Joe Patterson
Bio
Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
Stories (538/0)
Free Yourself
There is no ill feeling quite like bitterness. We have all been there before. Someone wronged us, did us dirty, left us hanging, or betrayed us. The pain often stays with us for awhile, reverberating throughout our daily lives and follows us into the future. When our pain over the actions of another has stayed with us this much we’ve found our way into a web of bitterness. Often times that bitterness makes us want to seek vengeance, but we need to talk about why holding on to bitterness and a list for vengeance is fruitless and a waste of time.
By Joe Pattersonabout 12 hours ago in Journal
- Top Story - June 2024
Midnight Lovemares
Daniel sitting on his living room couch with his girlfriend Teresa at 2:30 a.m. watching tv. “So we’re still on for my family’s dinner tomorrow right?” Teresa asked. “I don’t know” Daniel started with exhaust. “You know I can’t stand your mom”. “Hardy har” Teresa responded unaware that Daniel was serious in his rebuttal. “I’m like dead serious” Daniel began. “I really can’t stand being around your mother, she’s too big on the nosy questions.” “But you promised you were going” Teresa responded with annoyance.
By Joe Pattersona day ago in Fiction
A Friend of Hope
Last week I was in my car on the way home from work when I got a call from a childhood friend. It had been a minute since the two of us last spoke so I was surprised to be getting a call from him. When I picked up the phone he gave me some devastating news, a friend of ours who we had known since the first grade passed away. What made it worse was he died by suicide. All I could think about and ask myself was how could this good kid who was always smiling and vibrant could’ve taken his own life? Of course that’s a question many of us ask ourselves when such a tragedy happens.
By Joe Pattersona day ago in Confessions
Angel: Alley Way
Los Angeles. A city where so many lost angels come and find demons. One such angel is a young woman named Marissa Elerby. A young woman who seeks a career as an actress, but will soon find what really lies under the hood of Hollywood is far more imaginative and horrifying than any movie could ever depict.
By Joe Patterson3 days ago in Fiction
Dream Big
17 year old Vincent Comer is sitting at the lunch table in the high school cafeteria waiting for his best friends, Tina and Roger to meet him. Vincent is the captain of the varsity football team at Ridgemont High, so he is very physically fit. While at the table Vincent is surrounded by a mountain of junk food including: a loaded taco for Taco Tuesday, 2 large fries, a big bag of Lays potato chips, and a large bottle of Pepsi. Tina and Roger arrive just in time to find Vince inhaling his food.
By Joe Patterson5 days ago in Fiction
Accountability
How often do we play the blame game when life gets rough? Very often I suppose. When things go wrong we often cry, get angry, start pointing fingers at the cause of our problems and throw ourselves a big pity party to prop ourselves up, but one thing we often fail to do is take accountability for our actions.
By Joe Patterson7 days ago in Confessions
United 93: Impact of a Legend
One Friday night, April 28th, 2006 my dad came to pick me up from my grandma’s house and told me we were going to the movies. There wasn’t any movie out that I particularly wanted to see that weekend so I wasn’t interested in going, nevertheless he made me go anyway and told me we were going to see United 93. I had no idea what the heck that was so now I was even less interested in going. There was also another movie showing that night named Akeelah and the Bee. Though I wasn’t crazy about that movie either I did atleast go watch it while my dad was watching United 93.
By Joe Patterson7 days ago in Journal
Tying The Knot
Weddings really are a time to be alive. Everyone is a sucker for a ceremony of love in which two people who are soulmates are ready to tie the knot and fortify their love forever. I only started going to weddings just over the course of the past decade of my adult life. For some reason as a kid I never got around to many. I’ve seen many people I love walk down the isle of ever lasting love, but being part of the wedding of my little brother and his better half has definitely been one of my favorites.
By Joe Patterson7 days ago in Confessions