Story Embers | Site-Wide Activity https://storyembers.org/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:26:00 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2a17cc1b74e15a744e2cedb561b3f7fa Emmalee Dreiling's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/105551/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:58:13 -0400 0 58c09bff0988d74b10abccb9166491e2 Story Embers wrote a new post https://storyembers.org/?p=160855 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:00:09 -0400 Our Final Chapter Dear Story Embers Community, After much thought and prayer, we’ve decided that Story Embers will be closing its doors. This has been a difficult c […]

]]> 0f278905dbe22a44bd021028e87987f0 Gabrielle Pollack wrote a new post https://storyembers.org/?p=149561 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:00:26 -0400 Why Consequences Are the Answer to the Plot vs. Character Dilemma Which is more important: characters or plot? Writers have been locked in that debate for centuries. Plot-oriented writers argue that conflict engages […]

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]]> c8a69ac57d253b2ec660631ca55c261a Rose Sheffler wrote a new post https://storyembers.org/?p=146333 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:20 -0400 Christian Stories Don’t Need to Be Deep and Philosophical Many of us sit down at our desks with a list of criteria we believe we must meet before we can be confident that we’re honoring God with our writing. O […]

]]> c0c854b8bc742024f8e3a4208ad12d88 Em with an E's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/105538/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:10:50 -0400 0 662b19a6a768fc7a115b5bfee2b730ce Lori Z. Scott wrote a new post https://storyembers.org/?p=150728 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:00:24 -0400 5 Lies Imposter Syndrome Tells Writers (and How to Fight Back) I often see writers deprecating themselves on social media. Or hesitating to share their work. Imposter syndrome—the belief that you’re not good eno […]

]]> b37d9bcea636f68a346cf37d80510b33 Sarah Burns wrote a new post https://storyembers.org/?p=157761 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 20:00:08 -0400 4 Tips for Respectfully Writing Disabled Characters “Write what you know!” the experts insist—except in the case of, well, everything, because fiction is inherently composed of lives you’ve never lived. […]

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But few events undercut the nature of redemption as starkly as a villain who forsakes evil without […]

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