Day 539: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: filthy rich
WE-Write and WE-Speak
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Prompt: filthy rich
- Set your timer for 5 minutes
- Start writing
- Use the hashtag #freewrite and #freewritepoetry if it turns out to be poetry
- 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
If you are running a contest let me know, I will list it here 😄
@felt.buzz brought back the #zapfic contest!! Write a story in 240 characters!
@improv is the master of puns! Enter his Punday contest at his profile @improv.
@aejackson is running a loyalty contest! Check out the intro post here
@whatisnew - Every Thursday a Nature related photo contest.
Ongoing Contests by supporters of the Freewriters
Drawing/Comic Contest by @organduo: Pinky And Spiky Drawing Contest
@deemarshall Artstorm contests
Let's Do Community!!!
As many of you know, we have a Spanish speaking Freewrite effort going on. The fearless leader is @latino.romano who is putting a lot of effort into building the Spanish language community. Thank you!!
But that is not what I want to talk about today. I want to talk about Venezuela.
If you listen to the news at all, you know that the country is having a lot of difficulties right now - and many are suffering.
I know that we can't change the country or help all that are suffering right now. But we can help our Freewrite Community members - at least a little bit.
Please, upvote the following people as often as you possibly can!
@oscarina
@jakim7
@latino.romano
@teresah
@seifiro
@dranuvar
And try to sponsor them into SBI.
- We are thinking of doing a collaboration workshop on how to get a manuscript ready for publishing. Let me know if you are interested - both, to either share your expertise and/or to learn... Starting a Beta Reader Group now.
If you have a business on Steem you want to share, let me know. I will start a dedicated section in the resource portion of the prompt posts.
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
A Contest I found You Might Want to Enter.
(An easy contest to win SBI. Just leave a comment. It is called: Steem Basic Income 72h Raffle and repeats on a regular basis. Visit @elleok and find the latest raffle.) - on hold for University exams
@thedarkhorse is running a weekly contest for a delegation for newbies who have less than 100 SP in their wallet. Visit his profile for the latest contest post.
Voting
Remember to check your voting power.
https://www.steemnow.com/ or use https://steemworld.org/
- I am not sure if the following is still correct.
If your vote is below 0.03 - this is a must read by @thedarkhorse. Vote Dust
This is an initiative called @dustsweeper that is helping all of you [who deal with vote dust](Here is an initiative to help all of you who are dealing with voting dust. find the details here)
Also, check out @dustbunny - it is structured differently with the same goal in mind
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](https://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/english
The 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!
Money
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.
There are several people who offer SBD for free on this platform! How great is that!!
Here are a few
- @steemexplorers gives away an SBI unit almost daily. Check out their profile for more info.
- @scrooger has a great "help the minnows" project. It is so easy!! Visit his profile for details.
- @fisheggs - follow this account and you get upvotes at random times.
- @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!!
- If you have less than 100 SP give this a try. @thedarkhorse is running a weekly contest for a delegation for newbies who have less than 100 SP in their wallet. Visit his profile for the latest contest post.
These options cost you a little bit, but your return is manyfold and I highly recommend that you consider them.
@qurator is an initiative to support steemians who post good content. There is an initial sign up fee of 4 Steem. Your account will be checked and if approved, you will make that 4 steem back in the first month through qurator upvotes. Check their account and discord for more details.
@thundercurator is a human resteem and upvote service. Check out their posts for more details.
@alliedforces is a bitbot that is designed for small accounts and you never lose. They also are major supporters of the Freewrite House and we are very grateful for that!!
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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My entry
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wems/a-great-life
https://steemit.com/esteem/@botefarm/life-from-our-side-a-freewrite-poem
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Just trying to see things from another man's
perspective.
It was fun experiment :D
@mariannewest, HELP - I've tried g-mailing you. I formatted the list of Week #45(?) Freewrite Favorites. I didn't post it yet. Formatting and other issues plague me. Please check Freewrite gmail. :)) Thanks!
Not a single freewrite from me this whole week. No writing at all, outside of cold cases and a few replies here (far less than my usual). My sister's cold case warmed up again, and another case ended in a "Not Guilty" verdict that had quite a stir going at the ICC site. I have been drained. The lurid details of my sister at age 18 in 1975 running out of her place or work and into the street, fleeing for her life, but getting caught and forced into a truck and strangled, and..... well, you see why I put my March Madness story on hold. I could not put my fictional family through what my real-life family went through. Couldn't I rewrite the real story with a magical happy ending? I'm leaning that way, but it robs the story of a certain impact.
But I digress.
The previous week, on a Tuesday, I nominated two Freewrite favorites, but I never saw a Friday post on that one.
Carol, Snowed Under
Checking my email now
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Sounds like a nightmare that never ends. What happens when a cold case warms up. Again. And again. Awful.
I'm all for a happy ending!
xo
Thank you!
What happens? An out-of-state lab says "Hey, I saw the Cold Case on Julie, and we work with degraded DNA," so she contacts the local LE for my sister's case file with the autopsy report, only to be told the file was lost when it was transferred to the other county (body found in Butler, but she was likely killed in Bremer). Oh, and guess what, Butler had a flood, and a lot of files were lost. This was Monday. The rest of the week did not go any better. My dad and sister say no way to exhuming the body in search of DNA. LOSERs!!!!!!
'Nuff said.
The number of incidents in one week that I could list,
things as maddening or outrageous as the "lost" autopsy report,
are too preposterous to put in fiction.
I can't imagine how torturous this must be. Tortuous too. I have my own problems with medical mishaps galore (seems no one really gives a shit anymore but me) but these have to be much more difficult to bear.
(you COULD use some of this with that cop who framed Jenny. just saying.)
I've missed you!
Aw, thank you. And btw, when it comes to aches and pains, the hazards of aging, and the indignity of having medical mishaps when we are too young for those - I am totally in your camp!!! I went gray at 35 AND needed bifocals at 35. Waaay too young for that. We won't mention the knees and wanting to use a cane but everbody tells me I'm far too young. Ha. I want one as a fashion statement now - along with a pop-out dagger at the tip! Ha! And I might like a dark cape to go with it!!!
We stoic, long-suffering Not-All-That-Old women need to band together. I see a graphic novel (aka comic book) in which the women get sick of the police never solving cold cases, so they go incognito (armed! concealed weapons! canes with knife tips!) and kick a*s.
Thank you for reading and commenting!! This was a long week. I love all the Freewriters!!
I love that idea of not-that-old-and-secretly-armed women putting their heads together and solving cold cases!
my friends entrance!
https://staging.busy.org/@lacl/friwriting-5-minutes-filthy-rich
Well this was my dream last night and I guess the promt reminded me of my dream so here it is!
https://steemit.com/freewritehouse/@balticbadger/my-freewrite-filthy-rich
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@paul.atreides/5-minute-freewrite-friday-prompt-filthy-rich
Filthy rich! https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@owasco/filthy-rich-am-i
Here’s my filthy rich reflection post: https://partiko.app/@bigtakosensei/5min-free-write-filthy-rich-vlda00oh?referrer=bigtakosensei
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