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But thank you for expressing your concerns ?
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
@rae I have already discussed the concerns expressed here (anonymously ofc) with Justice and we’ll be working on making the guidelines more clear.
He has a very tight schedule and has a lot of things going on in his life right now. I think it’s important to keep grace always on our minds, because I doubt any sort of community gets everything right when it first starts, especially when it’s started by one person with an already busy life. ??
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
Story Stewards doesn’t even refer to itself as a church anymore, but rather a sanctuary for Christian writers
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
Hii hello Admin on Story Stewards here ???
First off, JWM/Story Stewards was created within like the span of a year, it’s new, and Justice put it together completely on his own without anyone to help him.
From everything I have seen and from conversations with Justice, Story Stewards being called a “church” refers to the fact that the body of Christ as a whole is the church. We’ve gotten stuck in this belief that there are several churches, and yes, church buildings are important of course, but the body of Christ itself is the church, point blank period.
Witchcraft, Occult things, and hard topics etc are kept off Story Stewards due to the fact that most members are teenagers and not only can those members themselves be uncomfortable with it, but their parents may be against such a thing as well. It’s to protect the members hearts and minds, and as someone that came across mature content way before I should have, it does leave an effect on someone’s mind. For some, reading a character with suicidal thoughts may help them see healing. But for others, it could make them want to commit suicide. It’s for the protection of the members, many of whom are minors.
We try to keep comparisons and competition off of Story Stewards because it causes unrest and for some a lot of feeling like they aren’t doing good enough, aren’t a good writer, etc. Story Stewards is meant to be a place of support and a place where writers, especially young and inexperienced writers, can feel safe.
As an example, we wouldn’t want someone to always be saying that someone else’s writing is better than theirs or someone saying that their writing is better than others, if that makes sense. It’s a lot of not comparing your journey to others’ because everyone’s writing journey is different.
Heated debates means a lot of disagreements that go past simple disagreements. When it turns into arguing or trying to prove one point over another where one person says their opinion is right above all others, or if anything starts to get aggressive is where Story Stewards draws the line.
Because, again, it’s meant to be a safe space for writers, especially those who are on the younger side.
But with all that said, if anyone doesn’t agree with Story Stewards then you don’t have to be apart of it. I think there are different writing communities for different writers, and I know Justice’s heart is in the right place.
I think a lot of assumptions can be made, and I think it’s important that we remember that Story Stewards is new and nothing and no one is perfect.
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
So I’m guessing that’s Riker cause his brown hair and blue eyes?
Which means a bunch of Russians beat him up because he was a German and they were mad about his involvement in the camps.
Yes it’s Riker.
Uhm…yeahhhh….kinda???
He may or may not have been arrested
Leon, too
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
@keilah-h those animations are so good! I finally just got a chance to watch them, and I love them
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
uhm
the Soviets happened
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
@ellette-giselle since I know you want everything Book 3 related?
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
this one involved some tracing but I’m also really proud of the shading/details/etc ?
this may or may not be for a scene from Book 3 of the Broken and Redeemed TrilogyTW: BL00D/BRUISES
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
@ellette-giselle that’s true…?
I have a few authors that I talk to a lot about KC but they’re on Instagram/Discord so it’s definitely a more private messaging kind of system
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
Yeah haha. If we could all talk privately it’d be different and I could share more?
And honestly same. It takes a lot for me to like a fantasy book. KC, however, is very near and dear to my heart ?
The cast is just ugh I love them sm
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
@ellette-giselle I personally use Canva haha. It’s the easiest but still good one I’ve found for designing covers.
Yes very spendy?
Aww thanks, I’m glad?(I deleted it now so not just anyone on the internet can find it?). Aww haha thank you! I certainly feel like it’s helped me a lot to improve my craft.
And yayyyy? I was hoping you would be interested 😉
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
@ellette-giselle I’m designing the cover haha! I would love to have a few illustrations in it but I probably can’t afford it, sadly?
Maybe for special editions one day though ?
And yesss it is! A quote from Book 2?
"…but we are safe, truly and wonderfully safe, when we keep walking with Him.”
