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The Future of the Freewrite House 1

I have been doing some thinking. This is the beginning of some of my thoughts around the Freewrite House and what we are doing there.

More to come. Read the first installment here

WE- Write

Some great stories are already in. It is not too late to grab your partner - or any partner - and write a story together!!!
WE-Write

Freewrite Poetry Digest

Hive account@wandrnrose7 did a beautiful job telling us about the beautiful poems you and she found. The Digest

Remind your poet friends to write with us!!

It's Monday!! Hive account@jayna's microfiction contest is started for this week. Use today's prompt for your freewrite and to enter the contest.
2 for 1!! Yay!!

Author Readings at the Freewrite House

Prizes 10 SBI

100% Freewrite House Upvote + a @OneLoveDTube vote

Week 3!!! Your Video Here

Participate! Participate! Participate!

You get:

a chance for SBI
a 100% upvote from the Freewrite House
an upvote from @OneLoveDTube
resteems
shares to other social media
and more....

Freewrite House Adoptees of the Week

Hive account@rokhani

Please give them some love.

Remember the Monday prompt is a collaboration with the microfiction contest with@jayna Contest post - 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!

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Watch this space for Freewrite House News!!!!

Coming today:

Winner drawing Recommend Freewrite Poetry
Author Reading Pile up Week 2
Adopted
Future of the Freewrite House 2
Contest....

Prompt: sale

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 Hive account@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 😄

Hive account@bennettitalia is hosting a prompt contest! He will write a song with the winning prompt and you win SBI! Check his profile for the latest post.
Hive account@felt.buzz brought back the #zapfic contest!! Write a story in 240 characters!
Hive account@improv is the master of puns! Enter his Punday contest at his profile Hive account@improv.
Hive account@aejackson is running a loyalty contest! Check out the intro post here

Ongoing Contests by supporters of the Freewriters

Drawing/Comic Contest by Hive account@organduo: Pinky And Spiky Drawing Contest
Hive account@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 Hive account@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!

Hive account@oscarina
Hive account@jakim7
Hive account@latino.romano
Hive account@teresah
Hive account@seifiro
Hive account@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 in either December or January.

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.

Hive account@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 Hive account@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 Hive account@elleok and find the latest raffle.) - on hold for University exams
Hive account@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 Hive account@thedarkhorse. Vote Dust

This is an initiative called Hive account@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 Hive account@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 Hive account@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 Hive account@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

Hive account@steemexplorers gives away an SBI unit almost daily. Check out their profile for more info.
Hive account@scrooger has a great "help the minnows" project. It is so easy!! Visit his profile for details.
Hive account@fisheggs - follow this account and you get upvotes at random times.
Hive account@sydesjokes - he rewards his followers with SBD for any kind of interaction with him- comment, vote, resteem.
Hive account@danielsaori - he does a comment contest. A new challenge every week.
Hive account@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. Hive account@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.

Hive account@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.
Hive account@thundercurator is a human resteem and upvote service. Check out their posts for more details.
Hive account@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