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Finding the theme of your book requires diving into why you are writing it. What motivated you to start writing it? If you didn’t have a motivation from the beginning, what patterns do you find yourself returning to with the internal and external stories?
The theme is not the log line (what the story is about), but the take-away message about what is important in our world. It’s where you put yourself and your beliefs into a work of fiction.
It’s probably impossible to avoid a trope of some kind—all stories fall into some kind of trope—and this is fine! What makes your story stand out is the writing, characters, setting, and the change your protagonist goes through.
What are the essential elements of a fantasy novel? Do you have a killer magic system? Personal stakes? A character you love sharing with the world?
These three writing and editing books have helped me the most in my writing and editing journey.
What do you think of when you hear someone say, “I really like that author’s style?” What about when they say, “they write with such a strong voice?” How are those two things different from the author’s tone? Is there any overlap between these three terms? The simple answer is yes, they are different, butContinueContinue reading “Authorial Style, Tone, and Voice—What Are the Differences Anyway?”
Leah Boyer