Welcome to the Picture it & Write creative writing exercise. I invite people to join in, comment with your paragraph of fiction to accompany the image. It doesn’t have to follow my 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.
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Collin watched his sister reach into the water and pull up long strands of vegetation. The raft floated along without their input, steered by the adults in the group. Periodically, the raft would bump and fly across the white rapids, but now they were in a calm patch. Collin reached in with both hands and wrapped his fingers around a string of plants.
They say your life flashes before your eyes when they die, but no one says anything about the rest of the time. The water rose to his elbows, but he didn’t let go, still expecting the plants to pull out of the ground any second. Water climbed up his arms to his shoulders and swallowed his head. The raft pressed on his abdomen and then his legs as the raft went on without him.
Finally, as he pressed his feet into the ground and stood, the grass let go. He gasped, dripping wet and unable to open his eyes. He heard his sister screaming and he couldn’t help but think he’d won. He’d pulled up more than her.
-Eliabeth Hawthorne
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A challenge / competition? Sibling must stop such tactics.
OMG. Awesome story. ;o
As a firstborn, I can tell you there will be no end to competition! lol
And t.h.a.t.’.s. the TRUTH! 😛
A great story Eliabeth~ Pressure to outdo and succeed ~ What an outcome!
😦
Hehe, thanks ^^
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Here is my response to this wonderful picture prompt~ Have a great week everybody ~ Peace ☮
https://johnandmargaret1607.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/picture-it-and-write-water-wars/
Great narrative on how our actions affect other people.
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Hullo, here is my very short entry: https://iwritewhaticannotsay.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/confused-waters/
Interesting personification.
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Now that’s sibling rivalry and competition taken to new levels! Good story. 🙂
I love this week’s photo prompt and couldn’t resist writing my own entry. Here’s my link: https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/picture-it-write-the-crossing/
So glad to have you join our writing prompt for the week. Loved the historical fiction and sure hope he makes it across the water ok!
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A great story, Eliabeth, albeit a sad one. 🙂
Here is the link to my entry for this week:
https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/unleashed-picture-it-and-write/
Wow, very powerful last line. So happy to have you join the prompt this week. Hope to see you back!
Thank you. I hope to be back.
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