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Prompt: Awakening

This prompt is inspired by @f3nix

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.

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. It helps you to grow to vote wisely!!

And here is a counter opinion on voting by our freewriter @improv

This post is talking about using your vote for maximum curation and our fellow freewriter @miniature-tiger won that week!! He knows how to do this! Congrats! Read the post here

Contests

• The Constrained Writing Contest by our fellow freewriter @svashta is on! Click here to join

• @miniature-tiger is starting 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!

• The pink rabbit contest is hosted by our freewriter friend @janine-ariane

• @improv is the master of puns! Enter his Punday contest here

• Our fellow freewriter @slhomestead started this fun contest . It is in the second week now and you can win an illustration for your story. I won for Oh Tannenbaum. Love it!!

• 300-word-story- contest by @swissclive Here is your chance to use your freewrite to possibly win a nice fat upvote - and I mean fat. Nothing like my measly ones...

• If you like a picture to be a prompt, check out the #365daysofwriting challenge hosted by @mydivathings. Click here for a recent link

Staying Legal

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

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!

DTube

The challenge is to read your freewrite and make a video of it. Please feel free to edit your stories as much as you wish.

Here is the challenge video
@felt.buzz https://steemit.com/dtube/@felt.buzz/0viza9es
@mariannewest https://steemit.com/dtube/@mariannewest/i57961gs
And @snook has a lot of them. So good!!

Just remember that Dtube is still in Beta and sometimes things don't work. Just come back after a little while and try again... and drop a link in the comments so I can feature you in the new Dtube section of the prompt.

Let's use #Dtubefreewrite for our readings so we can find each other!

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!

Curtesy of @celestal

Also, I would love it if you all check out each others #freewrite and spread some love :)

@ackhoo @ahmadmanga @ana-maria @arbitrarykitten @alvinauh @alxgraham @annhoyblog @abyni @authorofthings @arkayani
@bashadow @bloghound @brisby @byn @btcnoodle @binkyprod @brazen
@chuazm @citizenzero @creationofcare @cecicastor @cikxaijen @celestal @cvmidwife @cecirod1218 @carolkean
@deaconlee @deemarshall @dennisauburn @dmcamera @dfrankle @digitalmutt @debbietiyan @daithilifereport @deirdyweirdy
@ecoinstant @elizacheng @ellievallie @eggstraordinair
@f3nix @fitinfun @felt.buzz @fishyculture @foffelius @freedomtowrite
@gniksivart @girlbeforemirror
@improv @iyanpol12 @imcesca @isaganispeaks
@janine-ariane @jayna @jewels3 @jie28 @jjwriter85 @jkiw @johnwjr7 @jbn @jrhughes
@knightengale
@littlenewthings @littlescribe @lenapena @lucylin @lonestarpoet
@long888
@marcoriccardi @marillaanne @melinda010100 @miniature-tiger @mydivathings @maverickinvictus @molovelly @mrslauren @mr-neil @mountainjewel @mkkenny @mwoodall @mel1ss
@nathanthewise @navaneeth @not-a-bird
@omra-sky @old-guy-photos @olaivart
@preparedwombat
@rainbowme @raj808 @rok-sivante @rensoul17 @racemlaadhar @rubertd
@shanibeer @sharoonyasir @simgirl @snook @stinawog @sayee @slhomestead @steemitgraven29 @someoneusual @svashta @saryn @starfall @snrm @syzegy
@tezmel @themerrylotus @theprettysoul @thereikiforest @topkpop @tpkidkai @tegoshei @tattoodjay @thisgirl @thechosenwhan @the-real-coral
@valorforfreedom
@wandrnrose7 @whatilearned @whatisnew @wildwoman @wonderwop
@yomibolo @yadah04

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