"You're in the club," she said.
I looked up.
Shit, she was pointing at me.
"Errr," I said. "Thank you... I think."
I knew I wasn't pregnant -I was male, and although the technology probably existed (I’m certain it would do, in Freewrite land) I had never wanted kids, and besides I would never willingly sign up for that level of pain - so I knew it wasn't that kind of club.
I was never a great fan of clubs. Probably, because most clubs I heard about exclude people like me.
"You need to write about it," she said, smiling.
"OK," I said. "I can write about stuff. You don't mind if it doesn't make much sense, do you?"
"Hell, no," she said. "If we minded that, you wouldn't be in our club at all."
"That's cool," I said. "I can write stuff, because thanks to the daily freewrite challenge I have been writing every day for 77 days now..."
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How better to start a post about being in the Over 20 Club than to start with a five minute freewrite, written on themostdangerouswritingapp.com?
Well, there probably are a ton of better ways, and I am sure you have read some of them by now (check out @Snook’s for a start) and I'm sure you will read a lot more, in the future too.
What is this club? It is a celebration of the Daily Freewrite challenge set every day for over 100 days by @mariannewest. People who have written more than 20 freewrites are eligable. Check out this post to find out more
I counted mine (I have very little to do) I have written in response to the freewrite prompt every day for 76 days. WOW!
Before that I hadn’t written anything for over a year.
Thanks to Marianne and her merry gang of freewrite elves I have a bucket full of mad friends, and a hell of a lot of half started stories (and some compete ones too). If it wasn’t for the freewrite challenge I wouldn’t have gone on to write my Reunion story (selected by the Isle of Write for their anthology - no I am not gonna stop going on about that (SO EXCITED!)!)
Anyhoo, Marianne challenged me to look back through my freewrites and share at least three I like. Actually I have chosen three ‘normal’ freewrites and three weekend freewrites.
All three ‘normal’ three freewrites were written in the first week or so of freewriting (hopefully, this doesn’t say anything about the quality of my recent freewrites!).
Cut ‘em out was maybe my second freewrite. I keep thinking I may go back to this. It is the stuff of science fiction and a bit yucky too. find it here: @felt.buzz/cut-em-out-freewrite-prompt-ooze
The Tell Tale Hair is almost a complete story. I keep thinking I will go back to this one, too and make it a proper short story. I think I even started doing this, but got distracted. You can find it here:
@felt.buzz/the-tell-tale-hair
I really like the idea of Dr Morbid’s Scream Factory I think this is another one I should probably revisit. It is weird this came out of my head. Find it here:
@felt.buzz/dr-morbid-scream-factory-freewrite-prompt-scream
My favourite freewrites (to do, and to read) are the weekend three prompt challenges. I have chosen three that I think make pretty good stories and don’t require too much messing with:
No Smoke Without Fire was my first weekend freewrite. It is a thriller, I guess
@felt.buzz/weekend-freewrite-challenge-no-smoke-without-fire
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Cat-astrophic is a horror story, I guess.
@felt.buzz/cat-astrophic-weekend-freewrite
A Good Friend is quite recent. It is quite a sweet story
@felt.buzz/a-good-friend-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-weekend-freewrite
The best thing about all of these freewrites is that they came out of my head. If I had tried to write them, I wouldn’t have been able to, but freewriting helped release them.
I am looking forward to the next 76 freewrites. Out of them, hopefully I can find another 6 I really like! ;)
Thank you so much Marianne, and everyone else who helps her (I wish I could guarantee I had the time to help), you are the best: I love you guys lots.