Josiah DeGraaf

@skye Neat!  I like drawing horses and people too.  Your profile picture is cute. 🙂  Where do you live?

@aratrea Where can I find that sheet on Story Embers?

@alia Wonderful!!!  😀

@skredder Okay, thank you 🙂

@gh24682468999 This may sound ridiculous, but I get really excited about my characters when I imagine them doing stuff in moveie form. 🙂

Actually, the newly launched website storyembers.org has a downloadable character questionnaire. K. M. Weiland also has a more extensive character form she fills out. You can get that on her website,…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 Also, having your MC’s personality different than your sidekicks personality can be more interesting and realistic than if they are the same.  I guess, all of your characters will be different while always having a little of you in them too.

@alia. Ooh, I love it!  Now I want to read the whole thing!

@annaberens. Hi!  Welcome to the Kingdom of Pen!  Do you know how to post topics and such?  Glad you are here!

@celticcailin Hi!  Very few of my songs turn out fit to sing. 🙂  Do you feel comfortable posting any of your songs so we can see them?  (Its totally fine if you don’t.)  Sounds like you already have some better advice anyway. 🙂

@gh24682468999 I think my favorite thing about writing is creating my characters!  I never thought when I began writing that I would feel so close to my characters.  Sometimes I’m like, “I am so sorry I have to put you through this, my dear character, but its for the best I promise!  You will triumph in the end!”  🙂

Is it your characters per…[Read more]

@rochellaine 😛

@seejustice Okay, so ya know how I said I’d start reading it tomorrow?

I finished it.

I literally put off studying for a test to read it 😛 (you should be proud and concerned) 😉

It was awesome! 🙂 I can’t wait for more.

@seekjustice No problem. 🙂

@seekjustice Yay! I think I should be able to start reading it tomorrow 🙂

@skredder Yay, thanks! 🙂 I’ll get to these as soon as I can. Enjoy your trip!

@skredder aw, thank you for reading it! 😀

I do have a question though: Jane said that I was struggling with telling instead of showing, how do you think that was in this chapter?

@seekjustice Thank you for your prayers!  God has given some pretty clear direction, even though its not always been what we would have chosen. 🙂 Please do keep praying.

@skye Welcome to the Kingdom of Pen!  How old are you?  Do you like to draw?  So glad your here!

@ariella-newheart  I would love to draw him, but I don’t have time today.  Maybe later this week!