tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550 Writing Excuses Transcripts Writing Excuses Transcripts 2011-02-07T21:48:00Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550:13214 ext_88293 2011-02-07T21:48:00Z 2011-02-07T21:48:00Z She's In Love With The Boy, Trisha Yearwood thick-soled? public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses Season Two Episode 12: Theme<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/12/28/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-12-theme/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/12/28/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-12-theme/</a><br /><br />Key Points: If plot is the skeleton of your story, theme is the soul you stick inside it. Them is what the story is about. Theme may grow out of characters, out of their conflicts. Theme may direct your research. Don't let theme overshadow your story and characters.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/13214.html#cutid1">the discourse of the three wise men?</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />[Brandon] Writing Prompt?<br />[Dan] I did the last one.<br />[Brandon] Write a story with no theme. Whatsoever. That means nothing. Howard said it's not possible, prove him wrong.<br />[Howard] That's good. Give us a short story that's meaningless. What have we wrought?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=13214" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments