Writing Blockbuster Plots by Martha Alderson

Author:Martha Alderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

The following questions can help you find the theme of your story:

What message do you want the reader to be left with after she has finished reading your book?

Why are you writing the book?

What are you trying to say?

What is the overall conclusion you want your readers to walk away with?

Do not worry if you are unable to answer these questions until after you have written a draft or two—theme is most resonant when it is not imposed on the story but comes from within it. If you have not yet discovered the theme of your project, write down the questions above and tape the list to your computer. Then keep searching as you write.

Eventually you do want to know the theme for two reasons:

Theme matters to the reader. Readers today are deluged with books and magazines and the Internet. For them to commit their precious time to reading your story, you must provide a deeper message beyond the pure enjoyment of reading your words. Theme defines what is at stake in your story.

The more clearly you can define your theme, the tighter your story. Once you know your theme, your scene choices will follow theme, as opposed to following other possibilities.

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