Day 1310: 5 Minute Freewrite: Sunday - Prompt: horse race
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Prompt: horse race
- 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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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
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Today, I've decided I'd post my entry as a comment.
I have a gambling problem. It is a very heavy addiction. It all started with online casinos, but it spread like wildfire. The next thing I know, I'm betting against my friends on every little thing. Being unemployed doesn't help. The little I've ever had has long been lost. Up until tomorrow, that is. That's when things will finally change. Because I won't bet anymore. If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you, just meet me on 7th Street.
You might be asking yourself how I'm going to get cured just like that, in a snap of fingers. But it's obvious, isn't it? I've gambled away throughout all my life. So how does one get better? What sacrifice needs to be made? Well, it is really simple. Tomorrow, at the horse race, I will win. And then it will all come together. I will stop gambling. One of my friends told me that race is arranged, so it'll be fine. I'll be fine. I promise.
No, you don't have to worry about me anymore. Just be there. It's like how you've told me the other day: things will end well for as long as I have faith. And it's never been stronger.
Good freewrite! What a pity we cannot resteem it.
Thank you!!
My entry
https://steemit.com/hive-161155/@wakeupkitty.pal/horse-races
Here's my entry
https://steemit.com/hive-161155/@ngozi996/the-horse-race-a-freewrite
Hello, my entry for today :
https://steemit.com/hive-161155/@reinaldoverdu/the-horse-race-a-freewrite
https://steemit.com/hive-167622/@botefarm/remembering-my-governor-a-sports-freewrite
I have a question @mariannewest Are posts censored before being put on a community's feed?
Are you asking about the freewriters community? They are put there when people use the tag.
I don't have much online time right now and can't mute if someone posts plagiarised content. The freewritehouse and I only upvotes writers who use the prompt or are participating in a freewrite house contest.
Is that answering your question?
Could you please check my entry in this post? I had decided to make a comment for it this time around. link
Also, maybe you've skipped over this other freewrite of mine (oh and this one)? Or do you only upvote a limited number of entries? Maybe I haven't understood something correctly.
I usually upvote the comments people leave under the prompt. There are days where I am not online at all - or barely and might not get around to it. I usually keep it at 10 upvotes per day to keep the value of the vote high. 10 regenerate after 24 hours.
There are no promises. I do what I can.
I am also trying to encourage others to come in and vote on freewriters. Maybe you can do the same...
Oh, okay! That explains it. :)
I've been confused about what kind of posts I should be upvoting, but from now on I am going to do just that, yes. The lack of a good interface on steemit puts me off, but I'll have to deal with it.
Also, I scrolled through the Freewriters community and the last one I saw from you there was a week ago and I had upvoted all of your freewrites before that.
Make sure to post to the community for me and others to see them.
I thought the rule was using the #freewrite tag. I will make sure I do that from now on.
the freewrite tag helps - but as I said, with very limited time right now, and us encouraging to use the freewrite community and participate in the freewritehouse contests, that is where most of my voting power goes.
Thank you for being a Freewriter!
Hello, my entry for today.
https://steemit.com/hive-161155/@gracieux/85-minute-free-write-prompt-horse-race