Between The Lines Of Life

So, I posted this in a note on my Facebook profile, but I figured I'd share it on my blog as well. It's a scene I wrote depicting the last scene from a dream I had. The scene ends where I woke up and started writing. So, here it goes: I tried wrapping my arms around her, hugging her one last time but her life drained from her eyes, her body going limp against the seat belt, a corpse taking her place. I slowly pulled my arms away and stood staring at her, my eyes filling with tears that threatened to run freely down my face, unchecked. Mom stood at the hood of the vehicle, staring up into the sky. My other sister stood crying next to me and I couldn’t quite wrap my brain around the implications of what just happened. Cars zoomed by on their way to anywhere but here, and I couldn’t blame them. Anywhere was better than this giant steel trap of a city. So many had died in the past months, and no one knew why. It had been my job to save them, but I couldn’t even manage to save

I must apologize to all my followers, as I haven't been writing much lately. I've been really busy as of late, procrastinating packing and generally forgetting to write. I've been reading a lot lately, though nothing that really pops out at me right now. Unfortunately I won't be able to post much in the coming months, as I will be leaving for school in a week and starting college on the 12th! My major will be English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing if I haven't told all of you yet! Anyway, just thought I'd check in and let you all know I'm not dead or anything haha. So yeah, don't be surprised if there are no new posts between now and Christmas, since I'll be busy trying to pass my college classes! Love you all! Hugs, Cade Wolfe

Been a while since I last posted and I remembered I never did post about Harry Potter 7 Part 2!!! OMGsh it was so amazing!!! XD These were taken while we were waiting in line in order to get into the theater!!! Megan being funny because she was so freaking excited to be going to the midnight premiere for her birthday! Our tickets, a poster board we saw in line, and the packed theater! Megan and I in our seats waiting for the movie to start! The opening sequence! Ooh the words are getting bigger and bigger! SO excited!!! XD Sign outside the stadium that Megan decided to take a picture of! Harry Potter was AMAZING! Megan kicking Bellatrix Lestrange (the resultant impact made the picture blurry XD), Megan thought Neville was awesome lol, Megan punching Snape in the face for all the stuff he put Harry through haha, I thought Hermione was great so of course I had to get a picture with her XD "Snape, you're dead!!!" Megan says, meanwhile,

I'm sorry to my devoted readers (hehehe don't have many of those, yet) for not writing a new entry in a while. I haven't been writing much lately actually. I've been doing a bit of Role-Playing with a few of my friends with similar interests though, which has been amazing and has really helped me develop my writing quite a bit already! It's so fun and if you have never done any role-playing (I know it's crazy but I hadn't at all before this!) then you should definitely try it sometime. Anyway, *clears throat* I'm way off topic now, way to go Cade! So, I've been doing some role-playing with some friends. It's been interesting getting to know my characters. The first one is Sage Elizabeth. She thinks of herself as Sage but her friends all call her Liz (or Miss Liz, whichever). Her background (what I've managed to uncover) is pretty interesting. Her friends are just as interesting, too. My friends are also becoming better writers I'd say.

Since no one I want to talk to is on I figure I might as well just write a blog about how I feel. I know I'm always complaining about never dating and all, but the more that I think about it the more it scares me. I mean, there are absolutely no guys around me that I would consider dating. And the guys that have asked me have been guys that make me feel bad. Whenever I mention that I've never been on an actual date, people are always surprised. Why should they be surprised though?! Even my parents are surprised, my younger sister has been on more dates than I have. The more I think about it though the more I don't want to date, I don't feel ready. But what does it take to feel ready? That's the big question... who knows? Maybe I'll find out when I'm up at school in the fall, maybe not. All I know is that I need to let God lead me in the direction I need to go in life, so I'll rely on him and trust that he has a plan for me. That's all I can really do

So, I was in charge of teaching the lesson for ANWA PM Writers earlier this evening. Everyone there enjoyed it and asked me to post the lesson on my blog so they could refer to it. So here is the post! Today I talked about Character Development. This is an interesting and fun topic. And it's so relevant to writers of all ages! Anyway hope this is helpful to you! All rights to the following are reserved for Sandra Miller. This information was found at: http://www.pgtc.com/~slmiller/characterdevelopment.htm Remember when you are doing character development work that although your main concern is the parts of that character that are relevant to the story, that isn't your only concern.  Anything about your character is worth writing down, and you never can tell when the oddest detail from your character sketch will actually show up in the story. Here are a few things to consider when developing your character: ·           We are all greatly influenced by our rela

So, I recently posted one of my stories to be edited/critiqued in my ANWA group. So I thought I'd post one of my favorite scenes that I've written. This was for NaNoWriMo 2010. I hope you enjoy it! Rowan, who had walked into the training yard ahead of her, immediately walked over to a bin on the side of the yard and grabbed two staves. He threw one across the yard to her where she caught it. She felt it, as she did every weapon when he handed them to her. She slid her hands along the wood, caressing it. She felt for the knots in the wood and found all the imperfections, which were relatively few, then pulling the wood closer to her face, and rubbing it a long her cheek, feeling the smooth wood. Moving her hands into position on the wood, she started into exercises engrained into her body and brain, as if she’d done them every day of her life. The staff whipped around her body, her body smoothly moving into positions she didn’t remember learning. She slowly got faster and

So, this last thursday I attended my second ANWA meeting. The ladies in the group are truly amazing, and I love every second of the meetings so far. I'm so glad I get to learn from them and maybe teach them a thing or two as well. Having edited stories for my mom and aunt has truly helped me with the grammar and spelling part of writing, but writers don't really need to know these things, they need to know how to write with a fresh voice, how to use POV's, how to show not tell, and so on. I think just about the only thing I'm really good at is describing a scene, I really need to learn how to effectively write dialog. Also, another new thing in the works: Is a new storyline starring a couple angels (not real angels, they're just called angels), a couple mortals with special powers (of course), and a couple weyrwolves (these weyrs can be anything, they're more like shapeshifters than anything else). I will be collaborating with my "twin" and fellow w

So I was reading this section of the New Era online called "What's Up?" One of the things in this section was a list of five ways you can share the gospel online. Since I'm online so often I figured I might as well do this. Here is the list: 5 Ways to Use the Internet to Share the Gospel • Post a Mormon Message video on your social media profile. Just click Share at the Mormon Channel on YouTube. • Write about faith-building experiences on your blog. • Share links to Mormon.org or your favorite conference talk on your blog, website, or social media profile. • Post pictures from missions, weddings, baptisms, Mutual activities, etc. • Create a profile on Mormon.org. So I'm going to start posting some good articles about different aspects of the church on my blog as well as talking about important things that happen in my life. Stay tuned for more article goodness! I figure I might as well start now, so here goes: I have this problem with spending all my

I know I'm not alone when I say that many times I feel alone even when I'm not actually alone. But still it feels like I'm all alone in this feeling that I'm all alone even though I'm surrounded by people who know and love me. In fact sometimes I may even go as far as to think that no one truly cares about me at all. Then I remember all those who truly do care about me and who I truly care about and that makes all the difference. They ground me, don't let me wash away on waves of emotions. They protect me from the torrents while at the same time I protect them as best as I can. Family may be the ones who will be there through it all no matter what, the ones who will always be there for you, but friends choose to stand by you no matter what. Just like family you don't choose and friends are the family you choose. I guess this was my way of working through my thoughts and reasoning with myself. But in some way I hope it helps other's who feel the way I f

You know that feeling at the end of a good book or movie? The feeling that everything is right in this world and nothing could change that? I get it everytime I watch a good movie or read a good book. That's why I love reading so much, and now I've finally figured out that's why I want to write and edit. I want to give that feeling to other people around the world. I want to provide that feeling to everyone who comes in contact with my work. I would finally feel complete giving that feeling to others. Of course it would be amazing if I were to find someone who gave me the same feelings in real life, outside the realms of fantasy and movies. I figure I can hold off on that for a few more years though and just enjoy being young and single. Tha happy ending is what I strive for in my life and what I want to give all my characters and continue experiencing everytime I read a new book or watch a new movie. The happy ending is why I live and my purpose in life. Love, ThunderSong

So I got accepted to BYU-Idaho which is like everything I could have wanted in my wildest dreams! My biggest dream has always been to go to BYU-I like both of my parents! What’s awesome is that my friend Katie and my best friend’s sister Linds have both been accepted too! I really hope we all at least get Fall Term together so we can hang out at Orientation! Anyway I’ll be sharing an apartment with Linds’ older sister and other girls who are assigned to the same apartment! I can’t wait!!!! Eeeeeeekkk!!!! *Squeal!!!* Just gotta wait patiently for the Track information which should come in the mail sometime in the next 3-5 weeks! I’m not patient but there’s nothing I can do anyway so I might as well wait. I’m also waiting to hear back about a scholarship for school as well. I’m hoping I get it and that it pays everything my pell won’t be able to cover because otherwise I won’t be able to afford college without a loan or two. Anyway I should go just needed to let you all know! Tons excit

So school is back in session for me, and I'm loving my new classes! I'm taking Astronomy, Math, English, and American History Pt. 2 this semester. I have great teachers so far and my books are all really interesting. I need to read chapter 1 in both my textbooks (history, and astronomy), my other two classes are online. Anyway I thought I'd just get on really fast and update anyone who might be reading this on my life. So yeah I turned in my byu-i and byu applications and I'm expected an email from both within the next 3-5 weeks now. I'm looking forward to being able to let people know if I'm definitely going to byu-i or byu! I've also been working on a story which my best friend and I came up with when we were in high school. We tried to work on it before but since it starts with my character and I was having writer's block for a long time I'm just barely starting it. We've been doing a lot of brainstorming together though so maybe we'll f

Okay, so I've been trying to get myself to sit down everyday and at least write 2k a day. But I've been having some problems with that. For one, there is writer's block. I keep getting blocked and need to find a way to open up my creativity box (no idea what anyone else calls it, but I like to think of it in terms of a box full of ideas and characters which I can use for my writing, if only I can open it). Any ideas on that would be quite helpful. Also another problem is that I can't find a good place to write. I sleep in the living room which is pretty loud. Anyway, any ideas on what I can do to make it easier on me to write, maybe even enjoyable. Also any ideas on how to force myself to write everyday. My goal is 2k a day, everyday this year. I'm not going to make that, since I haven't even start, but maybe if I could make it everyday from here till the end of the year. And if anyone has any ideas on what I could write that would also be terrific. I have tons

Childhood dreams. Who hasn't had one? No one that I know. Recently I've been thinking about my biggest childhood dream. I always wanted to be 16, so that I could start dating and find the right guy and be married between 19 and 20. Mostly I wanted this because I wanted to have someone to take care of me like in all the stories. I just kinda figured this is the way life is meant to be. Apparently not for me though. I am now 19, and I've only been on one date, because I asked the guy. So it certainly doesn't look my dream will be coming true. But surprisingly I'm not as opposed to this idea as I thought I would be. I need time to figure out who I am in life and college is one place where I can. I'm almost finished with applying to BYU-I and I really hope I get in. If I do then I can see what its like to live on my own without any parental figures making me do chores. See what its like to be my own person and find out who the heck I am. Let this be a fresh chapter

So I kinda started my futuristic bootcamp story but I'm having writer's block a lot lately, so I haven't written much. I also started this story for my youngest brother about five siblings who are also witches and that went okay for a while but again I got writer's block. So right now, I have about five or six on-going works in progress: Altered Veggies (working title), Futuristic Novel (Bootcamp, again working title), In The Trees (request from a friend), Paz's Story (five sibling witches, Paz is the oldest), Rose and Briar Carter (kind of a wrong choices and the consequences kinda deal), Slayer (obvious, I absolutely love Buffy!), and Vegas Magick (another request from a different friend.) If anyone has any ideas I'm willing to hear them, just leave them in the comments. Anyway, I really need to get back to writing. So Hobey Ho Let's Go! Hugs, C. Wolfe

So, I recently got some money, so I decided to join this LDS Women Writer's group called ANWA (or American Night Writer's Association) which my mom and her twin, my aunt, used to be a part of. Hopefully I'll gain some experience as a part of this group, maybe learn some about writing and become a better writer myself. I want to be as good a writer as my mom and aunt and this is one way to accomplish that. Anyway, so I decided to start this blog to document what I learn, and maybe to get some input from family, friends, and complete strangers. I'm looking forward to this adventure and hope that you all have fun with me, reading my stories and my complaints as well, I'm sure. Hobey Ho Let's Go! Hugs, C. Wolfe PS: For any of you who didn't get that reference (Hobey Ho) its from the Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale, and for those of you who did get it, well done!

Okay, so today I found out that yet another friend is getting married this spring. That makes two friends last year in the spring/summer, and three friends this spring. One of them that was married last year is 21, so I guess thats to be expected, but I feel weird thinking about my other friends who I went to the same class at church with and were in my grade or the grade above me at school who are getting married. I have lots of friends who aren't married, obviously, including my best friend. But its weird thinking that friends I grew up with (one of which is younger than me) are getting married or are married. I feel like I'm innocent and immature around them. They've all dated a few guys, found the guy they're going to marry and made plans to be with them for time and all eternity (or as is the case for a couple found the one they want to be with the rest of their life). I've never even dated, and here they are ready to start the next phase in life, married life.