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Dear community, Welcome to Prompt #6 in our creative nonfiction initiative. Thank you to everyone who contributed a nonfiction story last week! In case you missed the announcement about The Ink Well opening up to nonfiction stories, you can see it here. Here's a quick overview of how it works: Each week, we will 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. In opening up our community to a broader range of content, we will take the stance that not every post will be curated. To be curated, your content should follow our guidelines, be at least 350 words, be written in English (or another language as well as the English translation) and — as much as possible — free of errors. 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: 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! Here are some examples of what we are looking for: In other words, tell a story from real life. Here’s what we are NOT looking for: What will be muted: Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt: Letters! The stories this week were wonderful, and as always it was difficult to choose two from this goldmine of stories! Now then, I have no idea if those wounds have been healed yet, or else I am building a more solid amour for my heart that they can not make their roots pierce through deeper and deeper. I mean, they are good news in both ways right? I am in the time being strong enough to protect myself, so the insecurity will have to stay back I guess. Loneliness is something has tagged along with me for the years I have been existing, something would embrace me whenever I cried over a buried love, for me to know I had chosen it somehow in my past lives ever. Since at the end of the day, we are all alone, before stepping on the heaven gate, aren't we? There is an Eliza, who was a laundress with suds on her arms, crying with joy at the pleasure of an unexpected visit from her children years after they had moved to follow the work created by the railways. There's another whose first husband died and left her with three babes under three, and remarried to have more, something my grandfather didn't know and that I discovered following breadcrumb trails of censuses and birth certificates. I found the house she lived in as a housekeeper in 1820, but not graves, as she was too poor, and it was only those with a bit of money that could afford the gravestones. There are two war memorials with two great great uncles who died in the Great War. Edwards, Alberts, Elizas and Florences, Worthys and Charles adorn the family tree. Little Ned is at the end of it, tiny and blinking in futuristic sunlight. Congratulations, @riverflows and @sapphireissafy! Addendum: Now you all know how we wrestle with choosing winners in our contests. It is the topic of much soul-searching each week. After deliberation, we simply could not pass over the wonderful story by @fantom22 without delivering a prize to showcase this lovely piece, Love Letters, in which he describes his arranged marriage, and an enforced geographical separation from his wife by his parents until he completed his degree. About a month after the wedding, I received my wife's first letter through the postal department. It is also important to mention here that in those days the services of the postal department were also not so quick, it used to take up to 25-30 days to reach letters from one place to another. After receiving that letter I secretly opened that first letter sent by my wife very carefully, it was a very beautiful letter on a colour full paper, the fragrance was also coming from it, maybe some perfume was put on it after writing it, the things written in the letter my obsession increased even more, and I started missing my newly married wife a lot. But if the postman was late for even 2-3 days, there would be a lot of restlessness and many hours of mine would be spent sitting outside the house waiting for his arrival... Thank you for sharing your memories with us, @fantom22, and congratulations! It's a time of year when many families have certain traditions. Perhaps you have traditions around meals or outings or singing, or certain rituals like candle lighting. Some of us carry forward the traditions of our childhoods when we start a family of our own, while others create new traditions. Write your story. What is meaningful to you? Who are the characters that populate your life or your memories when you think of the most memorable or significant traditions. Have fun! Please use the tags #creativenonfiction and #inkwellprompt on these posts. And please remember to add your post link to a comment on this post! Prizes! Deadline You have a week, until the next prompt is posted, to post your creative nonfiction story in The Ink Well community. See you in The Ink Well!
What Is Creative Nonfiction?
-- Reedsy blog: What is Creative Nonfiction? The Unputdownable Truth
-- Writers.com: Understanding Creating Nonfiction: What It Is and How to Write ItGuidelines for Creative Nonfiction Articles in The Ink Well
Last Week's Creative Nonfiction Winners
Second Place: Wins 1000 Ecency Points
First Place: Wins 5 Hive
AND... An Added Third Place: 2 Hive
The Ink Well Creative Nonfiction Writing Prompt #6: Traditions
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My entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@pjpavan/an-adopted-tradition-creative-nonfiction
Before we started the creative nonfiction initiative, we wondered if it was a good idea. Look at the gems we received this week! We never would have read the winners and the other memorable pieces if we hadn't gone ahead with the initiative.
Congratulations to all who published a post to the nonfiction prompt, and especially to the winners, @sapphireissafy, @riverflows and @fantom22. Well done, indeed.
@agmoore Thank you very much, and I am especially pleased that this community went beyond the rules and selected my memoir for the award. Heartfelt thanks to the whole community and all the admins for this.
my special thank you to you for taking out your valuable time for a humble writer like me.
I'm so grateful that you did! It's beautiful to learn more about my favorite authors here 😁 such a wonderful weekly engagement to inspire connection!
Thankyou ever so much! I love reading the stuff under this tag. Real life can be so beautifully written.
Wow, This is great! Congratulations to the winner of last week's prompt @riverflows and @sapphireissafy. I wish everyone more success in all endeavors.
Thank you so much 💕🌼
Congratulations, @riverflows and @sapphireissafy 🥰🤗💕
Thank you 💕
Thankkkkkyouuuuuuu
This is a great one @theinkwell. Thanks for providing the wonderful platform.
Congratulations to the winners for this week! I LOVED River’s story, now I need to check the other one out 😊 !PIZZA
Thanks @grindan!
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Congratulations to @riverflows, @sapphireissafy and @fantom22! We simply couldn't stick with just two prizes this week. 😄
@jayna thank you very much.
Congratulations @fantom22
@popurri thank you sooooooooooooooo much.
A big congratulations to the winners 🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations to the winners, @riverflows, @sapphireissafy, and all who participated in the week's prompt.
Hope to read from you all this week.
This is my entry!!! https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@jetta.amaya/life-and-death-of-carmen
Congratulations to the winners @riverflows and @sapphireissafy and we look forward to participating in this call for entries.
congratulations to the winners @riverflows @sapphireissafy and thanks to @theinkwell for giving me the third prize.
My entry:
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@kzxixs/unique-moments-creative-nonfiction-in
Here is my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@mrenglish/who-shares-the-meat--creative-non-fiction
My entry..
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@cescajove/inkwell-prompt-infinite-reminisce
This is my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@fantom22/comedy-in-traditions
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@dennnmarc/the-surprise-loving-family-the-ink-well-prompt
Here is my entry;
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@lightpen/egugun-festival
congratulations , @riverflows, @sapphireissafy!
Creative nonfiction brings us intense, exciting, beautiful stories.
Here my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@popurri/skating-at-midnight-mass
Comment on the stories of @mreenglish, @fantom22 and @cescajove
My story https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@itsostylish/fairy-dust
Congratulations to last week's winners.
Here's my entry for this week's creative nonfiction prompt
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@diikaan/when-the-umoidems-gather
Here is my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@innfauno12/the-year-end-event
My link below. ..
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@cool08/no-one-can-beat-tradition
I have commented on @diikaan and @innfauno12
My submission below:
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@abigail04/the-evergreen
I have commented on @innfauno12 and @cool08 .
Good day everyone! Here is my entry
@arduilcelebren/winning-college-with-the-evil
Thank you so much for the opportunity 😁
Edit:
Supported so far;
@kzxixs/unique-moments-creative-nonfiction-in
@jetta.amaya/life-and-death-of-carmen
and will keep supporting tonight!
my entry:
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@rammargarita/to-remember-is-to-long
I should probably remember to link my entry 😂 Great job on the prompt this week so far everyone! It is wonderful to hear traditions from all over the world! I'm so grateful that creative nonfiction is flourishing here 😍
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@grindan/thanksgiving-traditions
Shivers, I missed this!!! Omg!! Honestly chuffed to bits, especially as I read soooo many good stories! It's a challenge to write in this genre so your nod to my ability with this prizemeans everything to me! @itsostylish @jaynie @agmoore and the Inkwell team, really really received so gratefully!
You are very welcome, @riverflows! Your writing is so lovely.
(Oh, and auto-fill seems to have grabbed @jaynie instead of my name. Sadly, she left Have about a year and a half ago.)
Oh oops bloody autocorrect!!!!! I did mean you!!! 💚💚