WELL ... WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Theme Stated: At this point, your secondary character poses a question or statement to your main character. This question is the theme of the story.

So now we've gotten through some of the most obvious exposition, and we knew we'd have to eventually get to -- you know -- the story. This is where 'Theme Stated' comes in. 1. The Theme Stated is the most direct statement of intention in Story A. Part of the reason I called this process The Story Map is segments like 'Theme State...