Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well: Prompt #27

Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well: Prompt #27

Last Week's Creative Nonfiction Winners

Thank you to all who participated in last week's prompt!

Last week's participants:

Honorable Mentions of the Week

@rammargarita	My Big Mistake Since I was 16 years old, culminating my last school year at the Liceo Antonio José de Sucre, in Cumaná-Venezuela, I made friends with three classmates, who liked to smoke cigarettes. Since at that stage I was defining myself as an adult, I suggested that they teach me to smoke. At the beginning I choked on cigarette smoke, but in a short time I even learned to inhale it. We would invite each other to study at my house where I lived with my mother and my four siblings. When we were preparing the study material, we would smoke behind my mother's back.
@funshee	The Party Jollof Rice If you are a bit familiar with Nigeria's social culture you might know that Naija jollof rice is the queen of the party. Any occasion without it will seem incomplete no matter what other food items were on the menu. It is a kind of food loved by everyone and endorsed by a majority of the partygoers. So, when you are thinking of organizing that party, it might be the first on your menu.
@kemmyb	Danger In Ecstatic Happiness The accountant paid everyone in cash. Our bags held bulky brown envelopes. We were ecstatic. A staff member immediately declared, "Lunch is on me, guys!" He made a call to a restaurant we often visited and packed lunch was delivered to the office. It was like a mini party that afternoon.
@mineopoly	Hot Pepper Vodka Then it hit. Vodka never really tastes like anything on the lips or on the mouth, but when it goes down it burns and hot pepper vodka burns even more. I was a little dizzy and sweating more. Then I ran to the toilet. I stayed there for what seemed like eternity. My other roommate Collin stayed with me. There was a loud porcelain echo humming from the porcelain goddess and ringing through my head.

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To prepare for the Botany oral exam, with my friends, I went around the botanical garden trying to recognize the plants with their common and scientific names, as well as the family they belonged to. It was not very easy to do it in such a short time, but I did my best. I was a young girl who was born in a city and lived in an apartment where, apart from the plants my mother kept in vases in the backyard or in the living room window, my knowledge of plants was very limited.

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That was when I knew that I had messed up, so I quickly released her hand and started stuttering at my words. I had mistaken this lady for my friend Jenny, who had a similar skirt and coat. I felt my face turning red as I tried to come up with an excuse.

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I walked through its landscapes, in long and extensive walks, perceptions sharpened and senses renewed. Synchrony and harmony began to flow in a great heterogeneity and disparity, in the unfathomable and inscrutable of the Venezuelan Amazon. I rediscovered myself and found myself again, in my disconformities, with my lights and shadows, among resonances, signs and fragrances. New nuances emerged, strengthening my identity and revalidating my existential sense, imprints were forged in my essence, which will accompany me forever.

Secrets can change the way we view the world and they can change us, irrevocably.

This week we ask you to write about secrets.

For this topic there are several possible approaches. For example:

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