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What are your writing themes?

June 21st 2008 09:09
This month's NaBloPoMo theme is home.

It is a pity that my writing priorities lie elsewhere at the moment, as home has always been a theme close to my heart, and is my #1 theme right now.

When I started writing I wasn't sure what my themes would be, and I found that discouraging as I had read somewhere that identifying your themes was important. I kept writing, though, and the more I wrote, the clearer it became what my themes are.

Themes are concepts that always find their ways into your stories. They are most likely concepts that you struggle with on some level, and you try to understand them or find an answer to them.

If you ask me where home is, I could give you a few answers. If you told me to pick one of those answers and stick with it I'd be stumped. I couldn't pick one. That's why home - and particularly the question what home is - will keep coming up in my stories, until I find the answer.

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Comment by Brenton

June 23rd 2008 11:40
Some themes include -

The absurdity of human intollernce or struggle

The nature of good or evil

The true nature of what appears innocent or harmless

It's not as pretencious as it sounds...

Comment by Sonya 1

June 23rd 2008 20:04
Hi Brenton,

I know, themes can sound ridiculously pretentious. One of mine is: the relative nature of The Truth ...

I guess it doesn't matter if themes sound pretentious or silly, as long as they make you pick up that pen or turn on that computer and write.

Sonya

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