So, I've been having a hard time figuring out what to write about on here. I'm a bit stuck but I found a quote that I really like and wanted to share so here it is:
Somehow I always manage to incorporate how I feel in my writing. If I've been in a rut or feeling depressed somehow the story I'm writing ends up being a little darker, with the main character having deeper, darker issues that they have to figure out. But if life is going great and everything is just all sunshine and rainbows then my characters are more positive, more happy and excited. That's why whenever I write my first draft I never think about the theme or what I'm trying to say because once I read over what I've written I get a pretty good idea of what the theme is and what my characters are expressing to the reader. I even learn a little about myself.
My dad read one of my short stories and he is currently in the middle of reading a novel that I wrote and he said that there seems to be a trend of how my characters are the outcasts, and don't really fit in and I realized that without trying to I had put a piece of myself into the story because there are times that I feel that I don't fit in.
I think I've rambled enough for today but tell me what you think of the C.S. Lewis quote and about how you figure out the theme of your story. :):) Have a great weekend!
First of all, its C.S. Lewis. Who hasn't heard of him and/or his books? Second, I think this quote is so very true at least for me anyways. There are some writers who plot every scene out before writing and I commend them because I can't do that but even then those writers don't have a crystal clear image of what is going to happen in every sentence of the book. No, if someone knew that they would be... kind of genius. Most writers write to understand their book, what their trying to say. For me writing is so much easier than talking because I can revise and think before I say anything and there is always a message in whatever I write even if I don't see it.
Somehow I always manage to incorporate how I feel in my writing. If I've been in a rut or feeling depressed somehow the story I'm writing ends up being a little darker, with the main character having deeper, darker issues that they have to figure out. But if life is going great and everything is just all sunshine and rainbows then my characters are more positive, more happy and excited. That's why whenever I write my first draft I never think about the theme or what I'm trying to say because once I read over what I've written I get a pretty good idea of what the theme is and what my characters are expressing to the reader. I even learn a little about myself.
My dad read one of my short stories and he is currently in the middle of reading a novel that I wrote and he said that there seems to be a trend of how my characters are the outcasts, and don't really fit in and I realized that without trying to I had put a piece of myself into the story because there are times that I feel that I don't fit in.
I think I've rambled enough for today but tell me what you think of the C.S. Lewis quote and about how you figure out the theme of your story. :):) Have a great weekend!
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