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What’s wrong with me? I had it all. The fairy tale wedding, Prince Charming, I had everything I could have asked for. Yet here I sit, crumpled and broken. My own doing, I’ve run away. Do I not want to be happy? I love him, I do. Is it fear that caused my feet to wander?
What if reality doesn’t live up to the dream?
-Eliabeth Hawthorne
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I love this pic. I can only hope to write something that’ll be worthy of it. Will try! Love your interpretation! 🙂
Thanks! I look forward to your contribution.
love that photo!! beautiful! and my first though too was “bride” lol
Thanks 😀 we try to pick inspiring images every time.
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might as well be the first. thank you for the very inspiring prompt ^^ http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/picture-it-write-vi/
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Oh that’s heartbreaking. It’s hard to say which skeletons in your closet your significant other needs to know about and which ones are just digging up past pain, but no one deserves to have their secrets exposed in such a manner. Beautiful writing. Took me by surprised and confused me for a second there lol.
Hi, here is my writing exercise
http://terry1954.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/picture-it-writeermiliablog/
Looks like this picture inspired several ruined weddings. Good thing the next image is a little brighter. Thanks for contributing!
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That was hard! http://managuagunntoday.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/picture-it-write-woodland-farewell/ Thanks again, you beautiful people!
I loved the play on words with “Faere Thee Well party.” It kinda reminded me of rumspringa.
Thanks…ooh dear, I’ll need to look that word up!
The period when an Amish person goes out into the real world and either decides to stay in the outside world or return to the Amish community forever.
Thanks very much! Interesting..
http://mythoughtsonthesubjectareasfollows.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/dancing-in-the-leaves/ Hope you enjoy!
Sweet! Falling into a pile of leaves. That’s adorable.
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Here is mind for this week
http://joe2stories.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/picture-it-and-write-practice/
Enjoy
Joe
Ooo I like the image of her as a dancer with a hidden garden. We have a good luck wedding dress in my family. I don’t usually consider myself superstitious, but sometimes it can’t hurt.
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I saw this pic and just HAD to write:
http://ericmvogt.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/she-waits-within-her-garden/
🙂 Thanks for the challenge! Eric
Perfect for the picture, I’m glad you were inspired.
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Here’s mine. Worried over this one quite a bit! Such a beautiful picture I hope this has done it some justice!
http://alikelylass.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/todays-the-day-picture-it-and-write/
I have to agree with Anne. This was a completely unique take on the image compared to the others and I loved where you went with it.
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Hi, first time for me. Here you go: http://lancemyblogcanbeatupyourblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/here-with-me/
Welcome to Picture it & Write! Wonderful to have a new contributor. I felt a little lost, but from looking around, it seems I jumped into the middle of an existing story. I certainly hope you return for more of our weekly creative writing exercise.
i love the prompt. thank you
My heart is truly broken
I want no other
I know our love
Was better than any other
He bought this pretty dress
And sent it in the post
Now I know my love
Will only be a ghost
I never imagined
That he would let me down
He was so excited
For me to wear this gown
The red roses he chose
I wore them in my hair
When I got to church
My love wasn’t there
For each day on
I must be very brave
But just for today
I lie upon his grave
Gemini
I liked how you made the emotion of this fit a break-up, and concealed the death until the end.
Agreed! Anne and I seem to have very similar tastes for this particular picture. Some of the earlier stories were about a jilted lover, so the death at the end was unexpected and heartbreaking.
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Here’s my contribution to this week’s PI&W:
http://shalvikap.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/the-broken-bride/
Tearing up a little. I love it when writing evokes that happy-sad bitter sweet emotion as the ending of your writing did here.
Beautiful picture!
Every roses has its thorns– just like marriage. If Lilian could turn back time, she wouldn’t have agreed. It wasn’t because she’s in love. Rather, she felt that it was the right thing to do. When will she ever stand up for herself? Must she listened to her parents every time? Even for the sake of her own happiness? Whatever will happen to her?
I like the immediate focus on the flowers. We all have to learn to stand up.
I like the balance between the good and bad of marriage. The for better or worse. It’s just sad when the for worse outweighs the for better.
Interesting, Eliabeth. I really get despair from this picture so I like the way you made it your own doing and said you ran away. I like to think if reality ever lives up to my dreams, I need better dreams. 🙂
I felt weird writing dark emotion for such a pretty picture. Anyway, here’s That Girl.
I’m not sure exactly what inspired to make it the character’s fault, but I know I’ve heard people voice that concern before. The idea that the dream and hope is better than the reality could ever be. Kinda like meeting a very attractive celebrity who isn’t all there mentally. It makes what should have been a good experience disappointing.
Bahahahahaha! “Postal Barbie could have torn Cheater Ken’s arms off and stuffed them up his anatomically-corrected… and I probably wouldn’t be sitting here crying.” The touch of humor in the darkness adds a layer that makes your writing so beautiful.
After getting through all these, I have to comment on how surprised I am that no one wrote about my first impression which was Waltz of the Flowers. I’m curious, did anyone else think that?
I’m not even sure what Waltz of the Flowers is. I’m guessing a ballette, opera, or theme I’ve forgotten in Fantasia.
It’s from the Nutcracker ballet, and it is actually in Fantasia! You should YouTube it!
Haven’t seen that ballette. Is it the one with the spinning flowers that look like handkerchiefs?
Oooooh that one!
Better late than never right?
So long as better late than never applies to my replies as well lol.
You flatter us so much, we are undeserving. I can’t wait to see if you’ll review Blind Sight book 2 once it’s finished (and named).
Guilty and apologetic Death. This needs to turn into a novel.The ending is freeing awesome.
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