Day 238: 5 Minute Freewrite: Thursday - Prompt: Miami
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Hello! Aggroed from MSP/PAL asked if I could find some writers for his new card game Steem Monsters. Do you think you could include the post with one of the freewrite posts to see if any freewriters would like to join?
Thank you! If you'd like to write be sure to join the steemmonsters discord and then pick a color to write the story. It sounds very fun!
Prompt: Miami
- 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.
If your freewrite turns into a poem, please use in addition to #freewrite also either #freewritepoetry or #freewritepoetrydigest so we can find you!
- 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 @snook's 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!
Contests by our Fellow Freewriters
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Check @felt.buzz profile for the ongoing BIRD Freewrite. You can win SBI by commenting and your upvote benefits the Freewrite House. A portion will go there to support the fun and games!
@felt.buzz is hosting an ongoing writing contest on zappl!! If you don't know what that is, here is your chance to learn another application to the blockchain. Please check his profile for the latest contest post.
@improv is the master of puns! Enter his Punday contest at his profile @improv
The Constrained Writing Contest by our fellow freewriter @svashta is on! Check his blog for the latest contest.
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
Bandwidth Problems
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Spanish Freewrite Initiative
The Daily Prompt is now also being published in Spanish and a Spanish language community is forming.
@latino.romano is the leader of the community and I am sure, he would love for you to stop by and say hello - in any language. If you are bilingual, please feel free to publish you freewrite in both languages and drop the link at both Daily Prompt posts.
Está publicada la versión en español de hoy @latino.romano
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
I found this app through @emwalker. Use it regularly and it will help you type faster and more accurately. 10 fast fingers
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.
If you know of other helpful tools or people, please share with us!
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@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.
@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!!
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Staying Legal
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It is one of those freewrites that take way, way longer than five minutes! Enjoy the trip. I did.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@tristancarax/day-56-5-minute-freewrite-thursday-prompt-miami
I idenitify with that statement lol
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It was really hard coming up with this one. Fiction!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mannyz/will-be-travelling-to-miami
Hi everybody!
This prompt inspired me a 5 minute freeform poem :)
You can read it here:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@marcoriccardi/miami-5-minute-freewrite-day-238
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@improv/miami-5minutefreewrite
I would like to be more creative with these selfies, like take it wearing a beach shirt and in front of a palm tree, but I always do these during the baby's naps, so I can't go outside or in our room to get a shirt, lest I wake him.
Miami? Really? What do I do with that? -.-
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@svashta/wild-west-chapter-10-part-10-5-minute-freewrite-challenge
felt.buzz named one of his characters Miami :)
I've never been to Florida, this might be a hard one for me. 👙
My life has been sometimes magical and that was no less true the first time I visited Miami. It was a group of us in our late teens and taking a month long trip to South America. Since we were missionaries we were not the typical wild teens you might suspect at that age. Plus were were minors.
That did not stop people from wanting to give us drinks or show us a good time, it just goes with having a sweet time on Miami Beach. I grew up on an ocean but I had not seen water this beautiful since living in Hawaii.
The color turquoise and waves of creamy soft cotton, the trip was something only dreams are made of.
The last time I visited Miami Beach I won a cruise, yes a cruise out of Miami port and I had never won anything like that in my life. I invited my cousin who flew in from San Francisco, and at the time I was still living in NYC. All of my expenses were paid and I got spending money too.
I was surprised, thus the look in my selfie of sheer amazement. Okay, one of O-M-G, maybe.
The cruise was to the Bahamas and it was pure loveliness, got to go to Atlantis too and all I can say is if you have never taken that cruise then do yourself a favor and swim in the healing waters of the area. Initially, I was a bit sick to my stomach from reading all the stories one could on the Bermuda Triangle since I was a kid.
But, as you can see I'm still here ... writing this selfie #freewrite ...
https://steemit.com/freewritehousecontest/@eaglespirit/day-32-selfie-freewrite-celebration-contest-miami-beach
It's so cool that you won a cruise, all expenses paid! I've never been in ocean water so pretty! In case you haven't seen the prompt yet...
yeah i got lucky! LOL
thanks for the prompt gurly:)
Miami, one of my least favorite places (actually all of Florida in general)... but here are my Miami memories back from when we lived on the road and I painted on motorcycles:
https://steemit.com/art/@byn/painting-on-motorcycles-in-miami-5-minute-freewrite