Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well Prompt #152

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Welcome to The Ink Well's weekly creative nonfiction prompt!

In this post, we'll provide the prompt for the coming week.

Before You Write Your Creative Nonfiction Post...

We ask that you read our Creative Nonfiction Tips post to learn about the creative nonfiction genre and review our guidelines.

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: Not as easy as it looked.

Last week's participants

@abdul-qudus	@daeze-winnie	@julie100
@marsdave	@ellizy	@nahid43
@marriot5464	@nova94	@oyebolu
@almadepoeta	@faithwellington	@zerah
@phyna	@treasuree	@delightedpen
@fashtioluwa	@jennyzee1	@venom2951
@beckyroyal	@riya2020	@neotopher
@mathewdaddywah	@farahikram	@lara-bee
@zain-ab001	@rukkie	@pretemi
@raymondpeter

Featured

Highlighting @rukkie, with the story:

Not That Easy

She pitied me and collected the pestle. Then, I saw her swing into action. In no time, she salvaged my watery pounded yam and turned it into a smooth texture.

Curator's comment :

Rukkie offers a very relatable CNF about attempting to do something that her mother did, which looked really easy. Of course it was far from easy and the whole episode taught rukkie not only to take time to learn how to do things properly, but also just how much appreciation she should have for her skilled mother. Lovely read!

Featured

Highlighting @Fashtioluwa, with the story:

Conversations That Speak Louder

We said our goodbyes, and after the call ended, I walked into the kitchen to finally prepare my dinner, feeling a little lighter than before. I turned on the music, then started slicing and dancing, with the hope of preparing something delicious for dinner.

Curator's comment :

fashtioluwa writes an easy to read conversational-toned CNF about the difficulties he encountered while working from home. Everyone believed he was living the soft life, but he soon convinced his friends that it wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be.

This Week's Prompt 152

Face the music.

The Cambridge Dictionary defines the meaning as :- to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done

Use your imagination to come up with an appropriate story based on your real-life experience.

Use characters, setting, dialogue, and action to bring your story to life!

Have fun and good luck!

Rules

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.

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