The Ink Well Prompt #29: See the post for prompt and rules

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Hello and welcome to the The Ink Well weekly fiction prompt. The Ink Well is a Hive blockchain-based social media community of creative writers. If you love to write short stories, we invite you to join us. Or peruse the work of our community members.

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Okay! Let's review fiction entries from last week's prompt and launch a new one.

Stories From the Previous Week

Thank you to everyone who posted a story for last week's prompt, “Shipwreck," which invited The Ink Well authors to write stories about sunken treasure, pirates, mermaids who rescue sailors from sinking vessels, or haunted ships that are still believed to sail on stormy nights, carrying the souls of those who perished... or whatever shipwrecks call to mind. Wow, we saw some great stories from this prompt!

Here are the week's stories. Be sure to read and support these authors for their work! We have also featured several of these stories in The Ink Well Highlights Magazine from August 29.

Whiskey with Death, by @sonofremi
Second Chance, by @iyimoga
Wrecked, by @b0s
The Shipwreck of the Pirate Boat, by @gracielaacevedo
I am Thinking to Join Merchant Navy My First Love, by @sunnyag
Shipwreck, by @dwixer
A Vacation at the Beach, by @hillarypowers
Just Business, by @bruno-kema
At the Stroke of Midnight, by @kemmyb
Atrevida and Descubierta double shipwreck, by @katleya
Shipwrecked, by @mcluz
The Barren Land Called Africa, by @danladi
The Pendant, by @aimharryianne
The (Miraculous) Last Journey of the Waterspout Traveller, by @deeanndmathews
A Soul for a Soul, by @justclickindiva
The Boatswain, by @ricardo993
Shipwreck, by @saronaspecial

This Week’s Prompt

The prompt for this week is School Notes. But... read on because we have some additional requirements for you!

#1 Take us on a sensory experience. While writing your story, in addition to describing the characters and conflict, think of the powerful sights and sounds of school and bring them to life for your reader. Give us the aromas of books and chalk, the sounds of sneakers on a gymnasium floor, or perhaps the floor cleaner the janitor used.

What memories are stirred up when you think of school? Was there a library? Was it cheerful and bright or spooky and dark? In describing these details, you can make your story much more powerful for the reader!

#2 Write about something other than bullying. We all know bullying is common in schools, but for that reason we want you to think of something more original. What about the child who is falling behind because he's dyslexic? Or the girl who is infatuated with her math teacher, the child who has stage fright at the school pageant, and the one who everyone thinks is weird and dumb, but who one day delivers a powerful famous speech, completely memorized?

Get creative! We look forward to reading your stories!

Note: As always, please avoid gory, bloody, brutal, sexist or racist themes and language, NSFW (not safe for work) themes, and stories featuring abuse of women, children or animals.

If you don't feel inspired by this prompt or the featured image, feel free to peruse any of our past prompts or our collection of idea-generators:

Weekly Prompt Rules:

Deadline: You have a week to write for the prompt, until the next one is posted. (Note: You can write for any of the prompts anytime. This is just a guideline to be included in the weekly round-up of highlights.)
Story link: Post your story in The Ink Well community, and post a link to your story in a comment on this post.
Hashtags: Please use these hashtags: #fiction #writing #inkwellprompt #theinkwell.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Visit the work of at least two other community members and comment on their work.
Title: The title is up to you. You can come up with any title you wish. You do not need to name it after the prompt or include the prompt word.
Images: Please only use images from license free and creative commons sites, like Pixabay, Unsplash and Pexels. Images you find on the Internet are copyright protected and cannot be used. Be sure to provide the source link.

Reminder: Be sure to also read our community rules. The reason for the repeat reminder is that we see many stories describing brutality of women or innocent childrent, or that have excessive gore or violence, and we must mute them. Please do not post these stories in The Ink Well. We want our community to be a safe and comfortable place for all readers.

Here are the past prompts if you would like to use them or refer back to them:

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