Serving non-referenced static files

Hello again, 

I could use some help on loading static files in development mode. Specifically, I'd like to tell Django to serve additional files that are not explicitly loaded in the html with {% load static %}. My issue is actually identical to this post, where I could use some extra explanation on their suggested fix. To restate the issue, I load a static javascript file within my myapp/index.html:

{% load static %}
<script src="{% static 'myapp/myscript_1.js' %}"></script>

The javascript file (myscript_1.js) references another javascript file (myscript_2.js) as well as some other media (e.g. a number of *.png, *.css, *.json files). However, Django doesn't serve these files because they are not directly loaded in the html, and a 404 error is thrown when trying to find myscript_2.js - along with the other files. How do I get Django to serve these files as well? 

It looks like Django is searching for the files at http://127.0.0.1:8000/myapp/myscript_2.js. Could I forward this path to http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/myapp/myscript_2.js? I'm trying to do this with the following in my urls.py (in projects urls.py - not the myapp urls.py):

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
urlpatterns += static(path=settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)

and in my settings.py:

STATIC_ROOT =  os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_URL = /static/

This isn't working for me though, and I think I'm using the static() function incorrectly. Could someone offer some guidance on how to set this up for development testing?

Thanks in advance,

Jack

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