tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6607289278638365205..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: What is theme? - Heather DyerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69834568606396096452015-09-03T15:35:26.496+01:002015-09-03T15:35:26.496+01:00Thanks... a great post with a beautiful image that...Thanks... a great post with a beautiful image that definitely captures the meandering ways of theme. Like Nick, also liked the idea of Point 6. Am off to try it. In a screenplay the theme is usually hinted at very early just after the set up and often stated out loud in dialogue by one of the other characters but in a novel maybe themes are more layered. Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73672735869205141732015-09-03T10:08:42.320+01:002015-09-03T10:08:42.320+01:00Thanks Nick - yes, lovely when your character spea...Thanks Nick - yes, lovely when your character speaks your theme aloud for you, and you just sit back and think, 'Well! Out of the mouths of babes...!' <br />Heather Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663116147353986746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-51455451390253419072015-09-03T09:53:18.316+01:002015-09-03T09:53:18.316+01:00*Has to. Not as to. Went all Cockney there.*Has to. Not as to. Went all Cockney there.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87662070355190378602015-09-03T09:52:24.419+01:002015-09-03T09:52:24.419+01:00I love point 6. That's very true. Somewhere in...I love point 6. That's very true. Somewhere in most books is that line from which the whole rest of the book is spun (even if that line was written late on). Perhaps the theme is more like the book's DNA, rather than its meaning or moral per se.<br /><br />The only time I was aware of this consciously was when I was writing my third Cat Kin book. Towards the end, one of the characters says, 'What's the point of having nine lives if you don't even have one?' And I realised this was the theme. The tension between trying to be heroic and do the right thing, and making a life for yourself that you actually want to live. It didn't offer an answer, but I think a theme doesn't have to - it just as to pose a question.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.com