Writing Prompt: What's the Worst Date You've Ever Been On?

It’s hard to believe it, but we’re almost at the halfway point of our Narratively x Belletrist True Romance Writing Prize (which, if you missed it, you can read more about here). With that in mind, we wanted to offer you a writing prompt to get your creative minds moving. Have you been thinking about submitting to our True Romance Prize but not sure you have a story to tell? Are you considering it but worried that you’re not good enough? We believe you do and you are! Submissions are open now through Thursday, May 1, for short essays and longer ones (again, read all about what we’re looking for and how to submit here).

So, for now, tell us about that night when you went out with someone for the first time and realized they had gone on a date with your sibling the night before… Or that time you accidentally sent your crush to the hospital on your third date, whoops! You can write one sentence, one paragraph or a whole stanza if that’s what you’re feeling. And, to sweeten the pot, we wil…