Dolphinia wrote:
Most of the people I talk to say they find the theme once they start doing a read through of their work, then incorporate it into the rest of the story. Some themes are an accident that the writer doesn't even realize until people start reading there work and commenting on it.
Well those are my thought. D.
Wow. You should bring your friends here, if they're into fantasy. :)
That's really interesting. I can relate to themes showing up as the plot progresses.
The reason I incorporated the idea of symbolism in with themes is that the same theme can be used with entirely different situations—and similar to something you said, one might not realize what the parallels to other situations (or the symbolism) are until way into the writing (or even not until long after, if at all). It's interesting the people you talk with said something so similar—I hadn't expected that.
I've recently realized that a theme in my story matches a theme in technology that I face in life frequently. I've had the story idea around for well over a decade—so this intrigues me. It's somewhat complex and seemingly mystical—so I was a little surprised to see it parallel so well with something real/concrete that even I deal with on a daily basis.
Anyway, this is what got me to post about themes—so it's very interesting that your friends say something similar, only about how themes evolve (rather than what they parallel to).
