Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #97
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...
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- 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.
Last Week's entrants
Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt : Steal someone's thunder
Last week's participants
Featured
Highlighting @iskawrites, with the story:
What do you consider one of the best days you can remember?
The best of the best days as I can recall is the day every single thing worked out perfectly; What made it even more special was that it was just a random day. Birthdays and other celebratory days have a way of just being special, whether there's something attached to it or not but this particular day was effortlessly special without any strings attached.
Curator's comment :
@iskawrites brings a nicely written CNF about how she experienced the best day of her life.
Featured
Highlighting @Phyna, with the story:
FRENEMY
I watched her read to the end and answered the questions thrown at her by the teachers and students. A few minutes later, it was my turn to read my manifesto. I walked to the podium and took the microphone. I was still wondering what to say when my eyes met Stella's; she made a praying sign with her hand, and I sighed.
Curator's comment :
Phyna recounts an incident of theft. The piece is well written and nicely resolved. Quality writing!
Featured
Highlighting @George-dee, with the story:
The Fire Within...
Wale called me the baby of the class, and it became a trend among my classmates. Only a few of them didn't refer to me as that. Solomon stopped studying with me, and he started spending more time with Wale, both in school and after school.
Curator's comment :
George-dee does a very good job of describing his feelings while watching his friend's grades dissolve into nothingness due to a unsavoury character's influence. An absorbing read!
This Week's Prompt 97:
Through thick and thin
Cambridge dictionary's definition:
If you support or stay with someone through thick and thin, you always support or stay with them, even if there are problems or difficulties: She has stuck with me through thick and thin.
- Perhaps you found a lasting friendship with someone who supported you through thick and thin.
- Maybe you discovered flaws in someone's loyalty because they failed you when you were experiencing difficulties.
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.
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