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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Homework for Videos 6-8: Developing Character Arcs in the forum Writing Assignments 7 years ago
@sleepwalkingmk Apologies that I’m just now getting around to this. Glad you’re learning a lot from these lessons. 😀 I like the fact that you’re weaving in a difficult choice for the protagonist into the end of the Venn diagram there. I wonder if you could also include a scene before her character arc which foreshadows that sacrifice scene–but…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Discussion for Video Six: Positive Character Arc in the forum Discussion Questions 7 years ago
@sleepwalkingmk Apologies for taking so long to respond to this. I love that story. Aravis’ character arc is probably my favorite in that story, and it’s excellent!
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Gospel-related themes in our writing in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics 7 years ago
@gh24682468999 Great question! I think there’s a ton of ways you can point to the truth of the Gospel without bringing it explicitly into your story. In my opinion, though, while creativity can help if you want to have a focus on just the Gospel, I think there’s also a valuable place for using fiction to show the truth of the Christian worldview…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Why hello, my fellow writers!! in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@0-0enyali0-0 Those are great motivations to have as a writer. 🙂 Huh–that’s interesting. Didn’t know there was a market out there for Christian steampunk games, but that’s pretty cool!
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Why hello, my fellow writers!! in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
Welcome to the site @0-0enyali0-0 Glad you found us. 🙂 What first drew you to want to be a writer? And what’s Aetherlight? I’ve heard people talk about it, but have no idea what it is.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hello, fellow writers 🙂 in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
Welcome to the site @introvert_girl! Glad you found us. I’m also likely a 4w5 (though sometimes I diagnose myself as a 1w2). What’s the premise of your current work-in-progress?
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hiya Everyone in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@waterlily Oh; fun premise there! Hope your writing goes well with that story. 🙂
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hello in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@inkling-for-christ Oh; neat! I lived in Cranberry Township, which is about a half hour north of Pittsburgh, and currently live in Mount Airy, in the north-western part of North Carolina.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hello in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
Welcome to the site @inkling-for-christ! I totally empathize with the difficulty of continuing as a writer when no one around you understands what it’s like, and hope this will be a great place for you to meet and grow from other writers. 🙂 That’s cool that you’re in Pittsburgh now–I grew up in Pittsburgh and then spent several years in Virginia…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hiya Everyone in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@waterlily Welcome to the site! I’m also a big Pride and Prejudice fan, and actually have the pleasure of teaching it to one of my high school classes currently. 🙂
What’s the premise of the sci-fi novel you’re working on?
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hey Everyone in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@emily @epicaddie2 We’ve talked about doing a KP conference a fair bit as a team. We need to get ourselves financially self-sustaining first so we have the funds to launch that kind of thing, but once we do that, it’s something we want to make happen.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hey Everyone in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@sam-kowal Ikr? Can’t wait till Oathbringer arrives in my mailbox on Tuesday. *crosses fingers in anticipation*
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. ^_^ Figuring out a smart plan for the villain was definitely the hardest part of writing that story as it took me two months to figure that out. 😛 But eventually it came together and once I figured out…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic PRAYER REQUESTS #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years ago
@anne-of-lothlorien So glad to hear that she doesn’t need surgery and has been doing well these past three months. Thanks for the update!
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic *bursts in in an explosion of confetti* in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@dragongeek That’s hilarious. xD We need more genre-mashes like that, so tell me more about your story–what stories are you planning with that premise?
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic *bursts in in an explosion of confetti* in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@dragongeek Welcome to the site! I’ve listened to a fair amount of Two Steps from Hell and like them a fair bit. 🙂
Are you working on writing any stories currently? If so, what’s it about?
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Hey Everyone in the forum Start HERE 7 years ago
@sam-kowal Welcome to the site! Sounds like we have a lot of the same favorite authors between Sanderson and Austen, among others. 🙂
@emily Yeah; unfortunately I don’t have enough web coding knowledge for that. 😛 Those kinds of features will have to wait until we can bring a legit web designer onto our team.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Can it Possibly have been a Year? in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years ago
@ethryndal To be honest, even though I’m not the most active forum member, it seems like you’ve been around for a lot longer than that. 🙂 So glad to hear about how much this forum has helped you in your writing life!
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Need Volunteers for a Secret KP Project in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years ago
@jane-maree Yes! Shoot me an email.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic I need writing books! Help! in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years ago
@allison-grace I have a lot of recommendations. Have you checked out our resource library yet? We’ve got our official staff recommendations in there, and I’d just be repeating what I’ve already written there. xD
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Need Volunteers for a Secret KP Project in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years ago
@nicolerivers03 Yes–absolutely! We still have space for a couple more, so shoot me an email and we can work out details from there. 🙂
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