Creative Nonfiction Prompt #112

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #112

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.

divider

Last Week's entrants

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt : Drop a bombshell.

Last week's participants

@jeclyn60	@zerah	@bisolamih
@coolbabe88	@fashtioluwa	@zali.bee
@rare-gem	@marynn	@popurri
@jazclassic	@sabiukpa	@marriot5464
@young-tari	@onyinye-chi	@blaqbarbie
@samiwrites	@supernova004	@joycealarapon
@iyimoga	@farahikram	@bipolar95
@abdul-qudus	@rukkie	@abigail04
@hazmat	@offia66	@raymondpeter
@lightpen	@beckyroyal	@nancybriti1
@luckydrums

Featured

Highlighting @joycealarapon, with the story:

When Life Rewrites the Story

It felt like the ground beneath me shifted. I couldn't hold back my tears. I wanted to reject it, but there was nothing I could do. The only option was to accept it.

Curator's comment :

A wonderful CNF from Joycealarapon for the *dropped a bombshell* prompt about her year of National Service in Nigeria. She is halfway through it but because there were initial delays with her medical, she ended up being posted to a State far from her own and also to a remote village. At first, she was distraught as she wondered how she was going to juggle her service life with her personal life (own business, content creation) but what she found in the rural village took her by surprise. She was forced to slow down and learn to be patient with herself and life. She realised that we may not always get what we think we need but that sometimes we learn the lessons we need to learn in the places we don't want to be. Love her philosophy! Love the writing!

Featured

Highlighting @zerah, with the story:

A Purse, A Stranger, and Lagos

On my end, I was more focused on expertly manoeuvring through the chaos with my grip tightened on my handbag and my tiny shawl covering my head from the boiling sun, which threatened to burn off the sole of my shoes. My legs were already dusty and I could hear my breath rising with each step I took.

Curator's comment :

@zerah writes a CNF piece that has a pleasing balance between atmosphere and action. Oftentimes authors settle for atmosphere over action. Not here. @zerah offers us high drama when she tries to pay for rice and realizes she has lost not only her money but important documents from her purse. The piece resolves nicely when a young man returns the missing items. This is very well written.

Featured

Highlighting @popurri, with the story:

The frustrated celebration

Messages with the results of each polling station in my state and in other states of the country were already being passed through the networks, and the excitement was very great, because I could not wait for the results to be announced.

Curator's comment :

popurri writes about her dramatic reaction to the unfairness of election results in her country, which she believes were rigged. This is a wonderfully sensitive and demonstrative piece that tugs at the heart.

Featured

Highlighting @hazmat, with the story:

MEMORABLE BUT QUITE FORGETTABLE

This line of questioning wasn't new to me, it was the cheerful tone in which I was asked that gave me pause. Mum knew exactly when my exams were starting as she'd already asked like a million times only in the past month.

Curator's comment :

hazmat offers a well rounded CNF about his mother’s (love) sacrifice in the face of his final exams. Hazmat failed to understand his mother’s strict attitude, until he realised that her exclusions (on fun) became a two way pain they both had to endure in order to be successful. Nice!

divider

This Week's Prompt 112:

Faith can move mountains.

Meaning:

Means that a belief in one’s self or circumstance can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

For this prompt, we want you to unleash your creativity and come up with a real-life situation from your life that merits a microscope.

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!

divider

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.

The winner will be featured in a special announcement post.

Interested in joining our community? Start by joining Hive!

Join here at Hive Onboard.

Already a Hive member? Click Subscribe at the top of The Ink Well community home page.

Questions? Ask The Ink Well on Discord .

inkwell

We invite lovers of creative writing to visit The Ink Well, a Hive community started by @raj808 and @stormlight24 and run by @jayna, @yaziris, @samsmith1971, @gracielaacevedo and @itsostylish.

How to Follow Our Curation Trail

You can follow our curation trail by going to our hive.vote curation trail page and clicking the follow button.

How to Delegate to The Ink Well

We welcome delegations! These support our community in many ways, including helping us to provide support to quality content creators through curation and contests.