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Please welcome our newest freewriter @not-a-bird

Every day, I am inviting you to visit one and leave some comments and votes. Today, please visit @jeezzle

Prompt: fire

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.

Discord

Great news!! As is sometimes the case - things just fall into place. A new writer's discord just started - The Isle of Write by writers who wanted to create a group with few rules besides ### be nice!

When I inquired on PAL for info on how to get a discord started, @torico suggested this group and the founders invited us in to join. We have our own room!!

Presenting the free-writing-retreat

https://discord.gg/zfXNRnK

Click on the link and it will take you to the discord channel. I joined a while ago and don't remember if I had to download anything, but I am pretty sure you don't.

If you aren't familiar with discord. It was developed for gamers to have a way to communicate and has become a major tool for the Steemit community. Interest groups are talking to and supporting each other. Or just talk about what everyone had for breakfast.
Friendships are built beyond what is possible by commenting on posts. Also, it has a function for private messaging. The best part - it is easy to use!!!

Hope to see you all there. But no worries if that is not for you. Just an option for those who would like to visit more.

Contests and Challenges you can enter

And another freewriter, @slhomestead, has started her own challenge. So cool!! Check out the intro post here

@improv has a weekly pun challenge!!! Info to be found here

Our fellow freewriter @mydivathings started her own writing challenge. Here, you will get a daily picture as your prompt. Check it out
This is a poem challenge by @margaretwise. The rules are here. Look for a new post every Friday to post the link to your poem under.
This is the Why So Serious challenge by @whysoserious. It has a category for fiction.

Writing Help

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

And 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

Finally, 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.