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Picture it & Write

24 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, community, creative writing, fiction, inspiration, life, photography, poetry, stories, writing, writing prompt

Picture it & Write is a weekly creative writing prompt. We invite people to join in by commenting with a work 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).

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.

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I stand at a precipice, frozen. I’ve spent my life walking through life, tilted backwards. Instead of acting, I am pulled along. I resist. Pressures all around me, push and pull. I stay in jobs I hate. I only went to college because my parents made me. If I was running a 5K, I’d be that person whose dog is doing all of the work for them. But that is not what people see. People see me standing straight. I am at the top of a platform, victorious. They do not see my struggles. I only let them see my successes.

–Eliabeth Hawthorne

Picture it & Write now supports The Girl Effect, a movement empowering girls to break the cycle of poverty in their communities, countries, and world. All profits from the publication are donated to this cause. Everyone is welcome to use the button, just link them back to the Picture it & Write category or Ermiliablog! :) Share your love for Picture it & write on your blog with the image below. Be proud, and stylish ;) !

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Picture it & Write

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, community, creative writing, fiction, inspiration, photography, poetry, stories, writing, writing prompt

Picture it & Write is a weekly creative writing prompt. We invite people to join in by commenting with a work 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).

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.

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“A bird may love a fish senor, but where would they live?”

A quote from Ever After played in my mind when I saw the juxtaposition of wood stepping stones embedded in the gravel. My mind began to picture the type of person who once lived here: an artist too consumed by work to worry about keeping grass alive. Whomever lived here saw the world in a different way. It was too bad the house was foreclosed. As I confirmed an offer, I wondered what happened to the former owner.

–Eliabeth Hawthorne

Picture it & Write now supports The Girl Effect, a movement empowering girls to break the cycle of poverty in their communities, countries, and world. All profits from the publication are donated to this cause. Everyone is welcome to use the button, just link them back to the Picture it & Write category or Ermiliablog! :) Share your love for Picture it & write on your blog with the image below. Be proud, and stylish ;) !

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Picture it & Write

27 Sunday Mar 2016

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, books, community, creative writing, Easter, easter eggs, fiction, inspiration, life, photography, poetry, spring, stories, writing, writing prompt

Happy Easter everyone!

Picture it & Write is a weekly creative writing prompt. We invite people to join in by commenting with a work 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).

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.

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“Mummy, they are two high Mummy!”

“Those are special eggs.”

I listened without taking my eyes off my book. Not only did I not enjoy screaming children, I didn’t think Easter should be about eggs and chocolate bunnies. Easter was about cleaning up after yourself, spring cleaning, renewal and all that jazz. Maybe if stupid “spring forward” daylight savings or non-daylight savings hadn’t just happened, maybe I’d be more tolerant of over-sugared children.

–Eliabeth Hawthorne

Picture it & Write now supports The Girl Effect, a movement empowering girls to break the cycle of poverty in their communities, countries, and world. All profits from the publication are donated to this cause. Everyone is welcome to use the button, just link them back to the Picture it & Write category or Ermiliablog! :) Share your love for Picture it & write on your blog with the image below. Be proud, and stylish ;) !

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Picture it & Write

20 Sunday Sep 2015

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, dogs, humor, photography, poetry, writing

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).

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.

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“My boss is a slave driver,” Victoria complained. “She has us working harder, not smarter.”

“Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around?” Leah asked.

“You would think so. We’re not allowed to think. Not allowed to look for inefficiencies, not allowed to care about the customer experience. No one seems to care that we are fighting an uphill battle against the current without a paddle.”

Leah laughed but stopped herself under Victoria’s glare. “Exaggerating much?”

“No. You know that dog that gets the stick stuck in the stairs? He keeps pushing, thinking brute force is the answer. It’s like that. Unrealistic expectations and no common sense.”

“Dogs don’t have…”

“Oh shut up.”

–Eliabeth Hawthorne

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Picture it & Write

13 Sunday Sep 2015

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, creative writing, darkness, photography, poetry, warewolf, writing

Quick update on the cat front. I have adopted a beautiful 5 year old all black cat that I’ve named Rowena and nicknamed Rue for short.

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).

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.

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Original image by Michelle Monique.

There is darkness inside me. Anger. Fear. Loss. I dwell too long and I allow this part of me to grow. Soon, it consumes me. I drive away those things in my life that keep me sane, keep me human. Have I passed the tipping point? Am I beyond redemption?

–Eliabeth Hawthorne

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Picture it & Write

19 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, cooking, fish, food, meals, photography, poetry, seafood, surealism

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.

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.

Original image found at The Design Work.

Original image found at The Design Work.

You are what you eat. It’s a common enough phrase. Eat fat, you’ll be fat. Eat healthy, you’ll be healthy. People tend to ignore medical conditions, but that’s besides the point. What if you eat an angry fish or scared head of kale? Are our emotions tied to what we eat as well?

–Eliabeth Hawthorne

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Picture it & Write

29 Sunday Mar 2015

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, ink, photography, poetry, writng

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.

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.

Creative Writing Exercise: Metallic Ink in Water

Original image by Alberto Seveso.

The poison dripped into the water, spreading across the bottom of the pond. The color faded as the poison dissipated. The chemical company saw the clear water and decided the parts per million must be small enough that no one would ever know.

Over the months, everything seemed fine. The company continued to make occasional trips to the pond since as of yet, no fish had turned belly up. It was not until the next generation when cancer in the town was on the rise that people noticed fish with five eyes, two heads, hearts on the outside of their bodies, and one that glowed while its ancestors didn’t.

-Eliabeth Hawthorne

Picture it & Write now supports The Girl Effect, a movement empowering girls to break the cycle of poverty in their communities, countries, and world. All profits from the publication are donated to this cause.


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__funny writer’s retreat illustration

11 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by Ermilia in Ermisenda

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art, aspiration tower, funny writing cartoon, funny writing meme, grant snider, graphic design, illustration, inspiration overlook, plot labyrinth, print graveyard, stories, the writers' retreat, writers, writing

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A great little illustration that had me smiling. Very creative and funy! I think ‘First-Draft Furnace’ and ‘Cave of Reclusive Genius’ were my favourite parts of the retreat.

– Ermisenda

__funny puns by Nabhan Abdullatif

20 Friday Jun 2014

Posted by Ermilia in Ermisenda

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art, clever, funny, humor, humour, illustrations, jokes, puns, wit, writing

I found this great artist Nabhan Abdullatif who makes funny pun illustrations. Click his name to see all the illustrations in the article. Which one do you like the most? I love the ‘Time flies’ one the best.

– Ermisenda

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Picture it & Write

27 Sunday Apr 2014

Posted by Ermilia in Eliabeth, Picture it & Write!

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art, creative writing, photography, pictures, writing, writing prompt

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.

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.

Photographed by Robert Jahns

by Robert Jahns

Look out at the world. What do you see? Do you see beauty or do you see heartache? I used to stare out the window and imagine my favorite cartoon characters running beside the car. They would dive into the earth and jump back out as concrete medians broke up the grass. When dressed up in frilly tutus, I wondered if people wondered where I was going dressed like that. Some people look at hedgehogs and draw little faces on scraps of paper. They doodle on post-its and hold them up on the subway. We each see the world through a unique perspective.

–Eliabeth Hawthorne

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