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A Thanksgiving Writing Exercise

noviembre 25, 2025 | 1 lectura mínima

This is a great gratitude writing exercise to be done alone or in a group, with people of any age.

How to Play

    1. Designate someone to read out each prompt below. (Feel free to add your own prompts.)
    2. After each prompt is read, set a timer for one minute. (With younger kids, this can be shortened. For older folks who want to freewrite meaningfully, more time can be added.)
    3. Each person freewrites by finishing the sentence and elaborating until the timer goes off. (For little kids, this can be done verbally with an adult recording their answers. Hilarity will ensue.)
    4. Remeber that freewriting — allowing yourself to write with abandon — enables you to let go, tapping into your subconscious to explore your thoughts more deeply.
    5. When everyone is done with all the prompts, take turns going through some your answers. Some people may be eager to share. Others may not want to. Respect their decision.

The Prompts

  • I'm grateful for... [After you've finished this prompt, repeat it five times. Challenge yourself and others not to repeat a singe word with each new answer.]
  • The silliest thing I'm grateful for is...
  • The littlest thing I'm grateful for is...
  • The biggest thing I'm grateful for is...
  • The grossest thing I'm grateful for is...
  • One thing I love about myself is...
  • My favorite thing that happened this year was...
  • My hope for next year is...

This writing exercise has resulted in some sweet answers — and many hilarious ones, too. If you try it out, do let us know.

Write on.

julio 21, 2026 2 lectura mínima

We're thrilled to introduce you to the winner of our Journey to a BillIon Words Giveaway: author P.L. McMillan.

julio 08, 2026 2 lectura mínima

We're about to hit 1 billion words written on Freewrite devices. And we're doing a giveaway to celebrate.

One billion words is an entire library! About 11,000 novels.

That's 920 full read-throughs of the entire Harry Potter series.

Roughly 23 complete sets of Encyclopedia Britannica.

And we're almost there. Want to be part of the journey?

One writer who participates in the journey to a billion will be chosen to receive a prize pack the likes of which we've never given away before. And you don't have to own a Freewrite to enter.

One lucky winner will receive a prize package valued at $1,595:

  • A Freewrite Ernest Hemingway Edition Smart Typewriter with case and polishing cloth ($1,099 value)
  • An Author Clock ($209 value)
  • A Freewrite Circa Leather Discbound Notebook ($159.50 value)
  • A free 1-year subscription to Freewrite Plus ($40 value)
  • A Brown Freewrite Embossed Deskmat ($59 value)
  • A Words Are Hard writing prompt deck ($29 value)

 

How do you enter? Write. That's it.

Specifically: 

👉 Write on your Freewrite and sync to Postbox.

👉 If you don't own a Freewrite, write in our free app, Sprinter, and sync to a Postbox account. (Directions to create a Postbox account can be found here.)

Every day that you log words in Postbox (which is automatically done when you write and sync in the Freewrite ecosystem) will earn you 1 entry in the giveaway of all giveaways.

The more days you write, the more entires you'll have when we hit a billion.

Time Is Ticking

Keep an eye on the counter on our homepage. When it hits a billion, we'll pick the winner.

Good luck!

The Freewrite Team

 

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Break up with Final Draft for good. Get the best screenplay workflow in Hollywood: Freewrite + Highland Pro.