by Story Embers | Mar 21, 2020 | Podcast |
Today Josiah DeGraaf, Hope Ann, and Brandon Miller break down the depiction of parents in fiction. They discuss the problems with how parents are often portrayed and give tips on how to avoid these pitfalls. Listen to their conversation below! What’s...
by Story Embers | Mar 9, 2020 | Articles |
By Eliza LeBlanc While scrolling through Instagram the other day, I came across a recent quote by S.D. Smith, author of The Green Ember. The words made my head snap up and the gears in my brain start turning. “Storytelling harmonizes so well with the...
by Story Embers | Feb 22, 2020 | Podcast |
Many writers struggle to craft a climax that wraps the whole story together. What are the necessary elements of a compelling climax? In today’s episode, Josiah DeGraaf, Rolena Hatfield, and Daeus Lamb tackle this question, discuss their favorite examples of moving...
by Story Embers | Feb 13, 2020 | Poems |
By Rebecca Pepper As far back as extends the human brain, Did words by virtue of themselves enchant, Aligned, symmetric, synchronized refrain, A verbal song, humanity’s descant. For lightning does not flash but coruscate, And water washes, swishes, swirls, and...
by Story Embers | Jan 25, 2020 | Podcast |
In today’s episode, Josiah DeGraaf, Hope Ann, and Brandon Miller tackle suspense, cliffhangers, emotional tension, and all of those amazing story elements that keep readers awake late into the night. They share their favorite examples of page-turners and discuss why...
by Story Embers | Jan 16, 2020 | Articles |
By Heather Drabant Writers tend to be reluctant to show their work to others. We’ve all hovered our cursors over the send button for longer than necessary. Maybe we even changed our minds and closed the window. Why is this simple act so difficult? ...
by Story Embers | Jan 9, 2020 | Poems |
By Cainon Leeds I was twenty-four, my friend, and getting married; we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when we passed over the field of poppies that said, “We are the numbers to end all numbers. You can try, but you cannot count us away.” And we...
by Story Embers | Jan 2, 2020 | Poems |
By K. A. Grey Here I stand amid the ruins, Here I seek for answers Through thoughts riddled in confusion, The chaos clinking together Like iron fetters. My very thoughts are ringing, Forged in silence, chain by chain. Release me, for I am bound. Here the desolate...
