Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #79
Welcome to The Ink Well's weekly creative nonfiction prompt!
In this post, we'll announce the winners from last week's contest and 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.
Last Week's entrants
Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt : Spirit
Last week's participants
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Highlighting Abdul-qudus, with the story:
Adeyinka's Apartment
My first night made me think of not staying there at all. Whenever I try to do anything, all I can see and imagine are those scenes of us laughing and having fun together. The first night wasn't a nice one.
Curator's comment :
Nicely developed characters and good conflict and resolution.
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Highlighting @universoperdido, with the story:
Recumbent
Recumbents are not governed by cosmic rules like the zodiacal signs, but by what they meant in life and the goals they wanted to achieve when they were beings of flesh and blood.
Curator's comment :
The story is nicely paced, well told and suitably resolved. Very readable nonfiction.
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Highlighting @supernova004, with the story:
WHERE'S THE GAIN?
Even in situations when he was right. He mostly was always right. Growing up, I never saw him involved in fracas. He was too much of a peacemaker for my liking. Just like in a situation as this one, when he should be blowing hot and giving these assailants a taste of their own medicine, he'd rather not say anything. And it hurt me. Because keeping quiet means being guilty. It means accepting defeat. And I hated the feeling it left in my mouth. I hated him even more for letting me feel that way.
Curator's comment :
A nicely balanced, and well-structured piece, with great dialogue. One to read!
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Highlighting @nancybriti1, with the story:
Chilon
Suddenly, one of them felt a sharp pain and put his hand to his chest. They were all in the river, so they swam out to help the man, who gave a piercing and pitiful cry. As best they could, they pulled him out of the river and began to resuscitate him, but the man was unresponsive. When they were about to take him to the car to transfer him to the hospital, the man opened his eyes as if looking at a fixed point in the sky, laughed and said clearly, as if what he saw gave him great joy:
"Chilon, my friend"_ -and then, they say, he let out his last sigh.
Curator's comment :
nancybriti1 turns in an exquisite CNF story in response to the spirit prompt. A local shopkeeper, Chilon, commits suicide and the community believes his restless spirit wanders. The story is told from nancybriti1's childhood perspective. In the end, one of Chilon's friends is dying from an apparent heart attack. His last words are spoken with a smile, "Chilon, my friend". The end stays with the reader, as does the whole story.
This Week's Prompt 79:
"Set (one's) teeth on edge"
The Free Dictionary's definition : To cause one to be upset, nervous, or uncomfortable.
- Perhaps, initially, you really admired someone, but you discovered that they had a habit of whining about trivial matters, which set your teeth on edge.
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You had a habit of cracking your knuckles when excited. Unfortunately, your girlfriend at the time found that it set her teeth on edge to such an extent that she found greener pastures.
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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Procedure
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