Friends Who Write Submission #2: Summary and Spotlight

Hello writers,

As Wanshu is enjoying the company of pandas this week in Sichuan (scroll down for panda photo), I have the pleasure of sharing the spotlight on teams that have successfully completed their second week of Friends Who Write.

Teams That Crossed the Finish Line

Team Name	Submissions
Anata	Real eyes realise real lies Stacia Dunne, Part One
Anistha	Some thoughts on evil and belief Show Thyself A Man - Chapter 1 - Part I Blackout The fallen star My missing neighbor A Mouth Full of Letters
Bear With Us	Unrequited And with her motivation, the sky fell down
Bio Writers	Modernity is the Origin of the Non-Human Bacterias: Our Silent Friends Tokenomics in a Nutshell (ERC-20's)
chees mees	Are free will and determinism compatible?Letter 2 Letter 3
Decent	Decaying Categorial Meritocracy Earn
Divergent	SKIN TO SKIN Just a friend Make sure you see the good Why Stories Capture Us
Gennes	Manifesto of Young Women(s)Stressed Out? These Science-Backed Tools Can Help
Hotpot	Breaking Free from Gaslight Manipulation in the Workplace The Bumpy Way of Receiving a New Apartment (Part One)
Hurricane Sisters	Welcome to Air Life Thank You, Enchilada Boy Captured—Part 1
Las Moiras	As a breeze The Bloody Lotus Nature, Nurture, Blood on his Hands and Blood in his Veins
le sbarbine	Nico collects people in his notebook redirect
New Vision	The Hot Shit Does Jesus have a place in today's world?
No Sabo Kids	Nathan's Artificial Intelligence The House of 21
North London Mafia	How To Self-Publish a Novel (And Do It Right) - Part 2 Literary Gap: How Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth met
Praguesters	A LONELY CELL The Transformation (short story)
Team One Piece	The World is Still Locked Tokenized Assets: Where Real World Meets Blockchain
The Bell Jars	Mary Shelley and the Plight of the Promethean Insomnia A Cat's Odyssey Musings on the News and Belief
The Frog Pond 🐸	Wish Fulfillment Bu-Reau-Cra-Cy
The Unhinged	When the Grey fades to Black.My (unconnected) Attempts at Romance.....
Water Appreciation Society	Abundance lies in the Hexagon, the 4th phase of Water The Water Appreciation Society. Earth is 70% water and so are you.
Web3 Writers Union	The Strange Order of Things Explains Consciousness I, Watch - Days 10-16 Author Notes American Justice and Classified Documents Class & Property in a Socialist Society On the Design of a Poetry.Reviews Territory : Payment for Administrators From the Journal of a Murderer - Part 2
Women of Letters	Fear and Fate Life goes on or does it?The Deep Sea Dame of Dover
Write on time	Escape the castle Chapter two - The Legend The Grief Diary- Ch. 2

Teams That Achieved Partial Submissions

Team Name	Submissions
Duo du pavé	Part four
Graverobbers	the end of time/suneater On March 15th
Green Goddesses	Augur Ignis
InkMasters	Manifesting the life you deserve 5 Key Lessons from Writing Grace Blevins
Mijake	On Pen On Paper Her
MMM	Dapple Cornwall
Penpal Posse	A mirror and some distortions
Queen	The Last Human The cycle of long distance one-sided love
Team Hedgehog	11 more minutes in a glass of rosé The Hanzo Kingdom I
The Milliners	A Solarpunk Typography Exposé How the Hats Protocol Will Transform Your DAO Experience
the repliers	I missed my chance at becoming France's First lady: A Story for the MOTH

If you have any questions regarding the results, please don’t hesitate to contact Wanshu at [email protected].

I'm so proud to also share that a phenomenal 67% of registered teams submitted this past week. As far as I understand, this is nearly 3 times the average retention of similar writing cohorts, and we believe that what makes our cohort special is your team members. ❤️ Please give each other a pat on the back, and power through the next deadline this Friday.

You've all worked hard to put pen to paper/hands to keyboards. But getting your content to readers is another piece of work

Tips to Make Your Content Stand Out

1. Use a cover image
The right image could provoke curiosity, bring up sentiments that complement your writing, or speak to readers in another way. Stock images from Unsplash or other sites are great. But feel free to also experiment with something more personal like photographs or doodles.

2. Complete your profile, ideally with a photo
This is not a beauty pageant by any means. But readers want to connect with you beyond your writing. They want to know who it is they're reading from. A couple of notes in your bio will go a long way. A profile photo helps you stand out and shows people who you are. It doesn't need to be a portrait, either! Plenty of writers here use illustrations or even memes to convey who they are.

3. Share your posts with friends
This may be obvious, but sometimes we could use a little nudge before we feel like our work is "good enough to share". There's no such thing! Progress is better than perfect. How could you learn and improve if you're not sharing and getting feedback? Plus, for the purpose of this writing challenge, the more verified reads you get (only t2 user reads count towards t.p.), the more likely you are to win one of the Impact Prizes.

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Baby panda in a tree, taken by Wanshu

Enjoy the panda photo and have the best time writing!

Sammi
Co-Founder & COO
t2.world

PS. in case you missed it, I wrote something of my own this past week. It's a deeply personal story, and I'm truly grateful to invite each one of you to share it with me.