The Ink Well Prompt #23: See the post for prompt and rules

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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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Authors, please read and comment on other writers' stories. We request that you read at least two stories weekly, or two stories for each one you publish in The Ink Well. It only takes a little time, and this ensures that we have a thriving and supportive community.

Also note that we only select stories for the weekly highlights magazine by authors who are engaging with other members' posts. Thank you to all of the community members who have taken the time to read other authors' work and provide comments.

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

Stories From the Previous Week

Thank you to everyone who posted a story for last week's prompt, “Fireworks," which invited The Ink Well authors to write festivities, events and experiences involving fireworks. We received so many wonderful entries!

Here are the week's stories. Be sure to read and support these authors for their work! We've noted the prompt stories that were showcased in The Ink Well Highlights Magazine from July 5.

Starting Over, by @kemmyb SHOWCASE STORY
Firework O'Clock, by @ange.nkuru SHOWCASE STORY
Ephemeral Happiness, by @diebitch
The Rebels, by @seesladen
Started with a Mess, by @aimharryianne
Fireworks Adventure on a Starry Night, by @katleya
My Dream, by @smartgirl5
Where Am I?, by @wrestlingdesires
Captain Trauma and the Village Boy, by @danladi
Firework, by @ayesha-malik
My unforgettable experience, by @mybest
Comet, by @gabmr
Social hangover, by @mcluz
Attractive Danger, by @iyimoga
The Parade on the 2nd of July, by @deeanndmathews
The Celebration, by @dwiser
At the Docks, by @bruno-kema
A Night to Remember, by @daveyjones7
Memories on the scaffold, by @gracielaacevedo
Magical Deals, by @ricardo993

This Week’s Prompt

The prompt for this week is Picnic.
A picnic is one of those universal concepts that means something to everyone. Perhaps you think of the blissful days of summer, with a red checkered cloth set out under a tree, and a romantic companion. Maybe a vision comes to mind of children making crowns of flowers and dining on cream cakes and crumpets. Or... maybe you think of an invasion of ants, bees, or other unwanted guests.

The circumstances for picnics are so vast that our imaginations cannot encompass them all. Your picnic story could be set by the sea, deep in a forest, on an ancient wooden picnic table, at a festival, in a family's backyard or on a planet many lightyears away.

Tell us a story involving a picnic in an interesting setting, with characters who are experiencing something imporant.

Where will your imagination take you?

Note: As always, please avoid gory, bloody, brutal, sexist or racist themes and language, NSFW (not safe for work) themes, and stories featuring abuse of women, children or animals.

If you don't feel inspired by this prompt or the featured image, feel free to peruse any of our past prompts or our collection of idea-generators:

Weekly Prompt Rules:

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.)
Hashtags: Please use these hashtags: #fiction #writing #inkwellprompt #theinkwell.
Story link: Post a link to your story in a comment on this post.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Visit the work of at least two other community members and comment on their work.
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.
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 repeat reminder is that we see many stories describing brutality of women or that have excessive gore, and we must mute them. Please do not post these stories in The Ink Well. We want our community to be a safe and comfortable place for all readers.

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

We look forward to reading your stories!

@jayna, @agmoore and @gracielaacevedo

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