Creative Nonfiction Prompt #149

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.

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Highlighting @suqueen , with the story:

It started small. A few supermarket receipts stuffed into a purse I no longer used. Then came shawarma night slips, ATM withdrawal proofs from trips that meant something, recharge card stubs from when data still came in scratch cards. Eventually, I moved them all into one place my old Royal Dansk biscuit tin. You know the one. Big, blue, and nostalgic.

This Week's Prompt 149

Joy

Consider words with joy at the root :

• Joyful
• Joyfully
• Joyfulness
• Joyless
• Enjoy
• Enjoyable
• Rejoice
• Rejoiced
• Overjoyed
• Joyous

Use one of the words above as inspiration for a story about your life.

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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