theme

I'm writing a short story that will be surrounding a village girl and a local legend of a deity known as The Weaver, who controls the fates of every living creature. The protagonist and a couple of her friends venture into the caverns where this entity is said to reside, which will be the bulk...

I'm writing a short story that will be surrounding a village girl and a local legend of a deity known as The Weaver, who controls the fates of every living creature. The protagonist and a couple of her friends venture into the caverns where this entity is said to reside, which will be the bulk...

I've had several conversations today that have led me to this question: What was the initial spark of inspiration for a story you've finished, and what did the initial, rudimentary development process look like? I tend to hit the ground running on stories inspired by a flash vision of a...

TLDR: How important is it to have the theme of your plot (and subplots) nailed down prior to writing? As I have started down this path to write my first novel I’ve heard a lot of good advice when it comes to the importance of an overarching theme. Most will say having a theme is important...

Hello, I often encounter the advice that, when developing a main theme for a story, one should begin with a core truth and then invert it into a falsehood that the main character (MC) believes until their pivotal "ah-ha" moment. In my novel, a key theme is "You can always find light in the...

For a while now, and after several unsuccessful attempts, I have tried to somehow connect my fictional world to my real world as an author. I still haven't got it! I mean, my Storyworld, it was made from scratch, without any connection to this world; All to serve the story. The laws of nature...