into all kinds of stories. It is so much fun to read how many different tales the same prompt can inspire.
That said, reading 40 posts takes a lot of time - even 40 short ones.
This is where you come in. Please consider to join the freewrite encouragers.
All you need to do is this
- pick a day or two on this spreadsheet
- co-ordinate with the other encouragers for that day how you want to divide the visits
- visit the freewriters
- read the post
- make a comment about their freewrite
- Leave a link to the newest prompt
Your help is very much appreciated!!! And don't worry about not having any voting power yet!! A comment is much more valuable than a vote!!
Here is the link to the spreadsheet - just add your name...
Contests by our Fellow Freewriters
@fireawaymarmot has a very special contest. Listen to his music and then, write your story!! How cool is that!!! Go to his profile for the latest prompt.
@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 hosting 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! and check his profile for the newest updates.If you like a picture to be the prompt, check out the #365daysofwriting challenge hosted by @mydivathings. Every day, a new picture to entice you weave a story.
Contests Galore
@moneyinfant posts a daily update of writing contests!! Go to his profile and start winning :)
Another compilation of all kinds of contests by @artz. A new one comes out every Monday! Check the profile.
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 by @taskmaster4450. It helps you to grow to vote wisely!! And a more recent one
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
Bandwidth Problems
I know that many of you are very new to the platform and your wallets are pretty empty. Believe me, we all started there!! Here is an excellent article which explains what bandwidth is and why you might have a hard time logging in some days - or posting. Thank you @jrswab for this explanation
There are many contests on Steemit. From art to music to writing and everything in between. Enter as many as you can!! And take advantage of the free money people give away I listed in the money section below.
Can one of the newer Steemians please let us know if this is still a problem?
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.
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
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!
Also, I would love it if you all check out each others #freewrite and spread some love :)
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Thanks for posting today's prompt! I really struggled with this post but I completed it nonetheless!
Check it out and let me know what you think =)
Managed to do this one :)
Laced Drink.
If you write poetry or fiction, please comment on this reply with a link I can read :) Just wanna read more freewrites.
I really had fun with this, for church (yesterday's prompt).
https://busy.org/@boladayl/the-devil-is-a-teenager-fiction
I once again can't get the commenting feature to work on busy, so I will comment here instead! @boladayl that was a great freewrite... you took me back to my own teen years in church!
Also, today I am helping the freewriters by delivering today’s prompt: Fried Chicken
@byn
@byn did you sign up for busy? You have to be logged in to be able to comment...
I did, I've posted from there several times... I just don't really like the platform. I assumed I was logged in, but I didn't think to double check. My scattered brain isn't helping me lately!
This is great! I need to spend a ton more time studying all this information. I will resteem it for others to see and also, you know me, I can find it easier. :) Thank you friend!
You are welcome!! Hope you find something helpful in it :)
Hello there again! Here is my entry for today:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@iyanpol12/lace-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
yes we love that, nice post
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Great prompt - I find I come up with these unusual stories from unlikely words (they tell me nothing, at a first glance).
anyway, here is mine - https://steemit.com/freewrite/@honeydue/laced-with-you-freewrite
Loved today's prompt :)
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@marie-jay/lace-a-5-minutes-freewrite
Laces out. I will always remember it from Ace Ventura. Laces out! As a child, I laughed my ass off watching that movie. Amazing memories. I wonder if I could watch that movie now and have the same experience. The profound one. I guess if I ate some magic mushrooms that movie would trip me out.
As for laces. I have them in my shoes so I guess I need them to keep moving forward with every word I write, with every step that I take.
You know how laces can help you? They can start the theme and make your mind wonder around until some familiar faces appear. Yeah, and it's all from laces.
In fact, I don't like these races. The timer that rings, the timer that stops this flight. Eventually it's the timer waking us up from an amazing night full of awesome dreams and ideas to write.
You're right. Laces are cool.
Thanks for making these! Above is my freewrite.
I love this: In fact, I don't like these races. The timer that rings, the timer that stops this flight. Eventually it's the timer waking us up from an amazing night full of awesome dreams and ideas to write.
Looking forward to reading more from you!