Welcome to the 231st Daily Edition of the Daily Qurator. Below you will find some awesome members of @qurator that worked hard to post some good quality content for all you awesome Steemians to enjoy!
The @qurator project was created to help give Steemians some extra exposure and awesome upvotes currently worth around $0.05 - $12.39!
Note: some of you have been curated twice since the start of the daily qurator and some have been curated only once. As the Daily Qurator is gaining fame with every passing day, many new steemians are asking/will ask to join us. So, expect to see posts from new users for now. When the opportunity arises, posts from older users will be curated once again
NOTE This a special edition of fiction, writing and freewrite posts. Usually I will add a little detail and commentary to each featured author, but in honor of this being all about writing, I am let the authors have the showcase. I have included his or her first paragraphs from the post for you to read. To see what happens in these fiction writing posts, please follow the link to the original post.
Mini-competition!
Just like last time with our Music Edition we encourage everyone to post some freewrite related content in the comment section below (no spamming =P). Let's fill this comment section full of freewriting and get some extra upvotes for all the freewriters out there!
We will pick one comment and upgrade their membership with one extra upvote tier (+T1) for 30 days when we do the next special edition.
Winner of the Music Edition: @aiyumi
| @whatisnew | freewrite |
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Day 189: 5 Minute Freewrite: Thursday- Prompt: Cane And Free: Freewrite Freedom
She couldn't take it anymore, even though her knee was sore,
She was curious as a cat; you know what they say about that.
She began the two block walk, passing the tall corn stalk.
She was thankful for her cane, and that it did not rain.
| @giantbear | fiction |
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MemoriesOf A Lifetime- Chapter 21
It was a beautiful day for a wedding. Everything looked perfect, and Henry and Alex were both equally excited about the day. They had become very close friends and they couldn't imagine choosing a better day for their wedding. The caterers had set up tables outside down at the river and they even created a dance floor for the guests to dance after the ceremony. There were two separate wedding cakes as to cater for both brides.
| @svashta | freewrite |
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Wild West- Chapter 6- Part 17- 5 Minute Freewrite Challenge
With the empty wheelbarrows in place they all went back to work, smashing their iron tools against the bedrock. Definitely not a ridiculous amount of fun. It seemed, however, that the break time came faster the second time around, and even faster the later times. It wasn't because they were working faster – they were more sluggish with every passing minute – but because they got much better at putting their mind on idle. Instead of counting hours as they would otherwise, they kept track of the number of breaks that they had.
| @omra-sky | life |
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A Gift From Nature!
There I sat, legs crossed, underneath a canopy of trees at the back of my yard. The summer was coming to a close. Eyes closed, I began taking deep, slow breaths to relax my body. To clear my mind. Concentrating on the rustling sound of the warm breeze through the leaves. The occasional bird could be heard chirping away
| @wandrnrose7 | freewrite |
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The Boy Nextdoor- Day 189: 5 Minute Freewrite
The boy next door seldom comes outside. Melanie would look outside each day when the small mixed breed pup was let out to do his business and shortly after cried and scraped the door facing her upstairs window.
Before long the door would open and the pup would jump in excitement before a small hand appeared for a moment to usher the pup indoors. Melanie at 10 years old always wanted a dog and envied the boy next door for being able to own one. She hoped one day to see the person who owned the pup. Maybe he'd let her pet the pup
NEWS
We will be sending out some comments with the Tier 0 upvote. We don't think many of the members are aware that it is really easy to move up to a higher tier by showing Qurator some support. Let's hope some of the older members can move up in tiers and we can make the whole community a bit stronger. =)
Tier Updates Finalized
Tier updates are out and finalized. You can check out the post HERE.
The short version is that Tier 1 and Tier 2 requirements have changed a bit. Please review them.
A separate account has been created and 26 000 SP has been delegated to it. @qurator-tier-1-2 will be upvoting Tier 1 and Tier 2 members.
A large amount of SP was undelegated from @qurator to accommodate for the new account, BUT the upvote weights have been adjust so they should balance out. Just have to see how the Voting Power holds up with the big change.
Qurator Details
 | For more details go check out our witness page and consider voting for us. |
 | Qurator 3.0 is finally here! There has been quite a few changes. Go and check it out. |
 | Check out our Discord Channel and visit the steemit-challenges tab. There you will find an updated list of all the daily/weeklychallenges. Thanks to @stresskiller! |
Competitions!
We host weekly Photo and Food competitions. Click on the images below to view the posts and cast your votes to the nominated Qurites. You can also comment #nominatein either of the posts to stand a chance to be featured in the competitions.
| Photo Friday! | Tasty Tuesday! |
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| Toss up Thursday | Biweekly |
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 | Free for all post-promotional competition with a twist! |
With all the flag wars and drama on Steemit, we decided to go the opposite route. Make love, not war! We don't take part in flag wars, instead we have upvote wars! We highly suggest checking out our latest competition and think of your ideal strategy to win that awesome Tier 5 prize. =)
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@qustodian support bot
For those who would like some extra upvotes from the Qurator project can send SBD and their link to @qustodian. The bot will upvote your post to the value of 2.65 times the amount of SBD you send it.
Send around 0.5SBD and your link to receive upvotes.
Any extra SBD will be refunded!
Upvotes limited to one every 24 hours.
Invest in @qustodian
For those who would like to invest some Steem Power. @qustodian pays out 90% of all the SBD sent to the account. Minimum of 50SP to invest, daily payouts in SBD.
Delegations links can be found below. Please remember to leave at least 50SP in your account!
Delegation links for @qustodian (NOT @QURATOR):
| 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 1000 | 5000 |
Steemauto Curation Trail
We suggest not following the trail with 100%, steemauto has 2 ways of following a trail, static or scaled. We suggest using SCALED instead of static since static votes can add up quickly and drain VP very fast. We suggest using scaled and then maybe around 25%.
Steemauto can show us who is currently on the trail and at what percentage. Looking forward to see more Qurites joining the trail in the near future! We also reward the team players and there might be a nice surprize for a lucky trailer. =P
Steemauto guide and registration info
Want bigger upvotes? Check out Tiers and how to gain access to them
| TIER | Requirements | Perks |
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 | Basic 4 STEEM registration fee. Upvote for life from Qurator Project | Basic upvote for life from Qurator. |
 | Delegate 100SP OR Upvote 7 times a week on any @qurator posts with a minimum upvote of at least $0.03 OR pay 1 Steem per month subscription.** | Tier 1 upvotes |
 | Delegate 200SP OR Upvote 7 times a week on any @qurator posts with a minimum upvote of at least $0.05 OR pay the 2 Steem per month subscription. | Tier 2 upvotes |
 | Delegate 300SP | Tier 3 upvotes |
 | Delegate 400SP | Tier 4 upvotes |
 | Delegate 500SP | Tier 5 upvotes |
Elite Tiers
| TIER | Requirements | Perks |
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 | Delegate 1000SP+ to @qurator | Copper weight - T5 x 2 |
 | Delegate 1500SP+ to @qurator | Silver weight - T5 x 3 |
 | Delegate 2000SP+ to @qurator | Gold weight - T5 x 4 |
 | Delegate 2500SP+ to @qurator | Platinum weight - T5 x 5 |
 | Delegate 5000SP+ to @qurator | Diamond weight - T5 x 12 + Rotational Resteems |
Delegation links:
| 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 2000 | 2500 | 5000 |
After you click the link you will have to check the value, click next and then enter your steemit NAME and Private Active Key to delegate. Please remember to leave at least 50SP in your account!
| Members | 1324 | +3 |
| Steem Power | 4680 | |
| Delegated | 77 497 | |
| Voting Power | 81.77% | |
| Upvote Weight T0(@qurator-tier-0) | 2% | $0.05 |
| Upvote Weight T1(@qurator-tier-1-2) | 2% | $0.17 |
| Upvote Weight T2 (@qurator-tier-1-2) | 4% | $0.29 |
| Upvote Weight T3 | 2.5% | $0.57 |
| Upvote Weight T4 | 4% | $0.80 |
| Upvote Weight T5 | 5.5% | $1.03 |
| Copper (T5 x 2) | 11% | $2.07 |
| Silver (T5 x 3) | 16.5% | $3.10 |
| Gold (T5 x 4) | 22% | $4.13 |
| Platinum (T5 x 5) | 27.5% | $5.16 |
| Diamond (T5 x 12) | 66% | $12.39 |
| Witness rank | 78 |
Median Steem Price when Upvote values were calculated: $4.13(-1.67%)
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