Josiah DeGraaf

@salome01w4g  Praise the Lord!  *bear hug*

@salome01w4g  I’m praying for you, friend.  Hang in there!

@dekreel  Thank youuuuu!!!!  I lover her, especially the eyes!!!!

@catwing *yesI’mhiatusing* Yep, that’s it! 😀 Dr. Bones said it. *backtohiatusing*

@dekreel *stops doing hiatus and looks* Yes, it’s epic, isn’t it? 😀 I want one on my wall.

*returns to land of nothingness*

@Daeus sounds good to me. 😛 Honestly I haven’t studied it as much as I should have. But from what I know of Pinterest, that’s a very solid plan.

This makes sense too. I just have to make sure there’s some sort of victory right?

@mariposa  *speechless*

Yes, this makes sense. The story doesn’t actually end, because there’s still hope!

Thanks for the advice! I think I’m beginning to get a feel of how to work an ending like this.

Hey, Jane! I’m ‘Jenna’! I follow your blog!!! ❤😊

@jenwriter17 Sad endings are tricky to write, but also a ton of fun. Your character DOESN’T have to succeed in the story goal (if they do, there’s less sadness, in a way), but they SHOULD grow themeatically. If they fail in the goal, but grow and learn and have a great character arc, that will satisfy readers just as much.

Of course, when killing off a character, you don’t want readers to feel that they died for no reason. And if the reader didn’t feel connected with the character, it won’t resonate with them as much. The character needs to be made memorable first before thinking about killing him/her off.

That being said, a character dying because of a sacrifice…[Read more]

You say the two characters knew each other before this meeting. I think it would be really interesting if they had some bad history together, even if they didn’t really know each other. Even if they only met once, they could have negative or critical thoughts about each other. Backstory always makes things more interesting.

I hope this helps!

I think you should let your characters develop on their own instead of picking a type. To me, picking a personality type sets your character in a box. And writing is all about thinking out of the box right? What I love to use is the ‘What If?’ question. What if my character loved……? Hated…..?Had a secret about…..? This works even better…[Read more]

If you want to submit your short stories to publishers or agents, some of them don’t like to use already published material (including stories on blogs, which they might consider published). But this might be a very slim percentage. I think you should collect your short stories, and maybe put one here and there on your blog. I hope this made sense…[Read more]

I actually really like it the way it is; it has a clean crisp feel. But if you feel like it needs something in the background, maybe a different texture background or a neutral color maybe?