If you live in the US, today, you are celebrating Thanksgiving. Or not, however that might be for you. As a nation, many Turkeys are being cooked today and families are gathering.

If you are celebrating: Happy Thanksgiving!

For all of you interested in US History, here is a link to one of my favorite podcasts Now & Then. The Thanksgiving episode will give you all some background you didn't learn in school.

The Freewrite House is up and running again thanks to @wakeupkitty

Please participate in our contests. The Recommend Your Favorite Freewrite is easy for you. Please, all of you, give it a go!

We are always looking for more volunteers. Your participation could be as simple as committing upvotes for the participants or as involved as running a contest.

Delegations and sponsorships are highly appreciated as well.

Check the @freewritehouse for fun contests

Prompt: wire basket

• 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.

Since our Freewrite community is growing, we decided to revive our Freewrite Discord for Freewriters to hang out, talk to each other, and have some fun. I am offering the Freewrite Prompt on several platforms - not everyone is going to be on Hive.
Here is your invite

@freewritehouse

Contest by Friends of the Freewriters

If you are running a contest you want to be listed here, let me know.

Writing help

• 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

• 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.

• A timer. Egg timer is a free tool you can use on your desktop to set a time. This is useful for our freewrites or if you want to work in blocks of time and then take a break. Here is the link

• I found this app through @emwalker. Use it regularly and it will help you type faster and more accurately. [10 fast fingers](https://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/english

I have a favor to ask. If you are on YouTube, can you please subscribe to my Sustainable Living Podcast channel. I am not asking you to watch, just to subscribe. I want to be able to do live Yoga classes and need more subscribers before I can access that function. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA73SuaMBnBIaB5OdiL_y6Q