Prompt: window
- 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.
Freewrite in Spanish: Check @latino.romano
Freewrite in German: Check @isarmoewe
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 :)
Watch this space for Freewrite House News!!!!
New Freeread Week
Participate in the Author Reading!! And find out the results of last week :)
Monday is Micro Fiction with @jayna
Use the same prompt, polish your freewrite, and enter the contest. Details at @jayna's profile.
Freewrite House Adoptees of the Week
Do you have a recommendation?
Remember the Monday prompt is a collaboration with the microfiction contest with@jayna look for the Contest post on her profile - win 2 Steem.
Check out her contest post for more info. Contest starts every Monday and ends the following Saturday evening.
Check out the Freewrite house for current contests.
What are you waiting for? Rush on over to the Freewrite House!
Freewrite Info, Contests, Tips and More
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.
@whatisnew - Every Thursday a Nature related photo contest.
Ongoing Contests by supporters of the Freewriters
Garden Corner by @sustainablelivin - Win SBI when you share your garden pics and stories.
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!
@lacl
@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
German Freewrite Initiative
@isarmoewe is starting to publish the Freewrite prompt in German Monday through Saturday. A lovely community is already forming.
Please visit her blog and tell all your German friends!
Many of the Freewrite House Contests will be in German, Spanish, and English.
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.
@upvotebuilders is a community that supports each other through delegating to the @upvotebuilders account and receiving daily upvotes. Check out the latest post of the account for more details.
@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 the 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!!
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I will be back for freewriting soon. Spending more time with kids in day time and trying to adjust see whether my body can fit in "day time momma life, night time Steem life" lol. 😁
Sending love to you... ❤️
That balance is so hard. Throw in Twitter and such and overwhelm is easy!
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We understand Mom life
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Me encantó:
Done! I'm lucky to get in one freewrite a week, these days. Just when I had given up hope on myself as a writer (something I do on a regular basis), my mom mentioned she had been reading my Steemit stories - she even remembered plots and characters, especially the widowed former demolition derby queen named Sarah Savage. No longer can I say "Even my own mother doesn't read me." Mom reads my stories! (But she likes them short. With pictures.) :)
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@carolkean/she-came-in-through-the-kitchen-window-day-577-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-window
Hereby my entry https://partiko.app/wakeupkitty/my-window-outside-didrakrw?referrer=wakeupkitty
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Sólo puedo hacer un comentario en tu post5 si tengo partiko? No pude comentarte. Pero si cada uno de nosostros trabaja en el mundo de acuerdo a su realidad. a ti te gusta el mudo a través de la computadora...Sólo dedica tiempo a exterior de vez en cuando.
¿Partiko causa problemas?
Tienes razon. Todos tienen su ventana al mundo exterior.
🌞☘
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Hi all.
Fresh from the oven ...
https://steemit.com/nextcolony/@mariita52/learn-again-5-minute-freewrite-prompt-window
Howdy!
For window:
https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@owasco/window-a-freewrite
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https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mo-nique/window-freewrite
https://steemit.com/freewritepoetry/@deepsouthpiddlin/day-577-5-minute-freewritepoetry-monday-prompt-window ♥
I just did my first freewrite! It was fun. Thanks for this activity!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@justatouchfey/3-poems-about-windows-a-freewrite-prompt-nnkuuouf
Welcome to the freewriters!!!
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Here is a taste of my wonderful weekend.
I hope you all are well!
https://partiko.app/wandrnrose7/weekend-of-surprises-through-windows-aztdatqm?referrer=wandrnrose7
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https://steemit.com/freewrite/@improv/window-5minutefreewrite
https://steemit.com/busy/@fitinfun/freewrite-day-577-window
Hiii Mi enttrada para hoy :) https://steemit.com/freewrite/@isgledysduarte/freewrite-ventana
Today's:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@dranuvar/5-minute-freewrite-day-577-window
Inspiration faded, but here I am again
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mylittleblurbs/my-night-day-577-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-window
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wonderwop/day-577-freewrite-monday-window
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Hi everyone! Here is mine: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@whatisnew/day-577-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-window
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@deeanndmathews/day-577-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-window
https://steempeak.com/@tristancarax/halcyon-days-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-window
No excuses.... running against/out of time!
Hello! Here is my freewrite! https://steemit.com/freewritehouse/@felt.buzz/window-a-five-minute-freewrite-pqtazih4
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my entry ma'am, so sorry if I was gone for long..
https://partiko.app/@mrnightmare89/day-577-5-minutes-freewrite-mondayprompt-window-dgp2xfss
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We are always happy to see you back here 😀👍
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thank you very much..
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Not seeing this entry linked here so I'll beat her to it:
Heart's Desire by @blueeyes8960
Beautifully written - a boy in the attic, a wish by moonlight -don't miss it! I'll be nominating a lot of "window" prompt freewrites for Friday Favorites.
Aha, now I see that she didn't use the #freewrite tag. At IOW, not using the group tag would disqualify writers from being listed in the weekly roundup. @mariannewest, do you think writers should be required to use #freewrite to be included in Friday Favorites or to get listed in the Prompt post?
Her tags: microfiction flashfiction #powerhousecreatives humanizesteem qurator
Sorry for all the questions @mariannewest. She does write at the start of her post:
This is a microfiction story with a 250 word limit and the prompt of "window".
It is written for @jayna's microfiction contest. If you'd like to try this yourself and enter her contest, here is the link to her post. Even if you aren't planning on entering the contest, head over to her post anyway. Each contestant posts a link to their entry in the comments of that post, and you will find some very fascinating microfiction stories for your reading pleasure!
If she put the link under the prompt, I say go for it. We are super inclusive 😀👍
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Um, I'm the one who saw Prompt: Window, and posted the link to her freewrite in the comments section of this post. It took me a while to notice the missing #freewrite hashtag. (Last year, this was a source of stress for those who said it matters.) I'm just trying to stay out of trouble. Every year older I get, it gets that much harder! Off now to find me some more trouble
Let’s say that we like people to use the tag and it is probably best to pick from posts that have linked to the prompt. But you know how we roll. If you like it to be included, go for it. If you think it best to only include posts with the tag, that is fine too. This particular one might not have been a freewrite but a carefully crafted piece. We don’t know... Much love to you!
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"Our Lady is not a bureaucrat" - as Catholics have said of Mary, we can say of @mariannewest. I love you and your laid-back, go-with-the-flow spirit, Marianne! @blueeyes8960 apparently wrote Heart's Desire on May 20 in response to the Window prompt. She posted it the same day. She is a member of freewrite's Beta Readers group. While her post doesn't mention @freewritehouse, she does link to Jayna's weekly Micro-Fiction Contest, where Jayna writes,
We collaborate with the #freewrite community and @FreeWriteHouse to give writers an opportunity to polish those freewrite fiction pieces and re-post the refined version. A thank you to @mariannewest for helping to spread the word!
This story was written and polished in one day. Is it any less of a freewrite if we don't get to see the first draft? What is this WAS a first draft? If so, I'll be feeling like Salieri in the shadow of Mozart. :)
Wow, I appreciate you adding my link here and how much you liked and supported my story! But when I did the post for @jayna's 250 word contest, I didn't follow the 5 minute rule for a freewrite. I concentrated on the 250 word limit rather than the time limit. So I don't think it would qualify (plus not using the freewrite tag). So thank you and @mariannewest for this conversation and deliberation! Next time, I'll do the freewrite FIRST, then polish it up for @jayna's contest as she suggests! It just feels kind of funny to make a post, then use the same content in another post. But it would be a different story I guess, after "polishing up". Thank you both again!
You are as scrupulous as you are talented, and I'm wincing here and slinking way thinking I'm a cheat, but then, I freely admit to never getting anything much down in five minutes. Nothing I'd publish. My son recommends publishing the honest, unvarnished five-minute drivel, then linking to a second post showing how I've expanded and revised. You-Tubers and Steemians know the value of serializing our work. More chances to get visitors, upvotes, comments, and so on. Me, I like to keep it all in one place. I hope you know that I'm not the only writer posting more than 5 minutes of output in response to the prompts. @mariannewest, maybe we need to add a disclaimer to the daily prompt posts, encouraging people to post even if they believe they "cheated" or "disqualified" themselves by taking more than 5 minutes?
@carolkean Don't worry, I did the same thing in the beginning. I felt like it needed to be a complete wonderful story, but now I actually use the timer and will only finish the sentence after the timer goes off. I like to do this because it FORCES me to just let the words flow and I think it has helped me to become a better writer. Now I do contemplate the prompt before I start the timer, so I have an idea of the direction of the story. Have you tried the 3 prompt weekend freewrite? That's my favorite one of all, and I can't seem to get to it most of the time. I bookmark the page for the beginning prompt and before I know it, the week is gone and I haven't gotten it written. 😭 Soo many irons in the fire and almost all of them in STEEM!
I guess I should get back to freewriting too!