Creative Nonfiction Prompt #103

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #103

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Welcome to The Ink Well's weekly creative nonfiction prompt!

In this post, we'll provide the prompt for the coming week.

Before You Write Your Creative Nonfiction Post...

We ask that you read our Creative Nonfiction Tips post to learn about the creative nonfiction genre and review our guidelines.

Important notes:

Creative nonfiction stories are based on your real-life experiences.
We are looking for real short stories! Not advice columns, reports on crime or corruption in your city, observations on nature, recipes, religion, politics, or any other nonfiction content. Just real-life short stories.
Ideal story length is between 750 and 1500 words, but your story must be at least 350 words, at a minimum to be curated.
Please focus on quality content. Read and edit for errors! Use a grammar checker before you post your story.
We expect everyone who posts in The Ink Well to read and comment on at least two other stories for each one published.
Do not post stories featuring physical abuse, graphic violence, erotica or NSFW content.

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Last Week's entrants

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt : Turn the tables.

Last week's participants

@beauty197	@quan45	@marriot5464
@omokunmi	@marynn	@jennyzee1
@rare-gem	@blaqbarbie	@tomiajax
@snowbhale	@kingsleyy	@zerah
@abigail04	@fashtioluwa	@zain-ab001
@phyna	@osomar357	@popurri
@offia66	@ridgette	@medemausi
@rukkie	@bipolar95	@nancybriti1

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Highlighting @popurri, with the story:

When technology fails

My sister liked to use these maps in her work and continued to do so even though they had a computer program that facilitated the work, especially for those workers who did not have a good grasp of the basic information and could get the job done more quickly.

Curator's comment :

popurri writes a very charming and nicely written creative nonfiction story about her sister's geography skills in a land registry firm. The younger employees indicate that she is old fashioned and should get rid of her printed maps and use the online tools, but she is happy using them and loves her work. In fact one of these insubordinates is sent to another department for disrespect. One day there are power outages and she is the only one who can keep on working, and of course they change their tune and ask to borrow her maps.

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Highlighting @livingword, with the story:

Sour Juices

I was quite a reckless adventurous boy. There were days I would wander away from home to other streets just to go play, or challenge intelligent kids to a quiz which most likely would end in fights. I was a smart kid, and I did well in school too. Though I was quite notorious for trouble making, most of the women in the compound (I lived with my dad) loved me.

Curator's comment :

Every now and then you come across a voice that rings true, a voice that resonates and stays with you. That was the case when I read @livingword's *Sour Juices*. "I was a child of many mothers", the author states eloquently and unforgettably in this CNF piece. Yes he was. It was a rough and tumble life he led as a child, one where the streets were as familiar to him as his home. His father was not a gentle man, and his biological mother was not present. The author searched as a child for truth, for the truth of who his mother was. In the end, that mystery is solved and the author comes to terms with life as he lived it.

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Highlighting @zerah, with the story:

Overlooked Assistant

One day, Mrs Akinwale called in sick, and for weeks, she didn't show up at work. Rumours had it that it was so serious that she was hospitalised. To worsen it all, she had a client she needed to close a deal with. So, with her absence, Temi had no option but to fill in for her boss, toiling day and night to seal the deal, and as a sign of respect and superiority, she would still report any progress to Mrs Akinwale.

Curator's comment :

@zerah brings a CNF where the change of position of the protagonist is not lived as a kind of revenge but with gratitude. Having learned, in the hard stage, the skills that led the sweet protagonist of her story to be recognized as a brilliant worker is an advantage rather than a disadvantageous position. The story is efficiently told and ends in a pleasantly surprising way.

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This Week's Prompt 103:

Away with the fairies

Definition :

to behave in a way that is slightly strange.

Ideas to fire your imagination :

Perhaps a family member who had important duties in your household suddenly seemed distracted and unable to complete tasks.
Maybe you wanted to establish yourself in business, but your family thought you'd lost your mind due to the cost of the venture.

Tell us about it! And remember to integrate storytelling elements like characters, scene setting, dialogue and action to bring your story to life!

Have fun and good luck! We look forward to reading your stories.

Rules

You have 6 days to write your story from the date of this prompt post. Be sure to check the deadline countdown.
Write a real-life story with the creative elements of fiction, like characters, dialogue, scene setting and a story conflict.
Post your story in The Ink Well Community.
Please use the tags #creativenonfiction and #inkwellprompt on these posts. Other possible tags: #writing #inkwellprompt #nonfiction
Stories must be written in English. If you've translated the post, it's best to add the original version below the translation. Do not write mixed language paragraphs.
Read and comment on at least two stories in the community. Add a link to your story as a comment on this post.

And be sure to remember to join The Ink Well community!

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Prize

A prize of 20 Hive will be awarded to one submission every four weeks.

Procedure

Two or three stories will be featured every week. One of the featured stories will win the grand prize every four weeks.

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