Not Just Another Bumper Sticker

I’ve been thinking alot lately – brainstorming, internalizing, analyzing and something that’s been on my mind is an element of story known by many names – core story, message, theme…

In this month’s RWR Claudia Welch, aka Claudia Dain, wrote the absolute best article on theme I’ve ever read.

She likens story to a set of cards where the suits are plot, character, setting and theme. She says theme is more connected to voice than plot because each writer has a set of truths their hearts circle...