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Today is the anniversary of our first novel, Blind Sight, becoming a publication, so once again, all of the Picture it & Write prompts in March are going to be a little different than usual. This week, we wanted to highlight the writing style we use throughout the series. As some of you may know, each volume is written split into two books, written so you see two sides of a story told through a different character’s point of view.
So without further ado…
We urge people to join in, comment with your paragraph of fiction to accompany the image. It doesn’t have to follow our story or reflect the same themes. It can be a poem or in a different language (please provide a translation). Anyone who wants to join in, is welcome. This photograph will be reblogged under Ermisenda on tumblr and added to the Picture it & Write gallery on Facebook and Pinterest.
Please continue to write however you’re inspired, but add a tag to the beginning of your post if there’s mature content in order to keep Picture it & Write an engaging event for all of our followers.
“Happy Birthday, Baby. I had a great time last night at the steakhouse. I can’t believe they made you wear a cowboy hat and yell ‘yee haw.’ That’s an image that I’ll never get out of my head. Let’s go to the same place for my birthday.”
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“Wow Mark. You were amazing last night. Forget my complaint about you not wanting to spend time with my friends. You more than made up for it, ;)”
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Katherine repeated this process three more times, earning more in an hour at the computer than some people did in a week. She looked nothing like the models she used to post on Facebook. Before taking this job, she would never have thought men would pay to have a woman post “steamy” status updates on their pages, but this generation was quickly becoming socially retarded, if it wasn’t a lost cause already.
– Eliabeth Hawthorne
“When are we going to get to meet her, Mark?”
“Did you do it all night long?”
The second voice parroted one of the group’s favorite movie quotes.
“Shut up,” Mark snapped, defensive. This girl was special. She wasn’t just to keep his bed warm…not that they had even met yet. He had paid for a Facebook girlfriend; he couldn’t help how they met, he knew this wasn’t just work for her. The things she said…she clearly liked him as much as he liked her.
Whenever they conversed, she was so down to earth and real. He’d stared at her Facebook profile photo for hours. She was beautiful, he would caress her face with his cursor for minutes on end. A model. She was everything he needed a girlfriend to be. A fire had been sparked inside his heart. Maybe she was the one?
– Ermisenda Alvarez
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My post should pretty much serve as my comment this week. 😉 Here’s Blind Date.
This story definitely ends on a sad note. 😦 Even while writing my prompt, I knew that it was most likely the life of quite a few people out there. I think it’s great to find solace with others on the internet but one has to be careful…not to lose their sense of reality. Great follow-up, Annie! Thanks for contributing this week!
– Ermisenda
P.S. Loved the use of ‘Blind’ in the title. Not sure if that was intentional. 😉
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I have heard that that kind of service does actually exist.It is supposed to be a good way to get rid of an ex I read.
Here’s mine. At Ermisenda’s request. Adult content blah blah blah 🙂
Enjoy!
Joe
Ramshakle advice
On all topics great and small
By the good doctor
The whole world is here
Right at the click of a mouse
Electronic power
This was Eliabeth’s idea and I believe it came out from reading an article about how these ‘fake girlfriends’ are a real business. I read the article. You can even purchase fake girlfriends for World of Warcraft and other video games. Apparently they’re used most for getting back at an ex, or for silencing the family from badgering them about finding someone. Pretty crazy, huh?
Hehehe. I love Doctor Joe. I also adore your added notes, i.e. “* Editor’s note: 93% of problem marriages referred to him end in manslaughter.” You weave humour so well into these pieces. Thanks for sharing one with Picture it & write!
– Ermisenda
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Here is my contribution – I have used my own theme for the pic prompt. Thank you again.
Wow! Super powerful. You conveyed the emotions so well, the anxiety that the individual is feeling. Fantastic interpretation of the picture and great execution. Thanks for contributing this week to Picture it & write! 🙂
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Here is my contribution.
Those last three lines are perfection. So sweet. It’s true that text can be interpreted so differently by one person and by different people. That’s sometimes why much communication can take place (i.e. when we misread sarcasm). Great post! Thanks for contributing.
– Ermisenda
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here is my effort for this week
I think one problem with the younger generation (myself included sometimes) is that it’s easy to be cold and inconsiderate online. They did a study, and having to see the person react to your words makes you nicer. I hope your friend found the support to keep her blog open.
-Eliabeth
My micro-fiction is here:
The Story Of My Story
It won’t let me comment as ErmiliaBlog 😦
You totally lost me at sixty thousand words in a few hours. Blind Sight is about that long and it took us two years to write it. However, you struck a chill and heart palpitations at the idea of losing all that work. I’d probably go into a tear stained coma.
-Eliabeth
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Here’s my story for this week:
I really liked how you linked a past life with piano to keyboards with modern technology. That connection was unexpected but super creative. Loved it! Thanks for contributing this week to Picture it & write! 🙂
– Ermisenda
So excited to contribute again!
http://prisailurophileblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/picture-it-write-a-short-story-viii-2/
It’s great to read your work again! 🙂
Hah! I took a chance with someone I met one of my favourite games (an online game called Guild Wars), and he’s my other half now. Still doing the long-distance thing but so worth it. You never know where you’ll met your special someone! Just be careful of course. A great story!
– Ermisenda
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I hate when we have that moment of hesitation. Even with work isn’t good, I usually find it’s better to write the words and fix them later. At least I feel like I’ve done it, I’ve tried. Sometimes we spit out brilliance, and even if we don’t, at least we tried! 🙂 A poem that is easy to relate to. Great work! Thanks for contributing this week. 🙂
– Ermisenda
this was indeed very apt for the prompt. Pls find mine here:
http://call2read.com/2013/03/04/picture-it-write-the-precious-folder/
Ooo! What happened? I love the sudden mystery behind the story. You kept us on our feet! Thanks for contributing this week to Picture it & Write. 🙂
– Ermisenda
I decided to continue my story about Sara-Jane from the last prompt: http://starvingactivist.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/picture-it-write-special-3-march-2013-one-mite-pt-2/
Beautiful descriptions and I love the accent. I sometimes have trouble remembering to write the voice of the character, particularly when it’s a young character, so I appreciate the thought it takes 🙂
-Eliabeth
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¡muchas felicidades! 🙂
Gracias! 🙂
What an amazing blog….
Thank you very much!
Here is mine: http://donettas.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/anyone/
I loved your post from your book. I love about this generation becoming socially retarded because I often wonder that too. With all the social networks, somehow people are becoming less social.
There was actually a news segment on recently about how to appear more social than you really are, specifically by Tweeting activities that you aren’t participating in. “Wow, this steak at [restaurant] is delicious! Ignoring photoshop, I’m starting to understand the mentality that if there’s not a picture, it didn’t happen. I hope I’m not the only one worried that a “news” source is trying to teach us how to lie. (Not that the concept wasn’t easy enough to figure out on your own)
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Awe, that’s sweet. I once dated someone from Neopets (legit dated, met in person, whole 9 yards) for 11 months. You never know where you’ll meet people.
-Eliabeth
I went into a kind of fancy place for dinner last week, and it struck me when I walked in that I didn’t see any cell phones. I’m so used to walking into a place and seeing table after table full of people playing on their cell phones, I never noticed it really until I didn’t see it.
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Hello,
Here is my contribution for this week:
Oh wow. I really felt with this one. It’s hard having my partner so far away at the moment. Words help, sure. But…it’s not the same. Skype at least let’s them hear the changes in your voice and your facial expression but it can’t have them feel the goosebumps on your arms. Great poem! Thanks for contributing this week. 🙂
– Ermisenda
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Hey Ladies, when do we find out if we made it?
We are still finalizing the publication. We won’t know for sure until the editor comes back with the final version. 🙂
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Here is my contribution this week – I’ve had a few formatting issues with this, so if it looks scrunched up, please let me know!
Here is Online Presence
http://poeticalpoet.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/picture-it-write-online-presence/
The story/poem was hard to follow at times. I felt myself darting from side to side, unsure if I should read left to right or up and down. I did both and found meaning from either direction. I really liked how you paired ‘on-line’ with ‘breached’, very powerful. Innovative idea! Thanks for contributing this week to Picture it & write! 🙂
– Ermisenda
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All right, a special contribution for this special P&W: http://evilnymphstuff.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/the-voice-of-a-writer/
What a beautiful twist at the end. I love that you held that piece of information until the very end. You held our attention until the end! A great story. I’m glad you continue to be inspired by our pictures at Picture it & write!
– Ermisenda
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Here is my submission for this week:
http://ericmvogt.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/the-goddess/
This was amazing! So few words. So powerful. Incredibly creative and succinct. Always enter! I hope the goddess doesn’t backspace now. Thanks for contributing this week!
– Ermisenda
🙂 Thanks!
This is my bit for that week: http://shashimoore.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/keys-to-humanity/