Creative Nonfiction Prompt #90

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #90

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 : Home

Last week's participants

@abigail04	@bipolar95	@farahikram
@george-dee	@hive-world	@iskawrites
@iyimoga	@janesuiren	@jezmaine
@kingsleyy	@marriot5464	@mfarinato
@minhajulmredol	@nancybriti1	@offia66
@omolayo	@ridgette	@rukkie
@supernova004	@trexane	@ubdan313
@walindo

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Highlighting @iskawrites, with the story:

How has your country changed during your lifetime?

They were correct but what could we do? The currency had been changed and there was nothing we said that could change it back to the way it had always been, whether it was an unnecessary change or not.

Curator's comment :

Iskawrites an informative, scary piece about the changes in her home country that affect her, closely.

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Highlighting @nancybriti1, with the story:

A Word Called Resignation

"Mother, dear, how you left me!" -my dad shrieked and the walls shook with his crying. Dad fell to his knees like a small child, doubled over with grief, and I sensed that with that gesture the house was falling apart.

Curator's comment :

Nancybriti1 writes a very colorful creative nonfiction story. The author demonstrates her observational skills and narrative dexterity which she delivers in emblematic images of popular Hispanic American ideosyncrasy. She touches on the theme of family memory and ties a knot with it when memory conflicts with superstitions. A story tinged with the colors of the Magical Realism genre.

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Highlighting @seki1, with the story:

Roadside Nostalgia

I remember then when walking that I was nearly hit by a car which was driving in no way a car filled with passengers -or even without the passengers- should be driving at all.

Curator's comment :

With a very interesting rhythm @seki1 writes a CNF in which he narrates how he travels to school on public transport that adds to the chaos of a traffic jam. The theme focuses on the conversations of the passengers who remember the good old days when there was order on the roads, as well as other good conditions. A well-written story that gently takes us back to childhood memories when problems were very simple.

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This Week's Prompt 90:

Like a fish out of water

Cambridge Dictionary:

A person who feels awkward or unhappy because they are in a situation that is not familiar or because they are different from the people around them.

Perhaps you found yourself in an awkward situation that made you uncomfortable, but you managed to extricate yourself.
Maybe if a certain relationship didn't exist, you'd feel like a "fish out of water."

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.

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