Elisha Starquill

Hey everyone!

Okay, I’ve changed it to present tense, but with all the confusing edits on the doc I think it will be easier if I work on finishing the draft in a separate doc. I’ll use what’s already on this doc and add to the ending to flesh out the beauty of the ordinary hands. I may need to rework some sections that are already written so it…[Read more]

This is a good point. Inside the burning house probably wouldn’t be the best place to write the reminiscing scene. @j-a-penrose @everyone_else What do you guys think?

And if you agree, how should the MC and grandmother get out? Should we use an older MC who’s able to carry the grandmother out? Should a firefighter intervene? Any other…[Read more]

Okay guys. So sorry I’ve been gone, been dealing with doctors not believing me about my allergies until it was pretty obvious I was a mess, combined with the end of term rush of writing a ton of essays and music reports. *facepalm* But I’m back now.

I’m agreeing with Grandmother’s hands. Also, seeing that it has to be in a dramatic setting, maybe…[Read more]

@elisha-starquill I love your idea, but I do agree with @steward-of-the-pen that they might not fit the prompt, simply for not being ordinary 🙂 But I think it would be cool if we all wrote that on our own instead of for a war sometime 😉

I think we should go for writing about the grandmother’s hands; what do you guys think?

@steward-of-the-pen I will admit I had concerns similar to yours. I didn’t bring it up before because, like you said, we’re a little short on time. Misrepresenting Jesus is something we definitely don’t want to do. There are some instances when Biblical fiction is done right, and others when it isn’t. The A.D. Chronicles by Brock and Bodie Thoene…[Read more]

@elisha-starquill @ariella-newheart @azeline-d

That is a good idea, and I hate to bring this up now because we’re so short on time and should start writing very soon, but I’m a little concerned about it. First, writing fiction about Bible characters can be risky because of the potential for misrepresenting the true biblical account, especially…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart Thanks! And yes, that character in the leaf snippet does seem oddly familiar, doesn’t it. 🤔 Ironically, I was also thinking of a red-headed, wavy-haired character while writing it. Maybe I was unconsciously thinking about Ariella. xD

And also, that’s a good point. 🤔

@elisha-starquill I really like that idea, and I’d say go f…[Read more]

@elisha-starquill That’s a good idea! It reminds me of this beautiful song. If everyone else is in agreement, I say we do it. 🙂

I also really like @azeline-d‘s idea of the elderly patients hands. I was thinking about it some more today, and I had an idea.

What if the story was a string of short scenes, each maybe 1-5 paragraphs long, that shows snippets of things a granddaughter is doing with her grandmother. Each scene would skip a little farther ahead in time, with both…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart Yassss. I love the idea of actually having to look for the thing that’s beautiful. Little details. Small things. And I hope life becomes less chaotic soon!

@elisha-starquill Yassss, you’re thinking on a similar wave-length to me.

@steward-of-the-pen Oooooh yes yes. Cool ideas. (but omw, the pizza one made me spit out my chai.…[Read more]

@elisha-starquill Welcome!

@elisha-starquill
I am SO SO happy to hear the Lord has led you here then. For me, One Year Adventure Novel was the first place I realized that stories were powerful and that our imaginations were gifts. And that when sanctified and used under the Holy Spirit, they can truly change lives and bring glory to God. I still have SO MUCH to learn in…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart You’re welcome! 😀 And actually you’re the first person who I know has read my bio lol.

@elisha-starquill Hmm… Probably Hound of The Baskervilles. 😀  (also my crush and his sister do Taekwondo 😀 )

@fallen-prince YAAASSSS PERCY JACKSON 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 (sorry, I always get a little over-excited finding other PJO/HO fans 😛 )

@elisha-starquill Aw, cool! You’ll have to let me know if you get one!

Male parrotlets sometimes learn to talk, and in rare cases females can. Blu doesn’t, although I think she used to a little bit when she was younger, but it was barely recognizable. Parrotlet talk is kind of warbled and much less clear than that of a parakeet or larger parrot.…[Read more]

*cannonballs into the chat* I is very late! However!

@fallen-prince @elisha-starquill Welcome to the guild! 😃 My apologies for being late 😛

@elisha-starquill

I am actually on a math team, and I am lucky in that a couple of the people who go to my home-school co-op also write and enjoy math.  What part of Texas do you live in? My god-parents live in San Antonio, I have a couple of friends in Dallas, and I attend a camp around 2 hours drive east of Dallas.

@j-a-penrose

I have heard…[Read more]