Rebuilding A Story – The Climb #539

Friday 14th August 2020

I’m actually thinking that 2020 might turn out to be the Year of Theme rather than the Year Of Everything On Fire.

One of my big growths as an author this year is really looking at theme and seeing how to integrate it more into my work.  Instead of being an afterthought used to describe what I’ve just written, it’s something that’s incorporated into outline or draft from the outset.

I suspect I’m a little over-reliant on it at the moment.  It’s shiny and new and I want to...