{"id":2221,"date":"2011-02-24T03:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2011-02-22T19:45:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T01:45:58","slug":"craft-do-you-get-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/craft-do-you-get-the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"CRAFT: Do You Get the Message?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Craigs-Legacy-Book-Cover-wSTL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1797\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"Craigs' Legacy by Terry Campbell\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Craigs-Legacy-Book-Cover-wSTL.jpg\" alt=\"Craigs' Legacy by Terry Campbell\" width=\"207\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Craigs-Legacy-Book-Cover-wSTL.jpg 432w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Craigs-Legacy-Book-Cover-wSTL-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>Welcome to the another article in the <strong>Craft<\/strong> series, this one by Bobbye Terry, a frequent guest columnist at the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Writer\u2019s Fun Zone<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>^*^<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do You Get the Message?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Theme<\/strong><\/span> is one of the main components of fiction. Think of it as the spoke of a wheel around which your main characters revolve. Without it, there is nothing that holds your story together. Even if you are a writer who is a pantser, you should know what your theme is going to be before you start your fictional work. It weaves through the entire story like the thread of an expert seamstress.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Do you still feel shaky about what <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">theme<\/span><\/strong> is? Think of these major points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Theme is the main idea, moral or message, often pertaining to the human condition, life as it exists, or society and its strictures.<\/li>\n<li>Your characters should either embrace or stray away from the theme during the course of the novel. Their most outstanding personality traits should mesh well or totally grate against it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">popular theme<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">s<\/span><\/strong> and this list doesn\u2019t include all that exist:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Good vs. Evil<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Man vs. the Power of Nature<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Man vs. Societal Pressure<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fate vs. Free Will<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Man Struggles to Understand Divinity<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crime Doesn\u2019t Pay<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overcoming Adversity<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Importance of Family<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 Growing Up and Initiation<\/p>\n<p>11.\u00a0 Time is the Great Equalizer<\/p>\n<p>12.\u00a0 Love Conquers All<\/p>\n<p>13.\u00a0 Death is Part of Life<\/p>\n<p>14.\u00a0 Sacrifices Bring Reward<\/p>\n<p>15.\u00a0 Suffering and Redemption<\/p>\n<p>Here are some well-known themes in literature:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Scarlet Letter<\/strong>-Sin affects all people, Suffering and Redemption<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Grapes of Wrath<\/strong>&#8211; Overcoming Adversity and Man vs. Societal Pressure<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Wizard of Oz<\/strong>-There\u2019s no place like home, The Importance of Family<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gone With the Wind<\/strong>-Overcoming Adversity is the all-encompassing theme. There is a secondary theme thread of fighting the inevitable. Remember, Scarlett always wants to think about that tomorrow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As you can see from the examples of themes from specific literary works, a book can have more than one theme, but one is usually predominant, while the other adds to it, like a secondary plotline.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example from my own work, <strong>Millicent<\/strong>, a long short story bordering on a short novella that will be released in digital format in March as a teaser for my upcoming science fiction novella series, <em>The Cash Chronicles(CC)<\/em>. Though the series is science fiction, <strong>Millicent<\/strong> is an historical, because the villainess in the first book of CC is cryogenically frozen in the past and survives in the twenty-second century.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The story starts with Millicent as a seven-year-old cowering in the home\u2019s milk room because her father is on a drunken rampage upstairs. He\u2019s already beaten her brother until he is unconscious. His mother is now being beaten and the girl hears her mother shoot a gun three times. However, she\u2019s a child, never concluding that her father has already killed her brother and now her mother has silenced him forever. The last line of the opening is, \u201cShe\u2019d never trust a man again, especially her Papa.\u201d This scene sets up the main theme, the need for security and introduces a secondary one, never trust a man for security. The need for security morphs and grows during the story, into an overwhelming desire for power, the whole concept of absolute power corrupting everything. There is even another theme that plays a secondary note in the story, man vs. societal pressure. William, the hero, is a man without a compass, fighting to have love but not willing to sacrifice his position in society. However, he needs security every bit as much as Millicent, even sacrificing his principles to keep it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, so you think this story has none of my characteristic humor, but it does. This 13,000-word story also has one main theme and three secondary ones.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a better feel for how to integrate theme in your book?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to hear what the theme(s) are in your work-in-progress.<\/p>\n<p>^*^<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><strong>About the Guest Columnist:<\/strong><\/em> <\/span>Bobbye Terry is the muti-published writer of romantic comedy, suspense  and fantasy. She also writes under the pseudonyms Daryn Cross and Terry  Campbell and has books out or slated for publication through Black Opal  Books, Crescent Moon Press, Eternal Press, L&amp;L Dreamspell and  Turquoise Morning Press. Her most recent novel release co-written as  Terry Campbell is the novel, <em>Craigs\u2019 Legacy<\/em>, Black Opal Books. Her first mystery novella, <em>Buried in Briny Bay<\/em>, debuts on March 14.  For more information, check out her online headquarters: <\/span><\/span><a title=\"Bobbye Terry, Author\" href=\"http:\/\/bobbyeterry.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">http:\/\/BobbyeTerry.Blogspot.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the another article in the Craft series, this one by Bobbye Terry, a frequent guest columnist at the Writer\u2019s Fun Zone. ^*^ Do You Get the Message? 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