Day 947: 5 Minute Freewrite: Monday - Prompt: the new normal

I have been contacted by different parties regarding the Freewrite Community. Each one accused the other - and a bunch of associated accounts, to be spammers.

As of now, a bunch of accounts are muted in the community.

I don't have the time or willingness to investigate a bunch of accounts and determine if they are spammers or not.

When I started the Freewrite Community, it was supposed to be for people participating in the Daily Freewrite and Weekend Freewrite.

The Freewrites are hard to fake.

From here on out, I am taking the community back to be for Freewriters only.

If your account got muted and you are a true freewriter - writing to our daily prompt- drop a link to your post here. Make sure your post has a link back to the Freewrite prompt you are using. I will unmute you if you do that.

As always, your chance to get an upvote from me is the highest if you drop a link to your post in the comments of this post.

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Prompt: the new normal

• 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.

Freewrite in Spanish: Check @latino.romano

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Freewrite Info, 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 😄

I don't know how much of this information is still true.

• @worldbuilder presents a monthly contest with 50 Steem in prizes! Link to the contest

• @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

• Drawing/Comic Contest by @organduo: Pinky And Spiky Drawing Contest

• @rycharde has nonsense writing contest every other week

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

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

• 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. You have to go way back - as far as August. But it still is all there.

• 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 Check out their profile for more info.

• @qurator is an initiative to support steemians who post good content. Check the account and discord for more details.
  @quarotor is sponsoring us at the @freewritehous

Staying Legal

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

Join us for the daily 5 - Minute Freewrite. Check my profile for a new prompt every day.

All images are my own unless otherwise cited.

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• Join Mana - Universal Income Project:
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