Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well: Prompt #26

theinkwell (72)in The Ink Well • 2 years ago

Dear community:

Welcome to Prompt #26 in our creative nonfiction initiative. Thank you to everyone who contributed a nonfiction story last week.

Here's a quick overview of how it works:

Each week, we provide a creative nonfiction prompt. You are also welcome to post other creative nonfiction pieces that are not based on the prompt. See the guidelines below.

To be curated, your content should follow our guidelines, be at least 350 words (but ideally 750 -1500 words), be written in English, or another language as well as the English translation, and — as much as possible — free of errors. We also expect everyone who posts stories in The Ink Well to read and comment on the work of at least two other community members for each story published. (Thank you!)

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What Is Creative Nonfiction?

There are many guides and resources online for getting to know this wonderful genre. It is truly about storytelling. The simple difference between creative nonfiction and fictional stories is that the story is not made up.

We like this definition from an article on creativenonfiction.org:

Simply put: Creative nonfiction is true stories, well told.

With creative nonfiction, you are using the literary and storytelling tools of a fiction writer to craft stories from real life experiences. Set the scene. Give the details. Profile the characters. Give us the dialog, as best you can remember it.

Ideas and inspiration:

Creative nonfiction stories can be snippets from your life autobiography — moments in time you want to capture in words, whether they were frightening, enlightening, bittersweet, or life-altering. They can be observations about life, about a time you connected at a profound level with a perfect stranger, or something you have learned along the way that made you a better person.
Do you love podcasts? One of the greatest sources of creative nonfiction is The Moth Radio Hour. Listen to a few of the stories from The Moth, and we guarantee you will be inspired.
Here are some additional resources for learning more about the creative nonfiction genre:
-- Reedsy blog: What is Creative Nonfiction? The Unputdownable Truth
-- Writers.com: Understanding Creating Nonfiction: What It Is and How to Write It
Check out this list of creative nonfiction stories. For example, one of the stories is about a funeral for a lizard named Rango.

We hope you are inspired!

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Guidelines for Creative Nonfiction Articles in The Ink Well

Write creative nonfiction stories about real life, memories, or experiences.
As with our fiction guidelines, we ask that articles be at least 350 words in length. Optimal length is 750-1500 words.
Please read and edit your content before posting. It makes a big difference in how we reward work published in The Ink Well. (And we have some great guidelines for improving your grammar and fixing errors before you post in this article.)
Please post directly in The Ink Well community, and post your link in a comment on this post.
Please use the tag #creativenonfiction on these posts.

Here are some examples of what we are looking for:

Explore an idea that interests you, such as how childhood experiences shape us as adults.
Write about the study of dreams and what they mean, along with your own experience.
Tell about an experience from your life that profoundly changed you.
Write about a teacher who inspired you.

In other words, tell a story from real life. And illustrate the ideas you share with real world experiences, memories and observations.

Here’s what we are NOT looking for:

A picture of a flower or other posts focused on photography
A few paragraphs about what you ate for lunch
Recipes and how-to articles
Life lessons or advice
Essays about religion or politics
Poetry

What will be muted:

Spam posts or plagiarism
Graphic violence
Lectures or proselytizing about religion, politics or morality

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Last Week's Creative Nonfiction Winners

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt: " Where is it? I can't find it! " We enjoyed reading how our writers reacted to this announcement. There was fantastic writing!

Writers who joined in the fun:
@marriot5464
@pearlsuddy
@timix648
@ubani
@faitz007
@george-dee
@yuki-nee
@stellageorge
@funshee
@princessbusayo
@mrenglish
@dianelson
@ayane-chan
@marynn
@rukkie
@nnennafavour
@dapomolaaaa
@amiegeoffrey
@inessita
@nkemakonam89
@hazmat
@marilour
@treasuree
@cypher09

Honorable Mentions of the Week

Our honorable mentions for last week's prompt are:

Third Place: Wins 2 Hive

Our third place winner is @ayane-chan, with the story Thank you for the memories.

For the first time in my life, I was heartbroken over a crush and the one responsible for it was nowhere to be found since then. I forced myself to move on and forget him, get back to my normal life without thinking of him and the memories he left. Right now, when I visit my Grandma's house sometimes, I can still see his dormitory and people say that he is still living there. The funny thing was, I totally forgot his name and I can't search for him on Facebook anymore because I deleted my old account where we were friends back then.

Second Place: Wins 3 Hive

Our second place winner is @marilour with the story Contingency.

After a few minutes, I looked at the children. The worst was over, Caridad was nowhere to be seen. I questioned my siblings, but none of them could guide me. I was worried, my heartbeat was racing and I was sweating profusely. How was I going to tell my parents and aunts and uncles what had happened? I was not thinking clearly, I was anxious and desperate. Soon it would be dark.

I plucked up my courage and told them. My aunt Conche, who couldn't stop crying, cradled me tightly and desperately. Her eyes, inquisitive and disappointed, kept repeating: "Where is he? Where is he? Where is he? I, in tears, answered: "I can't find her I can't find her" My mother intervened, tried to calm her down, hugged me, and cuddled me in her lap.

First Place: Wins 5 Hive

Our first place winner is, @inessita, with the story Where is Grandfather? I can't find him.

One day when I came home from school, I found the news that grandpa had gone to heaven, that's what they told me, everyone cried, I also cried a lot, at my 6 years old what else could I do, I went to the yard, I told the chickens, that grandpa would not come anymore.

Until that day came the life story of Don Inés Borges, the most wonderful grandfather in the world, he would not tell me any more stories, there would be no more kisses, no more hugs, there I realized that no matter how hard I looked for him I was not going to find grandfather.

Congratulations @inessita, @marilour, @ayane-chan!

The Ink Well Creative Nonfiction Writing Prompt #26:

Mistake!

People can make mistakes in many ways: making hasty decisions, getting carried away by first impressions, getting confused by taking one path instead of another, buying a garment or other object that we will never use...
Some mistakes can be very unpleasant but others can turn out to be very funny as time goes by.

Turn your mistake into a good story!

For this topic there are several possible approaches. For example:

You greet someone warmly and then realise that you are confused. You apologise for the mistake and start a new story.
A salesman knocks on your door and an hour later you own something you don't really need.
You have an opinion about someone until you have an experience with them that makes you change your mind.
How many things can happen when you rush into a decision!

Tell us about it!

Have fun and good luck! We look forward to reading your stories.

Please use the tags #creativenonfiction and #inkwellprompt on these posts. And please remember to add your post link to a comment on this post!

NOTE: Please refrain from providing advice, guidance, or suggestions to others about their life choices in your post. Creative nonfiction is about storytelling.

Prizes!

The top creative nonfiction story of the week will receive 5 Hive
The second place story will receive 3 Hive
Third place will receive 2 Hive

Deadline

You have SIX DAYS to write for the prompt. We are now adding countdown timers to our contest posts so the contest ends one day before the new one is posted. This will give us more time to read all contest stories.

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inessita (63) 2 years ago

I am very happy to receive this news, my first prize in HIVE, thank you @theinkwell for providing these spaces for creativity 🤗 Congratulations to the other winners!

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ubani (67) 2 years ago

You must be a good writer to win in this platform. Congratulations.

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inessita (63) 2 years ago

Thank you!

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marilour (65) 2 years ago

Congratulations 👏🙂

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funshee (68) 2 years ago

Congratulations 🎉 to you

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inessita (63) 2 years ago

Thank you!

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princessbusayo (74) 2 years ago

Congratulations to you.

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inessita (63) 2 years ago

Thank you 🤗

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treasuree (70) 2 years ago

Congratulations dear

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marilour (65) 2 years ago

A cordial greeting to all.
Thank you very much @theinkwell .
It is a great honor and joy for me to receive this award. Sincerely gratified.
Congratulations to the others winners and Honorable mentions.
Happy week.

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yuki-nee (65) 2 years ago

Thank you very much for the honorable mention.
Also, this is my entry: https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@yuki-nee/young-and-hasty-a-creative-non-fiction-story

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popurri (71) 2 years ago

Congratulations to all of last week's winners.
This is my entry https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@popurri/the-oral-examination
Comment on the wonderful stories of @nancybriti1, @jjmusa2004 and @deraaa

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nancybriti1 (69) 2 years ago

An excellent and interesting initiative, friends. Here my participation. Greetings
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@nancybriti1/creative-nonfiction-my-name-was-julia

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jjmusa2004 (69) 2 years ago

Congratulations to all winners

It is always exciting to meet great minds with fantastic and innovative writing skills

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marilour (65) 2 years ago

Thank you very much 😊

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jjmusa2004 (69) 2 years ago

Thank you for this prompt

Here's my entry

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@jjmusa2004/consequences-and-inconveniences-of-a

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ayane-chan (70) 2 years ago

Thank you @theinkwell! I never imagined to be one of the winners. I'm surprised. Anyway, congratulations to all the winners and to all who have joined the previous prompt.

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sublimethoughts (51) 2 years ago

hey everyone

this is my entry post
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@sublimethoughts/mistakes-lead-you-to-somewhere?referral=sublimethoughts

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sssindhi (39) 2 years ago

Thank you for such prompt I just went flashback to my past 😂

Here is my entry

https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@sssindhi/mistakes-are-your-best-teachers

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ricardo993 (67) 2 years ago

https://peakd.com/theinkwell/@ricardo993/grandma1

Here I leave my post, I dedicate it to my grandmother. :(

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garorant (62) 2 years ago

Very happy to see the potential of this community when gives the writers nonfiction and fictions prompts. Here's my second participation and hoping to be in a lot more:

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@garorant/a-nonfiction-experience-eng-esp

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timix648 (62) 2 years ago

Hello fellow writers this is the link to my entry for this prompt. Thanks.

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@timix648/case-of-mistaken-identity

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mineopoly (70) 2 years ago

The few paragraphs of stories I read here look fun. I hope to spend some time in the week and look at the entries. I listened to the radio stories. They are lively and spoken in a story telling feeling. I guess then there would be no problem for us to make non-fiction entries in this story telling form, but written of course.

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theinkwell (72) 2 years ago

Yes, @mineopoly. That's it exactly. We are looking for stories from real life that are well-told, like fiction.

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mineopoly (70) 2 years ago (edited)

Thank you. This is an interesting challenge. I will go through the tag from time to time and see what is there.

I wonder what's the limit in writing this nonfiction style, like can I change the names of some characters, places or products in the story? Also I wonder how much embellishment is allowed. In the last story I just stated the events as I remembered. But I can imagine times where I might want to improvise a few details.

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princessbusayo (74) 2 years ago

Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions too. Looking forward to reading amazing stories from you all.

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buezor (60) 2 years ago

Here's a link to my post for this week's creative nonfiction

https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@buezor/my-accidental-lagos-job

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agmoore (74) 2 years ago

Finally I wrote a piece for this lovely community. Every week I am teased by the prompts and plan to write, but never follow through. It's a pleasure to participate. Thank you for being here. Creative writers need The Inkwell community.

My piece.

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borderline.babe (66) 2 years ago

Here is my entry for the week. I commented on @hazmat and @lara-bee

https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@borderline.babe/fool-me-once

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deraaa (71) 2 years ago

Good Morning. Here is my Entry...
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@deraaa/wilful?referral=deraaa

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