Creative Nonfiction Prompt #133

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #133

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

In this post, we'll announce the winners from last month'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.

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Last Week's entrants

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt : Let the cat out of the bag

Last week's participants

@zerah	@oyebola	@ellizy
@edith-4angelseu	@almadepoeta	@oyebolu
@faithwellington	@tranquil3	@fashtioluwa
@bisolamih	@perfect20	@lara-bee
@abojode	@ghost-art	@delightedpen
@jennyzee1	@emreal	@farahikram
@marriot5464	@universoperdido	@glorydee
@resounding	@coolbabe88	@mbiatabasi
@ubani	@offia66	@caramel10

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Highlighting @ricardo993, with the story:

Mountain, I'm coming to you

The city below put on a light show just for us. The night was ours. Along most of the trail through Dos Banderas, flashlights weren't even necessary--Caracas lit the path from below.

Curator's comment :

The story is perfectly paced and packed with vibrant self-deprecation (with a few pats on the back).

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Highlighting @universoperdido, with the story:

From that day on, our relationship took a long time to mend. He would not speak to me, ignored me completely, and many times, he made mocking references to me as a snitch. Eventually, we got over it, but no punishment from my father was as severe as my brother's indifference.

Curator's comment :

Universoperdido writes a heartfelt CNF about losing his brother’s trust because he ratted on him.

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Highlighting @offia66, with the story:

I should have listened

We got to the river and dived in; it was all fun, and indeed I had been missing out on all the fun and the feeling that comes with the water and the environment, but all that ended within a few minutes when I got to the side of the river where the current was high, and I lost control and found myself flowing with the current. Friends thought I was joking and teasing until they saw that the river flow was really pushing me and I had lost control and was panicking at the same time.

Curator's comment :

It is told in an orderly fashion and conveys the emotions and events vividly. A subtle touch of humor adds to the reading pleasure.

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Highlighting @ ghost-art, with the story:

No One Would Have Guessed...

Nobody had known that I really didn't want to work there, that I wasn't really looking for a job to pass time or trying to help out a relative. The truth was that I failed my university entrance exams for the second time and was too ashamed to let anyone know except my family who knew already. So I decided to work at my relative's restaurant to take my mind off the heartbreak of failing my exams.

Curator's comment :

ghost-art offers an excellent, emotive and emotional CNF about taking a waiting job to make up for failing her university entrance exams (twice). Heartbreaking read.

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This Week's Prompt 133

Sour grapes

Means :

Pretending that something is undesirable or worthless because it is personally unattainable. Essentially , it's a form of resentment that leads people to act poorly out of spite.

Maybe someone acted in a spiteful manner toward you because they were jealous of your accomplishments .
Perhaps someone's spite resulted in your heartache.

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!

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.

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