First Draft Club

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A social accountability program to incentivize writing. Learn more at firstdraft.club

If you don't know what to write for the week:

"Expand on a recent cast" is a great evergreen prompt
I am joining /firstdraft to keep myself accountable on Warpcast. I am committing to daily thoughts on /pat (Hot takes + Blockchain research) while using Paragraph to write on Nouns Esports

My first longform in the works is currently titled "The Magic of Subcultures and how Nouns could lead the future of Cultural Patronage" and will hopefully by out sometime this weekend.
I just joined /firstdraft to inspire me and hold me accountable to write moar 🧠

Check out the article I published last week for /earlymorningcrew on navigating farcaster in its community era

https://news.cryptosapiens.xyz/farcasters-channel-shakeup-navigating-the-new-era-of-community-building
Turned this week’s post into more of a research overview and decided to break out insights/solutions for next week. No one here will be surprised by #2 but trust me it’s almost blasphemy in the culinary world.

And here’s the link to last week’s full article: https://www.cookingroux.xyz/p/the-case-for-creators
83% of /firstdraft members posted writing last week, and 18 are still eligible for a share of the October prize pool of 100,000 $higher (currently almost $2500!)

Here's a thread of everything the group wrote this past week 👇
✏️ What are you planning to write about this week?
I spun out a newsletter for First Draft Club!

In this issue, I introduce the newsletter and go behind the scenes with my "tech stack" for managing the community.

Subscribe for monthly-ish updates
https://paragraph.xyz/@firstdraftclub/behind-the-scenes-of-first-draft-club?referrer=0xA1A750080E96293dcEb237c76B9Ca10C20E1B49f
Turns out I'm more of a Monday morning writer. One of these days I'll follow the rules ;)

https://forallthefish.com/simply-a-house
tl;dr: onboarding billions to web3 isn't just about making the user experience easier—it's about creating progressive, meaningful steps that provide value without overwhelming users. incremental engagement, like earning NFTs or $DEGEN tips, can make the onchain journey more accessible and rewarding

https://paragraph.xyz/@hellno/a-tale-of-bringing-people-onchain
For this week's /firstdraft I published a personal note to stay true in upcoming days of frenzy.
https://paragraph.xyz/@kpx/how-to-stay-true-during-market-frenzy
I imagined my First Draft start a little better and more epics 🥲 but I at least want to post this basic draft structure of an article for /buildbetter subscribers about product messaging - and I will finish it this week! 🤓
This needs serious editing - but - the channel is called first draft right? ;-p I have the idea but its wooly - my goal for next week is to tighten this significantly: https://andrewmccluskey.com/posts/creative-collaboration-the-musicto-community
this week's writing for first draft club
https://paragraph.xyz/@maysquarepants/self-made-food-sommelier
My take on the "perfect bite" inspired by my experience in "foodie heaven" France
going through my bookmarks to see what patterns emerge of stuff that gets my attention. not so much last week...meager post but A+ share by Riley and TPan on community.

https://paragraph.xyz/@cheshirecat/preview/L73siu0qMwriKUMeWQtK
My experience is that growth comes from pushing into the unknown -- especially if you hear the call.

Whether leaving a stable teaching job—for the second time—for a career in crypto or leaving teaching for the first time to move to another country, the most valuable lessons came from daring to take action and face the unknown. The path is risky, but so is everything. You need to have faith in yourself to handle what comes.

We may succeed or fail, but either outcome is better when it comes on our own terms.

“If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical: "It's gonna go wrong." Or "She's going to hurt me." Or,"I've had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore . . ." Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.” - Ray Bradbury
This week I wrote a character card for Charles, a test-writing character for future science fiction novel.
I have so many drafts 👀 I don't even know which one to finish 😁
This week, I refined a concept from college that connects personal beliefs with goals to provide guidance and meaning, framing our actions within a purposeful journey:

https://paragraph.xyz/@dish/an-equation-of-belief-systems-and-purpose
Scout Game by CharmVerse: The Future of Work from DAOs to Positive Sum Perpetual Games

https://paragraph.xyz/@ccarella/scout-game-by-charmverse