RE: An Excursion

Welcome to The Ink Well!

Thank you for posting your nonfiction story in The Ink Well. However, we'd like to make sure you understand what we are looking for in creative nonfiction stories. Please take the time to read our article on creative nonfiction, which describes the genre, and the similarities of creative nonfiction to fictional stories.

Creative nonfiction stories are true stories, which are told like fiction. So, for example, a creative nonfiction story should have elements of fiction such as characters, dialogue, action, a conflict that is resolved, etc. If you read the article that will help!

If you would like to try your hand at Creative Non-Fiction, we would like to see what you could come up with :-)

All images should also be fully image sourced with URL links to the royalty-free sites from where they originated. If the images are your own, you should state so.

Please also note that we are a writing community. Whilst images can enhance a story, one or two carefully selected ones would generally create more of an impact than 21 of a repetitive nature (in this post). Usually less is more as the addition of similar photos do not add more value to the post.

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

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. 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.

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!