#fridayfun | Win HBI Shares for Comments!

[theinkwell]

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Hey everyone,

This is an invitation to all our subscribers, members, writers and contributors to win some Hive Basic Income (HBI)* shares and build your stake!

HBI shares are a way of helping to bring a basic income to everyone on Hive. Anyone can join by buying a share for just one Hive and when they do, they nominate someone else to also receive a share. Both accounts now have a share and will receive HBI votes on their posts.

The Ink Well community is dedicated to bringing an alternative long-tail, long term income to writers, and HBI shares are just one of the many ways to do that.

Here are the subscribers that won 2 HBI shares from the last #fridayfun post:
@amirtheawesome1, @ahmadmanga, @lukakorba, @the-bitcoin-dude @tariqul.bibm, @barge, @quijotezco, @esthersanchez, @andreasmith, @unyime1, @lililuki, @officialluroga, @reviewzzz, @tomlee, @leogolj, @newton666, @dbzfan4awhile, @killerbean, @engrsayful, @bhattg, @efejoshy, @sanjeev021,, @douglasjames, @surrealfia, @danieels, @alidamaria, @marcybetancourt, @avonvalleyes, @eberechi, @adncabrera,, @jayna, @deepakb.

Well done everyone! Thank you for taking part!

Let's Start the Contest!

This week, The Ink Well has 1018 subscribers and 64 active contributors to the community.

PeakD's API only allows the community to pull 250 subscribers at a time: if you've been tagged below, you are one of the lucky subscribers that have been randomly chosen this week to join in the Win HBI Shares for Comments fun.

Rules of Entry

1. Vote for this post.
2. Follow @theinkwell.
3. Write a comment with just one idea that will help The Ink Well to grow.

You find out more about plans for The Ink Well in the September newsletter to give you some ideas.

That's it. The best comments will win 2 HBI shares each.

_{*HBI - this was SBI (Steem Basic Income), now Hive Staked Basic Income or HSBI ... or HBI. You can read more about it here.}

Selected Subscribers

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@leviet7490, @ansleylivy, @masummim50, @carmencitavdc, @mo-bills, @nicxi, @russiancommunity, @hossain525, @zullyscott, @esthersanchez, @bertrayo, @millycf1976, @manojbhatt, @alessia85, @snader, @angeli-b, @atardeceres81, @ainsuphaur, @mayifiestas, @omegarojo827, @folu, @inocencialiteral, @brujulamusical, @defolumal, @zoragarcia, @successchar, @lalainejamila26, @kennethalambra, @eudomarplay, @anagonzlz, @espandor, @funnel, @gilliatt, @miss-p, @mickymouse, @janakvyas, @acont, @soyunasantacruz, @redheadpei, @morey-lezama, @antikus369, @telecaster, @newton666, @giantbear, @aleestra, @ceparl, @anthony2019, @kokin, @alidamaria, @georgelys, @kobold-djawa, @surrealfia, @edrom21, @siredaton, @bhattg, @captain-sam, @aungsiphyo1995, @carlos84, @killerbean, @fateetaco090892, @leogolj, @holdonla, @caustic01, @kawsar8035, @randolphrope, @bondandr, @mariapaulac, @victoriabsb, @medicigasmask, @adihasan, @ricardo993, @ponnibong, @atese, @chrislyr, @hawk-eye, @soulwhisperer, @yonnymartinez, @tiara12, @writertales, @nyimwa, @deldesir, @aramza, @roxy39, @ink.cat, @dazedconfused, @andreanoronha, @luyale, @danieels, @vision-of-esca, @iponk24, @marikopamerry, @rypo01, @roderith, @jonsnow1983, @priceless0807, @senseiphil, @filosof103, @psyshock, @hope74, @anthonyadavisii, @shyamsundar10, @unyime1, @tacky-iraqi, @queenofspades9, @krunkypuram, @lililuki, @puertatres, @ucbest, @eberechi, @filoso, @proteancreator, @sofiatovar, @angryman, @mdanberk, @rawnish, @bdkabbo, @dbzfan4awhile, @izge, @apeboy, @mau189gg, @dlondoskitchenov, @lizzyblue2, @jauregui98, @mhizerbee, @shiblukhan123, @officialuroga, @sammiejosh, @mini-zephalexia, @notatravelwriter, @annexoyiz, @greatpatt, @face2face, @julescape, @eniola1990, @luzvenecia, @naide71, @text2speech, @miriannalis, @verasj, @yelitzarg, @douglasjames, @aquarius.academy, @avonvalleyes, @vallone, @melbourneswest, @damian-z, @loyferm, @merryslamb, @sportsburn, @sherylneil, @sayury, @sirpoe, @tayor, @diversis, @andreasmith, @topdollar001, @myscrible, @emaginationnz, @deyinka, @jjdowie, @minhajulmredol, @opheliana, @canggie92, @engrsayful, @roo.roberts, @gootuber, @alfonsoj, @egarysv, @jilliangodsil, @abirtex. @dulceriaparis, @ing.jesus, @aglaide95, @helloego, @malomi, @yolimarag, @nitin21, @kismar, @vilmadonaire, @evagavilan2, @kelebek8, @bos-giok, @pavanjr, @universoperdido, @azwarrangkuti, @doktormuslem, @keuudeip, @the-bitcoin-dood, @arens, @freesinger, @tinta-tertuang, @oluwashinaayomi, @elblue, @rafabvr, @gardenofcarmen, @elcorrecamino, @ndgiang, @yohanys, @mr-writer, @noxter, @musmuliadi, @cosmosisjones, @franmillan75, @queengift, @daltono, @jmauring, @steemitwork, @sagesam222, @spirall, @luzyelis, @galatea.rem, @sarahrobinson, @hecserx, @sanjeev021, @rakontista, @anyavp, @elizabeths14, @arlettemsalase, @gorayii, @deepakb, @ehrycarrh, @almightymelon, @megatey, @skinnybouffant, @paintyourlife, @amritadeva, @holovision, @attajuttjj, @amygrace, @tariqul.bibm, @hemanuell, @nanytioner, @edujose. @iamrichcowriter, @braveheart29, @meditations, @serendisound, @gael94, @ajourncollective, @justeli, @olisvirgilio, @vjeanns, @tomlee, @wakyfirst, @liverpool-fan, @dstrivingauthor, @amirtheawesome1, @icha2205, @itsjunevelasquez, @nhaydu

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Comments

[angryman]

Well... I could have helped The Ink Well grow years ago, while I was still living in New York and rubbing elbows with mobsters… We could have threatened people with bodily harm for not signing up and being generous with delegations.

Those bent nosed friends of mine who are not dead or still in jail, are now a bit too feeble in their senior years to do much of anything...!!!

I'll give more thought to alternative methods of achieving such goals😎

[shanibeer]

Well... I could have helped The Ink Well grow years ago, while I was still living in New York and rubbing elbows with mobsters… We could have threatened people with bodily harm for not signing up and being generous with delegations.

Hehe, sounds like a story in the making!

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[angryman]

I wrote about it in posts when I first arrived here a few years ago and occasionally write a short story memoir about those days when the urge strikes😎 It's just not comfortable enough for me to divulge some stuff, even when changing certain names and places... The incidents themselves could potentially aid in extrapolation of/from data, pointing to personal identity; of which I prefer not to reveal on Social Media.

In some cases... it may still prove perilous in a variety of ways; the reason I no longer focus upon the subject.

[theinkwell]

I understand :)

[misterengagement]

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[leogolj]

Wow! Thank you again for the opportunity you give me to participate in one of your initiatives. As a community you do an excellent job, I am a very sincere person and the truth is that I don't come here very often, but I am sure of the good work you do and these initiatives above all encourage people to create better quality content.

I consider myself a gamer and I make life most of the time in the gaming communities... My opinion is that maybe from your side you could take into account stories or tales about games, that more than anything would be something that derives from the same experience of the game. This could work in some way and get other people more involved by seeing more exposure to quality content, but that would go hand in hand with reading and writing first.

[shanibeer]

My opinion is that maybe from your side you could take into account stories or tales about games, that more than anything would be something that derives from the same experience of the game. This could work in some way and get other people more involved by seeing more exposure to quality content, but that would go hand in hand with reading and writing first.

This is a good idea, thank you :)

I have been thinking about a game for generating story arcs based on a game called consequences - do you know it? I'm trying to work out how we could play it online.

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[leogolj]

This is a good idea, thank you :)

I have been thinking about a game for generating story arcs based on a game called consequences - do you know it? I'm trying to work out how we could play it online.

I honestly don't know it, but I'd like to try it out some day if you can get a way to play it online. I'm up for it ;)

[misterengagement]

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[alidamaria]

Friends of the community @theinkwell, thank you for giving us the opportunity to express our opinions about your activities.
I find your challenges quite appealing, both creatively and in terms of the rewards you offer. I have competed more in the poetry contests and have been satisfied with just producing a poem from a word or idea provided by you. As other users have said, I miss this contest too.
I have seen in your community publications of very high quality and that makes you very respected within the platform. I have participated in other contests where the organizers take a long time to give the results, a reason that inhibits me to follow them; you, on the contrary, satisfy our curiosity in the normal lapse of time to give the verdicts.
I suggest that you incorporate into your narrative the following challenge, which I used to do with my university students in Spanish classes: write a short story (the less length of the text, the more attractive the challenge) containing 5 words provided by you. These words should be used with the same lexical form given; for example, if you provide the word "apple", it should be placed as it is, underlined or highlighted, in the text (and the variations "manzanas", "manzano", "manzanitas", "manzanero" should not be accepted as substitutes for the original word).
Again, thank you very much for allowing us to give suggestions.

[marcybetancourt]

Very interesting your proposal @alidamaria.

It looks like a corset but it is interesting!

[shanibeer]

A corset?

[marcybetancourt]

A straitjacket! It is a Venezuelan expression.
It's writing with limited options.

[shanibeer]

Ah, I see :)

[alidamaria]

jajajaaja, si, ciertamente. Mis ex-estudiantes decían lo mismo ( o algo parecido) pero lograban microrrelatos interesantísimos.

[marcybetancourt]

Estoy segurísima que así era! Yo misma he vivido la experiencia y resulta interesante.
Saludos @alidamaria

[shanibeer]

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[misterengagement]

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[alidamaria]

Thanks!

[justclickindiva]

A very good suggestion for writing exercise. I've seen challenges before with the use of 5 words to be incorporated into the narrative. In fact, it was just a couple months ago. It worked out extremely well and I enjoyed it.

[alidamaria]

Thanks for the comment, @justclickindiva . I have also seen some but with less words. I love it because this way it becomes a real challenge for me, since maintaining the form (without plurals or gender changes) of the words is quite difficult. And more so if you have a limited number of characters or words. A hug for you.

[morey-lezama]

In my case, I am grateful for the storytelling plan that has been put in place and the rewards received. I think there are several satisfactions in this initiative by @theinkwell and it is worth listing them: firstly, a space is shared where quality literature is valued, which deserves a greater effort but also enormous satisfaction; secondly, the rewards obtained in this place are difficult to obtain elsewhere for short fictions. Likewise, a writing plan for several months has been offered, accompanied by a series of interesting posts that help to resolve concerns inherent to the creative process. Finally, as we evaluate the result, week after week, we realize that we are building a work behind us, which is perhaps the greatest satisfaction of all.

It seems to me that promoting these aspects, emphasizing them, would be good to attract the attention of those writers, experienced and not, who wish to be beneficiaries of this kind of satisfaction and reward.

[theinkwell]

Some excellent ideas, thank you for setting out the points that create value for writers.

[shanibeer]

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[misterengagement]

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[josemalavem]

Since I met the @theinkwell project, I was very attracted to it. I was regularly participating in the poetry contest they had. Unfortunately they closed it, and then I read that they wouldn't receive any poetry texts either. Since then I have not participated with @theinkwell, because although sometimes I dare to write micro-stories, it is not really my field. In fact, I would very much like them to open again the possibility of poetic writing, and, as other users have proposed before, to give the possibility of another type of literary text, like the short essay.
Greetings, friends.

[theinkwell]

Hello @josemalavem, thank you for taking part.
In a previous post there was a conversation about a separate poetry community, and @theinkwell will be putting forward some ideas about that soon.

[josemalavem]

Thank you for your attention. We will wait for that good news. Greetings.

[shanibeer]

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[josemalavem]

Thanks to you. Greetings.

[misterengagement]

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[josemalavem]

Thanks to you. Greetings.

[bertrayo]

Thanks a lot for this opportunity. I see there are already several ways to engage in this community. I still haven't started to do it because I'm working on other projects. However, once I start following up some of the challenges and other ideas, you'll see a lot of me around here.

I was checking what things are there for people to engage in this community and found it hard to come up with new ideas. I agree with the point made by @tariqul.bibm. There should be some incentive for people who do not write poetry or fiction, but who can delve into analysis on those genres and even more. It could work like your other challenges. Prompts to write an essay about a poem or a story. It could be even about analyzing painting, movies and other arts that are not writing.

My other ideas are about writing scripts. Again it could be by given prompts. This could help people explore more in depths certain aspects of character building, but more importantly how to move a story with dialogue, which is a hard thing for some of us.

[shanibeer]

My other ideas are about writing scripts. Again it could be by given prompts. This could help people explore more in depths certain aspects of character building, but more importantly how to move a story with dialogue, which is a hard thing for some of us.

These are some great ideas! We have discussed a writing school, and about collaborations to adapt short stories for film treatments.

See my response to @tariqul.bibm for your other points 😍

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[misterengagement]

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[sayury]

Hi @theinkwell, I tried to delegate from the wallet section in PeakD but I couldn't. Here the screenshot. What did I do wrong?

[angryman]

Try again later @sayury or from Hive.blog… It probably was nothing that you did wrong, there have been numerous glitches over the past few days with some nodes and flashing 'error' messages as a result😎

Ciao

[theinkwell]

Thanks for your help @angryman :)

[angryman]

You're welcome... A pleasure.

[shanibeer]

Hello @sayury,
Thank you for thinking about a delegation to The Ink Well.
I'm not sure - the best thing is to ask one of the Hive team, you can try here: https://discord.gg/66bA7HU5
Good luck and let me know how you get on.
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[sayury]

All right!!! @shanibeer, I will do it.

[misterengagement]

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[sayury]

Thanks, @misterengagement, for your support

[cubapl]

hey @theinkwell,

I think that seeking for a similar points in poetry and music can be an interesting thing which can help you to reach Music Community on hive.

and behind hive? I heard that commercials are doing good job ;-)

[shanibeer]

Hello and thank you for your comment. Please read this response to another commenter - feel free to add your ideas!

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[misterengagement]

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[marcybetancourt]

First, I want to express that I'm happy to participate in this community.
I would like to write more (and faster) but on many occasions, due to personal problems, I lose the rhythm of the letters.
Last few weeks I had to modify my timetables and change the desk to finish the stories. Now I am working better.

To bring more writers into the community I think you can work with a mandatory image. By requesting a very short story (maximum 400 words) based on the image.

It's not a new idea but for many people when they have the image they get the ideas to write.

As a consequence of this, more readers can come.

Please receive all readers, administrators, and curators of this community a warm greeting.

I would like to make a special mention to @jayna for all the publications. I have read many tips that helped me write. Thank you!

[justclickindiva]

Hello. I like the idea of writing from a photo prompt also. Good suggestion. Thanks for sharing. Feel better soon,

[shanibeer]

Thank you @marcybetancourt, good to see you here and great idea about the picture prompt. There have been a few ideas in the comments that we can use in the next season!

[kawsar8035]

The Ink Well is a great community for both story writers and readers.
For improvement, I suggest that The Ink Well should be supported for posting fictional stories as well as poetry and other types of writing in his community. So that all readers or writers get encouragement from this community.

[shanibeer]

Hello and thank you for your comment. Please read this response to another commenter - feel free to add your ideas!

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[tariqul.bibm]

Thanks a lot for the 2 HBI shares from the last #fridayfun post that I have won. Thanks again for mentioning me by PeakD's API within 250 subscribers.

My idea to boost this community: you should include some contest beyond the border of fiction as like as the poetry, critics, review etc. that will allow more people to be engaged with the community. There are a lot of people who can't write fiction, but like other formats of literature as poetry, critics. They will have enough opportunity to be engaged with theinkwell community by that initiatives.

[shanibeer]

Hello @tariqul.bibm, thank you for your comment.
We used to have a wider for the remit for the community, but we have decided to focus on short stories as the way forward. The reasons for this are explained in the September newsletter. So, I guess the questions are:

1. How can we increase the number of skilled short story writers?
2. How can we bring more readers of short stories to Hive?
3. How can we help writers to earn a long-term income from each story?
   Do you have any ideas about those things?
   Many thanks 😍

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[bertrayo]

I think you have done a awesome work with all the advice you have posted so far.

To increase the number of skilled writers you can create another section that focuses in the process such writers followed while putting their work together. It can be another challenge. Or perhaps a showcase of a writer who won one of the context. That way more writers can get a glimpse of the thought process in a practical way.

For the second one, I believe that as #Hive expands, more and more people will find these short stories in their searches and click on links to any blog that resides within the blockchain.

The third I think it has to do with how accounts are grown. It is important that some of the accounts that interact invest in their HP so they can have a greater influence with their vote. If each one grows more and more, we all will be able to support other fellow writers in their dream to become a full-time master of the word and builder of worlds.

[shanibeer]

Some great ideas, thank you 😍

[evagavilan2]

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to participate, it is important for me to grow up with serious communities that allow me to learn a little bit every day.@theinkwell

[theinkwell]

Thank you for your comment ;)

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[leviet7490]

Hello! I voted for you

[shanibeer]

Thank you 😍 Have you followed @theinkwell, too?

[bezpiecznyvpn]

looks great!

[shanibeer]

Hello @unyime1, thank you for your comment. Here is the response to the same idea from someone else in the comments. Perhaps you would like to join that conversation.

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[misterengagement]

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