Craft the Next Great Christian Story.
Find community. Boost creativity. Build confidence.
The world has enough cheesy Christian stories.
Why churn out the next one when you could instead learn how to write powerful stories for Christ? We’re talking about stories like The Chronicles of Narnia, The Count of Monte Cristo, Paradise Lost, and Pride & Prejudice. The stories people remember and read centuries after publication. With three simple items, we think you can write magnificent stories too.
A Dedicated Community
Great endeavors spring from small groups of dedicated individuals. That’s why Lewis & Tolkien formed the Inklings. That’s why we host the Guilds.
Regular Training
Excelling as a writer requires guidance. We train writers via articles, live discussions with published authors, exclusive story worksheets, and more.
An Action Plan
Every successful journey begins with a roadmap. That’s why we’ve created a detailed plan for learning the craft of storytelling.
It All Starts with a Quiz
Growing as a writer is hard if you don’t know your strengths and weaknesses. That’s why we created the Writing Craft Quiz. It allows you to assess yourself in 14 different areas to discover if you are a beginner, novice, intermediate, advanced, expert, or master writer.
How to Plan Your Growth
Once you’ve assessed your rank with the Writing Craft Quiz, you need to figure out how to level up. We pooled our experience as writing teachers, professional editors, and published authors to outline what writers of different ranks need to improve their skills. As soon as you take the quiz, we’ll email you the Writer’s Journey Plan and Writer’s Rank Advancement Guide, which will show you what you need to do next and what resources are available to get closer to becoming a successful, published author.
Our Mission
Watch the video to learn more about who we are and our vision for Christian storytellers. We’ve been writing and teaching story craft for years and know how to help writers like you.
Content We Publish
In addition to regularly publishing articles on the craft of storytelling, we also showcase great storytellers in the realms of art, poetry, and short stories.
Articles
Stories & Poems
Artwork
Every Story Begins with a Flickering Ember
Whether you’re a best-selling novelist or a teenager writing your first book, all stories begin with a single premise (ember).
What a storyteller is able to do with that ember makes the difference.
We want to help you take that ember (whether it’s a novel, poem, or art piece) and stir it into a blaze to impact the world for Christ.
(For all you artists, we’re building this site slowly and are currently focusing on writers, but we’re accepting art submissions and plan to expand the art department in the near future.)
Meet Your Guides
We’re a group of writing teachers, professional editors, and self-published authors who were involved in Kingdom Pen for several years before founding Story Embers. We can give you the tools you need to succeed.
Josiah DeGraaf
Story Embers Editor-in-Chief
Fiction Content Manager at The Young Writer
Founder of Ink Slinger Academy
Brianna Storm Hilvety
Story Embers Managing Editor
Contract Editor/Proofreader for Gilead Publishing
Silver Member of The Christian PEN
Daeus Lamb
Story Embers Community Manager
Author of Edwin Brooks: Dire Recompense
Founder of Excelsior Writing School
What Are You Waiting For?
Take the Writing Craft Quiz to discover your rank. Then we’ll send you the resources you need and help you join a writing community so you can succeed.