Jan 26
10 min read
Elements of Fiction (82)
Element 82: Theme
When someone asks you what the story is about, what he or she wants to know is its Theme. The physical action consist of long car ride from New York to Albuquerque with a stop-over in Austin, but that is not what the story is about.
Many good writers have pondered this element, and I share some of them here, beginning with Elizabeth Bowen who says, “The theme is…
