Josiah DeGraaf

@aratrea I’m looking to understand theme better and how to apply it well to my story. This has been my biggest problem in writing, and I could never understand how to do it well even after reading post after post on it, even though I could usually spot it easily in books I read. So I’m very excited about getting started!

Thank you @aratrea @jess @daeus @emma-flournoy @kate-flournoy @other ones I forgot.

I read To A Mouse, The Lady of Shallott, The Wreck of the Hesperaus, the Highwayman… the ones I could get easily. The more obscure ones I’ll find soon.

Yep. @Kina-Lamb
@Arella-Noreen
@DelightInLife
@GracieGirl
@Rachelle
@R-J-Wordsmith
@GabrielleMassman
@Dragon-Snapper
@Asyia-Serene
@Abigail-Blomberg
@Northerner
@Emma-L
@Leumeister
@PerfectFifths
@I-J-Anderson
@NatalieMarie
@Rebelutoinary
@Ethryndal
@Writefury
@Sierra-R
@SleepwalkingMK
@Brandon-Miller
@R-E-P
@The-Bean
@Anne-of-Lothlorien
@ZCPeterso…[Read more]

Just a min. *snatches list* Here we…[Read more]

Thank you for the recommendations @aratrea and that’s okay Elizabeth.
I wrote poetry more when I was little. the first one I remember writing is this.

Heaven is such a wonderful place,
Full of people with love and grace
Angels stand by the gate of God,
And on streets of gold they trod.

I was probably seven.

I will be writing for about a half hour starting in two minutes… anyone want to join?

@kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy @ethryndal @aratrea @daeus @dragon-snapper

I’m definitely with @aratrea on this one. I don’t write poetry…not that I haven’t tried. I just can’t seem to figure out all the rules. That’s why I like stories. I understand them better, reading and writing wise.

Sorry…I’m not much help. At all. @anne-of-lothlorien

@anne-of-lothlorien I’m so sorry to hear about your aunt. Praying for your family.

My graduation ceremony is coming up this weekend, guys! I’m very excited but also a little nervous…it’s all the way in Orlando–near Disney World–and I’m nervous ’cause…well…I’m graduating. So overwhelmed by what this means for my life, but excited for the…[Read more]

Thank you very much @aratrea

@aratrea @bethanysinkyroses @emma-flournoy @ethryndal. Thank you all so much for praying, but I have some really, really sad news.
Aunt Julie lost the baby.
Please pray very hard for her; this is very difficult, and for my mom too. They’re sisters, and Mom is really sad as well. I can only imagine the pain of having a miscarriage after wanting a…[Read more]

I’m graduating high school this year, but I also have my first year of college completed thanks to Dual-Enrollment. I’m thrilled to finally be starting college, but a little sad to leave my younger high-school friends behind. I’m going to school at home, though. (Go Bulls!)

Oh, goodness…advice. Honestly, a lot of what I could say, @aratrea…[Read more]

@daeus @aratrea @kate-flournoy @ceaseless-prayer Thanks for the feedback. The gist of what ya’ll said was kind of my gut feeling, but I didn’t want to run with it on a story this important to me. So thank you, because I really needed some sound thoughts on this.

Now I think I’ll have to go develop my parents. (Why is that so exciting?!)

@BethanySinkyRoses yeah… what they said. 😛

Also just realize that ‘parents’ is not some sort of alternate reality slot that some human beings choose to fall into and become not-human beings. Some people are parents, but all parents are people. These characters should be as developed as your other characters because they’re just as complex.…[Read more]

@aratrea @bethanysinkyroses Thank you. I just ordered the paperback version of Ivy Rose’s ‘The Old River Road’ which should be here tomorrow after my root canal… looking forward to that, and knowing the fact that I probably won’t die from the pain will help me through.

And *takes deep breath* Here’s the short story.

I’m crazy.
I know that.
My mother shakes her head sadly as she closes the door. The dull click of the lock echoes in my head.
They say it’s for my own good. They say that I’m mad, a lunatic, a delusional fantasist. Locking me in here is supposed to protect me.
But I know the truth…[Read more]