Creative Nonfiction Prompt #148

Important notes:

• Creative nonfiction stories are based on your real-life experiences.
• We are looking for real short stories—not advice columns, reports, recipes, or political commentary.
• Ideal length: 750–1500 words. Minimum for curation: 350 words.
• Please focus on quality content. Proofread and use a grammar checker.
• Comment on at least two other stories for each one you post.
• No NSFW, graphic violence, or abuse content.

Last Week's Entrants

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt: Living the dream.

Last week's participants

Hive account@delightedpen	Hive account@konia	Hive account@aristotle01
Hive account@mathewdaddywah	Hive account@marsdave	Hive account@zerah
Hive account@goshen	Hive account@oyebolu	Hive account@emreal
Hive account@almadepoeta	Hive account@princess-dara	Hive account@bisolamih
Hive account@ivoryluv	Hive account@perfect20	Hive account@venom2951
Hive account@marriot5464	Hive account@justfavour	Hive account@justfavour
Hive account@popurri	Hive account@fashtioluwa	Hive account@treasuree
Hive account@princessbusayo	Hive account@borderline.babe	Hive account@universoperdido
Hive account@pretemi	Hive account@young-tari	Hive account@zain-ab001
Hive account@faithwellington	Hive account@iyimoga	Hive account@abojode
Hive account@abdul-qudus	Hive account@glorydee	Hive account@lailawrites

• Maybe a relative built fairy houses out of bottle caps—and you loved them for it.
• Or perhaps someone you knew started talking to plants after a breakup.

Tell us about it! Use characters, setting, dialogue, and action to bring your story to life!

Have fun and good luck!

• You have 6 days to write your story from this post's date.
• Write a true story using fictional techniques like scene, character, and conflict.
• Post in The Ink Well Community.
• Use the tags #creativenonfiction and #inkwellprompt.
• Write in English. Add the original text below if translated.
• Comment on two other stories in the community. Add your story link as a comment on this post.

And be sure to join The Ink Well community!

Prize

A prize of 20 Hive is awarded to one submission every four weeks.

Procedure

Two or three stories will be featured weekly. One of them will win the prize every four weeks. The winner will be announced in a special post.

Interested in joining our community?

Join here at Hive Onboard.

Already a member? Click Subscribe at the top of The Ink Well community.

Questions? Ask us on Discord.

We invite lovers of creative writing to visit The Ink Well, founded by Hive account@raj808 and Hive account@stormlight24, run by Hive account@jayna, Hive account@yaziris, Hive account@samsmith1971, Hive account@gracielaacevedo, and Hive account@itsostylish.

How to Follow Our Curation Trail

Go to our hive.vote curation trail page and click follow.

How to Delegate to The Ink Well

Support us with delegations using the following links:

A big thank you to all our delegators:

Hive account@jayna, Hive account@felt.buzz, Hive account@carn, Hive account@itsostylish, Hive account@agmoore, Hive account@ricardo993, Hive account@marcybetancourt, Hive account@marriot5464, Hive account@marlyncabrera, Hive account@stormcharmer, Hive account@juniorgomez, Hive account@iamraincrystal, Hive account@preparedwombat, Hive account@gracielaacevedo, Hive account@timix648, Hive account@samsmith1971, Hive account@jackdeathblack, Hive account@josemalavem, Hive account@generikat, Hive account@mineopoly, Hive account@hazmat, Hive account@treasuree, Hive account@kingsleyy, Hive account@popurri, Hive account@nancybriti1, Hive account@marynn, Hive account@rinconpoetico7, Hive account@nathy33, Hive account@iyimoga, Hive account@captainman, Hive account@kachy2022, Hive account@morey-lezama, Hive account@evagavilan2, Hive account@mrenglish, Hive account@funshee, Hive account@amiegeoffrey, Hive account@balikis95, Hive account@rukkie, Hive account@raymondpeter, Hive account@tomiajax, Hive account@stuartcturnbull, Hive account@monster-hunter, Hive account@sayee, Hive account@gertu, Hive account@mosin-nagant, Hive account@beauty197, Hive account@beckyroyal, Hive account@perfect20, Hive account@estilodereba, Hive account@rare-gem, Hive account@jjmusa2004, Hive account@ricurohemi28, Hive account@benwesterham, and Hive account@shakavon.

_{Find us on Twitter by clicking the banner above.}