I use the Freewrite prompt as a starting point, something to wrap a story around. Usually, I write about the first thing that pops into my head unless I can see that this first idea is heading toward a dead end or a book. I totally disregard any timers, if it takes 5 minutes or 5 hours to get out what I want to say then that is what you are going to get. When I found Freewrite I was searching for just the right thing that would help me to make at least one substantive post every day. At the time, I was doing the colorchallenge which I really enjoyed, but I was running out of interesting things to photograph without traveling around some, and I'm a homebody! But Freewrite touched on something that I have always enjoyed but kept pretty much to myself, writing! With Freewriting you can just do the 5 minute write if short on time and be done with it, or you can sit down and write a saga if you are feeling the creative juices flowing and have a lot of extra time on your hands. That made it the perfect choice for what I was searching for.
Most of my Freewrites are short stories and I wait until sometime during the day when I have a chunk of time free before I sit down at my computer and look at the prompt. I try to sit and type out the story all at one sitting without taking any more breaks than what is absolutely necessary. When I finish I read over it and correct any obvious errors, and I have made several that would have really taken away from the story if I had not caught them. Even with that quick once over there will still be some errors, but hopefully, they are of the not too distracting variety. It is not until after my blog is complete that I go out reading and commenting on other Freewrites, and now that there are so many I can never get through them all.
I am really appreciative of @mariannewest for creating this community, and I try to give back whenever I can. I have met so many great people and made wonderful friendships here, it has become a second home for me now. I think that communities like @Freewritehouse are what Steemit should be and I believe that this is exactly what it will be in the future. I believe that we are helping to lead the way into the planned Steemit Communities update and that this little group has the opportunity to become a major force of influence for the future of this platform. 🙂
Love it and thank you!!