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Dear community, Welcome to Prompt #9 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. 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. And illustrate the ideas you share with real world experiences, memories and observations. Here’s what we are NOT looking for: What will be muted: Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt: Avocation! Our honorable mentions for the growing up prompt are: Our third place winner is @kemmyb, with her story, An Avocation That Stimulates My Imagination. As dawn broke over my state of residence, my family and I were up and about, preparing for an eight-hour road trip to our hometown during the summer holiday. I was ten years old then. I was happy exams were over and we were on a long vacation. There was so much excitement in the house the night before because we had never embarked on a road trip as a family. That was our first. We looked forward to all the fun of a leisurely road trip unlike the inconveniences of commercial road transport. Eleven years ago, I was playing Tetris in a small computer shop near my secondary school. I was smashing it, turning every piece so they would create a perfect plane of my design. My wins are stacked and it felt so good! Suddenly, a guy, Ding is his name, came and sat beside me. He also played Tetris. My heart sank when I saw he had a higher rank than me. The attention left me and sided with him. What an insult to my being! Back then, in our mid-twenties, we young women were in the US for a three-week holiday. I only knew Vegas from TV series, but I hadn't given it much thought, even though we all knew that a big show awaited us there. The many hotels and casinos, the artificial buildings, fountains and monuments all seemed exaggerated and grotesque to me, and the obvious replicas of other earthly places and sights seemed ridiculously attention-seeking. Congratulations, @erh.germany, @cloflo and @kemmyb! Many people exchange gifts this time of year, under the auspices of different holidays and traditions. Here are a few ideas for what to do with this prompt. We look forward to reading your stories. 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
Honorable Mentions of the Week
Third Place: Wins 1000 Ecency Points
Second Place: Wins 3 Hive
First Place: Wins 5 Hive
The Ink Well Creative Nonfiction Writing Prompt #9: Gift
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Here you go. Love, Grinchy.
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@riverflows/on-the-emotional-tension-of-gift-giving
Thank you so much, The Ink Well Community! I had so much fun with prompt #8, and I can't wait to try prompt #9. Congratulations to everyon!
Congratulations @kemmyb @erh.germany and @cloflo and all other winners 💕🤗❤️
Thank you! 😊
Congratulations to all the winners @kemmyb @erh.germany and @cloflo y'all make this space fun
Thank you! 🙂
Congrats for those who won and those who participated!
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Thank you, it is a pleasure to have been nominated. Congrats also to the other participants. The nonfiction theme is a great new addition for the story tellers, I find. I read some of the entries with great interest and will certainly dig into the nonfictional stories in the future.
Have a good Sunday all of you. :)
I really loved your Las Vegas story, @erh.germany. I just read it last night and was too busy writing my own to comment at the time. It is wonderful. Perfect storytelling! And I love the question at the end. You are so full of mischief!
Thank you, I am really happy about the chance to finally having told the story here. That Vegas episode haunted my head for a long time. It was only when I read the much older diary entry straight from 1994 that the whole thing started to make sense as a story (I only had the diary handy now because we had recently moved and I could finally unpack all the boxes I had previously stored). I had already written an anecdote about our tap dancing under the massive dome by then - years ago - but something had always been missing. I took a new approach about two years ago and put the focus on something else and half fictional, but that was also only something for my hard drive. Only now, after this week's prompt, did the story come to life, because it actually goes hand in hand with my passion for playing cards. I love games in general.
HaHa! Yes, the question at the end ;)
The story of writing the story is a story in and of itself, @erh.germany! Thanks for sharing that. It just goes to show that every tale has its time. It's like trying to bake a cake quickly. You just can't. 😄
Woots! Thank you so much, The Ink Well! I enjoyed participating in the creative non-fiction. Congrats to all winners and honourable mentions.
Congrats, @kemmyb. I love the storytelling quality of that piece. You have demonstrated what creative nonfiction is about really well. I find that the best pieces make us feel that same "once upon a time" feeling that we get from great fictional stories.
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Hello my fellow Ink Well peeps! It's been a while - too long!
Here is my entry to this contest.
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@owasco/the-best-present-i-ever-got
Hi @owasco! Welcome back. We have missed you!
I've been too depressed to do the creative work your community inspires! But let's hope for improved stamina and guts, all around.
I'm so sorry to hear that. That's a rough road to travel. I have been there. Thankfully I've kicked its sorry ass. I hope you do the same. Here's to light, happiness, energy and stamina. May all of it come your way soon.
Congratulations to this week's winners 😁💚
Here is my submission for this week, The Best Gifts aren't Wrapped!
Good job, early bird! 😍
Congratulations to the winners🎉🎉
Congratulations to all the winners!🎉
Here is something am working on, thanks so much @theinkwell
Congratulations @erh.germany, @cloflo and @kemmyb and thank you very much for the mention 🌷😊
This is my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@kingsleyy/my-first-birthday-gift?referral=kingsleyy
I've engaged with people on the community too
Here is my entry:
https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@erh.germany/slide-rulah-the-greatest-gift-ever
Good luck and good fun for all the other story tellers!
Here is my entry;
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@lightpen/the-spirit-of-giving
My gift https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@itsostylish/sister-bulldog-creativenonfiction-writing-inkwellprompt
This is my real gift to my friend,
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@fantom22/a-real-gift-creative-nonfiction-prompt-9
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@samsmith1971/the-art-of-living-with
First time popping a piece in for the creative non-fiction prompt.
My entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@rammargarita/the-longed-for-and-appreciated
Good day, here is my entry 😊
@arduilcelebren/gifting-someone-a-talent-and
Here's my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@geelocks/gifts-can-be-giving-in
@theinkwell, My entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@pjpavan/my-experience-in-giving-and
and my support with comment and vote went to: elentiyaroberts and nathy33
Hello here, it is gift-sharing season.
Here is my heartfelt entry, thank you.
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@funshee/gift-of-wealth
Here is my entry for this beautiful initiative, it was a pleasure to be with you, this is my first time and I enjoyed it to the fullest. https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@aly.squid/a-brief-piece-of-me-englishspanish
I read and support @jetta.amaya @owasco @fantom22
Here's my entry for this prompt https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@maam.sammy/letters-of-gratitude. I'm loving every prompt and so excited to read different stories.
My entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@lrscarmen/a-blessing-a-gift-from
Here's mine, with thanks for the inspiration...https://hive.blog/hive-170798/@deirdyweirdy/replaced#@theinkwell/re-deirdyweirdy-20221216t20272532z
Here is my entry
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@merit.ahama/a-perfect-gift-from-a
Supported @lrscarmen and @arduilcelebren
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@chacald.dcymt/an-unexpected-visit-at-christmas-eng-esp
here's my entry below:
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@faitz007/just-a-flower
i have commented on @cool08 and @fantom22
Here is my entry.
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@amiegeoffrey/a-gift-thats-rare-and-true
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@abdul-qudus/best-gifts-i-have-received
Supported @funshee @merit.ahama
My submission below
https://peakd.com/@cool08/the-best-in-all-gifts
Here's my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@diikaan/like-a-thief-in-the-night-delivering-unwanted-gifts
My link
https://ecency.com/hive-170798/@abigail04/a-gift-from-the-heart
Hello, lovely people!
This is my entry for this week's prompt: https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@idlemind/billy
Thank you in advance for reading.