The Ink Well Prompt #12: Childhood Summers

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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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Before you post in our community, please be sure to read the community rules (right side of the page) where we outline the "do's and don'ts" for posting in The Ink Well.

Our community rules are designed to make our community a safe, welcoming, plagiarism-free space for self-publishing original short stories.

Also, a word on community engagement. We want to thank all of the community members who have taken the time to read other members' work and provide comments. Authors, please remember that reading and commenting on at least two other writers' stories is one of the weekly prompt rules. This ensures that we have a thriving community. Note that we will only be selecting stories for the weekly magazine by authors who are engaging with other members' posts.

Okay! Let's review fiction highlights from last week and start a new prompt.

Highlights of the Week

Thank you to everyone who posted a story for last week's prompt, “World Building," which challenged our authors to create a well-defined world within their story and take us on a journey there.

Here are the week's prompt stories. Be sure to read and support these authors for their work!

• Welcome to Fantaesia, by Hive account@bruno-kema
• The Kiss, by Hive account@seesladen
• Memory Lane, by Hive account@iyimoga
• The Market Place, by Hive account@dwixer
• Castles in Whose Air, by Hive account@manouche
• The One Left Behind, by Hive account@morior
• The construction of the Diamond Purity Planet, by Hive account@katleya
• Job Interview, by Hive account@jadams2k18
• World in Suspension, by Hive account@gracielaacevedo
• A Deal for a Life, by Hive account@kemmyb
• The Multiverse, by Hive account@ricardo993
• The Mausoleum, by Hive account@almightymelon
• Survival Tick, by Hive account@young-boss-karin
• Rain, Thunder, and the Prodigal Son In the Garden of Eden, by Hive account@deeanndmathews
• White Butterfly, by Hive account@kei2

This Week’s Prompt

The prompt for this week is Childhood Summers.

For this prompt, go back in memory or imagination to the days of childhood, when the shapes of the clouds looked like animals, and a prize in a cereal box could take one on flights of fancy for days.

It is tempting to think of those days as carefree, but the life of a child is full of drama and intrigue. Mysteries unfold. Playmates move far away. Older siblings seem to get all the privileges.

Your challenge is to bring one of those dramas to life in your story. We recommend reading Writing Tip #8, "What Is a Story Arc?"

Note: Please avoid themes involving the harming of children.

If you don't feel inspired by this prompt or the featured image, feel free to peruse Prompt #6: 50 Story Ideas.

Where will you take your story?

Good luck! And be sure to remember the important elements of good fiction:

• A good setting
• Character development
• Conflict
• Dialog
• A story arc and resolution

Weekly Prompt Rules:

1. 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.)
2. Hashtags: Please use these hashtags: #fiction #writing #inkwellprompt #theinkwell.
3. Story link: Post a link to your story in a comment on this post.
4. Community support: Visit the work of at least two other community members and comment on their work.
5. 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.
6. 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 reminder is every single week we see stories about brutality of women, and we must mute them. Please do not post these stories in The Ink Well.)

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

• #1: Heart and Soul
• #2: The moment when...
• #3: Beauty with a twist
• #4: The Way Home
• #5: A Matter of Time
• #6 50 Story Ideas
• #7 The Library
• #8 All the way to tomorrow
• #9 Legend
• #10 Three Words
• #11 World Building

We look forward to reading your stories!

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