Kingdom Pen | Starden03 | Activity https://kingdompen.org/members/ampeterson03/activity/ Activity feed for Starden03. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:47:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 94739cac1e998c544e35885f1214cf45 Starden03 replied to the topic Hello in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hello-26/#post-112086 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 02:40:06 -0400 @starshiness

I love that character! He’s not similar to me at all, but he sounds amazing. Definitely go with Arden 🙂

@karissa-chmil

My favorite type of character to write is a little hard to pin down, but I would say they are reserved, shrewd, and logical (in contrast to spunky, outgoing, spontaneous, etc.). This is actually most of the…[Read more]

]]> ced7b459affae67d1c1c6ce8189664f4 Starden03 replied to the topic Hello in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hello-26/#post-112030 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 02:07:06 -0400 @starshiness

Thank you so much! I agree; it does have a foresty sound, I think.

“Rosalind: Well, this is the forest of Arden.

Touchstone: Ay, now am I in Arden; the more fool I; when I was at home, I was in a better place: but travelers must be content.”

-As You Like It, Act II, Sc. IV, lines 15-18

XD (apparently this is what everyone on here…[Read more]

]]> a3f589491ab4dfe50cdbcd5cc5a4e640 Starden03 replied to the topic What Makes An Allegory Impactful? in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-makes-an-allegory-impactful/#post-111996 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:33:36 -0400 @kathleenramm I definitely agree that a subtle/covert allegory is far more powerful than an overt one, simply for the reason that in reading an allegory that is more difficult to discover (in the older sense of the word), the reader is forced to think through it far more deeply than an obvious, surface-level allegory. (There is also a unique…[Read more]

]]> df3ffb00fedf2f467f83c7ec77581729 Starden03 replied to the topic Teary Scenes in the forum Characters https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/teary-scenes/page/3/#post-111994 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 02:15:30 -0400 @elfwing

One thing that I think might be helpful is a combination of unusual phrasing and metaphor, for the reason that the complexity of the writing draws attention away from the all-absorbing sorrows of the characters, putting them into perspective but somehow also making them more poignant. I know you said you’re tired of cliché phrases to…[Read more]

]]> 8527b26bdcddd3b5fb15cb5545efe483 Starden03 replied to the topic Hello in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hello-26/#post-111993 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:33:31 -0400 @freedomwriter76

Thank you so much!

What kind of genre do you like to write for? What work are you most proud of in that genre and are there any that you’re currently working on?

]]> ab7821e1da2a7e17019e987c3c18aa48 Starden03 started the topic Hello in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hello-26/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:31:19 -0400 Hello! My name is Arden and I am 15. I just recently found out about Kingdom Pen and thought I would give it a shot, as I have been looking for a community of other Christian writers for a while, something I haven’t been able to find in person.

The main reason I’m posting here is because I was wondering whether anyone would be willing to exchange…[Read more]

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