Welcome to The Ink Well!

We note that you have used a copyrighted image in your submission. Do you own the licence rights to use this image? Following the link does prove this to be the case. If you do not hold a licence to use the image, you need to remove the image and choose a royalty-free image for your post. We are unable to curate posts that contain copyrighted images.

We also not that you have not engaged in the community. We expect all those who wish to post in our community to become active supportive members of the community, and do not curate stories from those who do not read and support the stories of other writers in the community.

Your tags are also contradictory as a story cannot be both #fiction and #creativenonfiction at the same time. Please could you clarify and correct your tags.

We have specific guidelines for posting in the community and they can be found within the resources mentioned below.

Now that you're here, please have a look around and get to know our community. Here are a few tips for getting acquainted with The Ink Well:

• Be sure to read The Ink Well community rules at the top of the community home page, and check out our FAQ about The Ink Well.
• We accept two kinds of short stories in The Ink Well: fictional stories and creative nonfiction stories.
• We are all about quality, and we expect writers to carefully review their work before posting. Not doing so will result in low curation rewards or posts being ignored.

Here are some important resources:

• You can see our article on checking your posts for grammar here.
• You can find some great articles on story writing in our catalog of storytelling tips.
• You can find information about what we are looking for in creative nonfiction stories in this post.
• Be sure to review The Ink Well's treasure trove of tips, reminders and guidelines.

And please be sure to engage in the community by reading and commenting on the work of other community members. We ask everyone who posts in The Ink Well to read and comment on at least two other stories for each one published.

Again, welcome!