UltimaBahamut93
Scribe
Some of my favorite stories of all time have had layers to them. On the surface it's a story about X, but really it's also a story about Y. Might not be the best example of this but let's take the OT Star Wars. Is it a story about space battles and laser swords? Yes. But is that it? No, on a deeper level it's about family and good vs evil. I imagine stories like this to be a layered cake. It's all one cake but there's several layers going on, and some of them might be different flavors, but they all intentionally go together. (Great now I'm hungry)
Some of my ideas I didn't do intentionally but other ideas I have, where there will be an overarching theme of a story, or at least of the main character. Let's say the MC has to deal with finding his identity while living under the shadow of his deceased father who he hates. So there would be a theme of "Finding your identity." Other characters can be examples of different paths that the MC can go down to try to find the answer to the question of "Who am I?", some good and some not.
But I want to be careful of not writing a story to fit a theme, rather have it be natural and existing in the story without me shouting at the reader with a megaphone "Hey! Remember the theme? You should feel [insert emotional response here] now!"
So what is some advice for doing this well? My favorite books/movies are the ones that you can think about on a deeper level a week after experiencing it and it still makes you reflect on it. I want my stories to be silly goofy adventures with dragons and magic, but also dealing with depression, love, and finding hope in a dark world.
Some of my ideas I didn't do intentionally but other ideas I have, where there will be an overarching theme of a story, or at least of the main character. Let's say the MC has to deal with finding his identity while living under the shadow of his deceased father who he hates. So there would be a theme of "Finding your identity." Other characters can be examples of different paths that the MC can go down to try to find the answer to the question of "Who am I?", some good and some not.
But I want to be careful of not writing a story to fit a theme, rather have it be natural and existing in the story without me shouting at the reader with a megaphone "Hey! Remember the theme? You should feel [insert emotional response here] now!"
So what is some advice for doing this well? My favorite books/movies are the ones that you can think about on a deeper level a week after experiencing it and it still makes you reflect on it. I want my stories to be silly goofy adventures with dragons and magic, but also dealing with depression, love, and finding hope in a dark world.