Welcome to The Ink Well!

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.

violence in the Inkwell.As for today's story: You do a good job of building suspense, @hamza-art. You have a good imagination and obviously can visualize the scene you imagine. You share that vision with readers. There are issues with this story, however. For one thing, the girl ss stabbed. It's not a brutal scene, but we do have guidelines that prohibit violence. This scene isn't really graphic, but tread lightly when it comes to violence in this community. It is best to avoid such things as stabbing and murder. It is essential to avoid violence that involves children, animals or women. Refer to this post on

You have the makings of a good writer. With a little polish and practice (for example, exercise more care in ending a sentence with a period) you could be a really good writer.

Again, welcome!