theinkwell writing challenge | Season 2 Week 2

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Welcome to The Ink Well Writing Challenge!

Before we get into this week's challenge, let's have a look at some of the posts that were selected to go forward for OCD curation:

What Lives In the Woods by @danielapevs
The Curse of the Nun by @georgelys
A Lawn Chair by @bashadow
A Mandali Bride Without A Ring by @amirtheawesome1
Lifeblood by @iamraincrystal
New Home by @gabmr
An Apology Letter Unwritten by @tacky-iraqi
So Close by @apeboy
Congratulations everyone and good luck with this week's entries!

This Week's Challenge

See the Season Launch post for a full list of prompts so you can plan your writing. There will also be a writing prize with hundreds (hundreds!) of Hive in prizes in December. The theme will be renewal and you will be able to submit entries for three weeks from Friday 18 December 2020 until Friday 8 January 2021.

This Week's Prompt

Prompt: "We were wrong about ..."

Use this prompt as a jumping off point in your story.

You could start by writing down the prompt and then free-writing for 30 minutes - just writing down whatever comes into your mind. Take a break (twenty minutes, two hours, a day) and then come back and start editing and developing your story. When you have a polished story, submit your post!

This is just one idea about how to use the prompt - it might become the opening or finishing sentence, or it might not appear in your final story at all.

Prompts and ideas for this Season's Writing Challenge are from Bryan Collins at Become a Writer Today.

Rules of Entry

using the prompt, write a story that has a minimum of 350 words.
post it in The Ink Well Community.
use the title format: "theinkwell writing challenge | title of your story".
include the tags: #theinkwell #challenge #story.
post a link in the comments of this post - this is your entry to the writing challenge, don't forget to do it!
NEW NEW NEW - vote on this post - NEW NEW NEW

Only include the tag #posh if you are sharing your story on Twitter. If you include the tag #feedback, you are letting curators and other members of the community know you welcome feedback on your story. We aim to be gentle and constructive with feedback, to help writers develop their craft.

Remember, original work only - no plagiarism or re-posts!

Curation Policies

The Ink Well aims to become an alternative source of long-term income for writers. We are looking for high quality well-crafted stories that have a clear story arc, well-developed characters and a satisfying ending for the reader. We have set out the Season Two programme in advance so you have time to plan your stories over the eight weeks. Don't forget to edit your story - remember we are looking for high quality and presentation!

When they review your stories, curators are looking for the following:

Category	Explanation
Setting	Time and place the story is set and whether this affects the story. Has the writer created a world that is believable?
Story arc	What is the story arc? Does the story incorporate conflict, climax and resolution? Is the ending satisfying to the reader?
Characters	How are characters drawn in the story? What is their role in the story? Do they change or remain the same? Are they fresh and original or stereotypical? Are they believable?
Style	The writer's use of language, imagery and tone. Is the writer engaging? Are they showing not telling?
Presentation	Does the editing and presentation enhance the writing? Has the writer developed their story and corrected mistakes?

Writing Tips

The Ink Well has lots of resources to help you develop your skills as a writer - or if you just get stuck. You can find the full list of tips with links in the latest post tips post pinned in the community. Here's a selection to get you started:

Category	Explanation
Setting	Writing What You Know, Let's Explore World Building
Story arc	Do short stories have to have a plot?, What is a story arc?
Characters	Character types in fiction, Developing memorable characters, Writing character descriptions
Style	Hook your readers, Avoiding the dreaded info dump, Is "show, don't tell" a writing rule?
Presentation	Editing your work with fresh eyes, Lessons in Tense

Posts that meet the criteria to a good standard (including editing!) will be submitted for OCD curation. The Ink Well will also be looking for promising posts to submit for @curie curation.

Finally

If you have any questions, put them in a comment below.
We look forward to reading your stories!

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bashadow (69) 4 years ago

I would like to thank you for putting my story forward for curation, it really helped and is now and is with out a doubt one of my best rewarded post, thank you and everyone that read and enjoyed it.

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leogolj (69) 4 years ago

Hello... This is my entry to the contest, thank you for the invitation to your initiative, it has been a pleasure to participate... Greetings!

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@leogolj/english-espanol-theinkwell-writing-challenge-the-mangrove-and-the-ghost-that-gets-lost-in-the-dark-or-el-desafio-de-escritura-de

iamraincrystal (74)Member of The Ink Well 4 years ago

thank you for the shoutout! let me spread the word about this week's challenge..

evagavilan2 (69) 4 years ago

I share the link of my participation in @theinkwell
good luck to everyone.

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@evagavilan2/el-desafio-de-escritura-de-theinkwell-or-stellaris

kawsar8035 (73) 4 years ago

My entry post: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@kawsar8035/the-inkwell-writing-challenge-season-2-week-1-we-were-wrong-about

sherylneil (69) 4 years ago

Thank you for the support and to the invitation. It always feels wonderful to join in this week's prompt. Here is my entry.

https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@sherylneil/theinkwell-writing-challenge-or-the-unexpected-love-strory

bhattg (77) 4 years ago

Hi this is my entry for the contest.
my entry

Thanks & Regards
@bhattg
-----Together we will make this a better place-----

I'm back to share my contribution to this week's challenge :)

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@iamraincrystal/the-inkwell-writing-challenge-or-metal-enhanced

danielapevs (71) 4 years ago

Yaaay! There's my entry of this week. ♥ Good luck to everyone 🤗

Theinkwell writing challenge | the sirens of the amazon

morey-lezama (63) 4 years ago

For here, with pleasure, my participation: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@morey-lezama/the-inkwell-writing-challenge-or-the-night-about-us

poshbot (58) 4 years ago

yolimarag (78) 4 years ago

Greetings, this is my first participation and entry to the contest:

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@yolimarag/theinkwell-s-writing-challenge-or-not-everyone-thinks-the-same-ing-esp

apeboy (63) 4 years ago

Well people this is my participation in @theinkwell
good luck to everyone.

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@apeboy/theinkwell-s-writing-challenge-or-the-old-murray-en-es

deeanndmathews (77) 4 years ago

Although it is not listed, I saw that HUGE bump from OCD curation as well -- thank you! Gotta get started on the next tale from Lofton County...

shanibeer (72) 4 years ago

I think it came after this post was published - there's a time lag sometimes 😀. Lofton County ... a tv series ... or film?

Lofton County is SO big I'm having trouble containing it for the bookstore ... six sure novel-length tales I've got to put chapters in so they can be read reasonably, AND, even writing on HOW Lofton County became that, going back to the (still-fictional but I wrote them right in to explain certain mysteries of history) Loftons of the antebellum South ... and YES, I do have the origin story OF the origin story of Darcy Bowler out being looked at for a film competition!

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