Josiah DeGraaf

@josiah Haha! Okay. 🙂

@thewirelessblade Oh okay! Gotcha. 🙂

I have had trouble with that too, but here are a few resources that have helped me:

How To Subtly Deliver a Powerful Message in Your Story

How To Use Themes to Create A Fantastic Storyline

And then finally I watched a really good webinar on Foil Characters the other day by Josiah DeGraaf… @josiah are we a…[Read more]

@josiah Oops! Nope.

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW TRAILER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

If you haven’t, go watch it, because the rest of this post is spoilers and screaming. *Internal screaming* *external screaming*

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Hawkeye is in it!! But his family is probably dead!!! The look on his face was so sad!! His family was…[Read more]

That sounds totally reasonable to me (the male characters in LotR cried multiple times and it in no way lessened their masculinity). But I’m not a guy, so I’m interested to see what the guys think.

@noahlitle @josiah @daeus-lamb @samuel

@serenity @selah-chelyah @josiah
I agree friending would be nice (even if it doesn’t really do much, just to keep track). 😀

@serenity  @josiah

Yes, I second..or third….or twentieth the request! (Though I am sure you are terribly busy with all the members wanting to join guilds…)  Anyway!>

@Josiah, friending would definitely be useful! there are so many people here that I would really like to know/remember which ones ive talked to and be able to actually follow them better! I feel like there is so much in the forum that its easy to get lost when im looking for someone specific… friends would be awesome!

thanks!

@mlbolangerauthor @josiah Honestly, I don’t read books that challenge me. I read books for entertainment, and find my challenges elsewhere. ;P

I probably wouldn’t read a book knowing it was about LGBT stuff. If it wasn’t marketed as Christian, I would assume that it would be pro-LGBT, and I am not the type of person who can read a book like that…[Read more]

@josiah

I’m starting to see a theme… Our reluctance to address these topics appears to stem from a reluctance to leave the perceived safety of our evangelical friends/community to actually engage with people we are supposed to be evangelizing. =)

Can you define what you mean by ‘hard limits?’

As a Christian, I believe we must all r…[Read more]

@mlbolangerauthor I had one thought about your last post your thoughts on what to label your stories.

Someone… I think it was @Josiah wrote a really good article on that not too long ago. But basically, there are two kinds of stories (in general) that Christians write.

There is the overt Christian fiction that is meant for Christians. The…[Read more]

Thank you, everyone. Your answers are in line with what I’ve gotten in other forums. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I have a slightly different angle on these topics. Not in a way that contradicts what the Bible says, but much differently than most of the Christian church does.

I appreciate everyone’s…[Read more]

I haven’t thought a lot about these topics myself, but I’ll tag some people who might be able to help. 🙂

@josiah @daeus-lamb @hope-ann @karthmin @kate

@i-david

Thanks for creating this thread.

He was a great author and artist!!!! I loved his work!!! 

My sister drew this picture yesterday night for her art page on Instagram.@thelastlightfury

It was a crazy last minute decision, as she posts every Tuesday morning, but definitely worth it to honor this great man!!! The pen has great power…[Read more]

@parker Thank you, I am trying somebody out right now and I’ll see how it goes. However I will keep that in mind for future referance.

@josiah Alright, thank you! 🙂