Theme for Novelists and Screenwriters: Mastering the Single Most Powerful Ingredient of Story
Learn how to capture the power of theme to enhance your story, entice publishers, captivate readers, and attract the film and television industry. All stories have a beginning, middle, and an end. All great stories have one thing in common: a compelling theme.
The stories that we love, the ones considered classics, the ones we read or watch again and again, the ones enjoyed for generations, making them timeless—are stories with themes that speak to us. Theme is the story element that most powerfully attracts and engages readers and audiences.
Theme broadens your audience.
Theme enriches and elevates your story and your writing. It is crucial step in progressing from the craft of writing to the art of storytelling.
Theme is what your story is about. Not the plot, but the message, the meaning, what you, the writer, believe we, your audience, need to hear.
Theme is the key to cracking your story, creating compelling characters, and crafting distinctive dialogue.
Theme can convince agents, managers, and executives that you possess one of the most sought after qualities—a writer with a voice.
Understanding the message of your story—what it is about at its heart—is a powerful tool at every juncture in the life of your story, from conceiving and shaping the concept, through writing and rewriting, to bringing it to the marketplace through creating loglines, querying, and pitching. As a writer, you have something to say. Theme is the best way to ensure your story will be heard.
Benefits:
- Identify Theme and How It Is Different Than Plot
- Create Themes That Make Stories Beloved and Timeless
- Learn to Use Theme to Make All Big Story Decisions
- Discover How to Use Theme to Outline, Create Compelling Characters and Write Crackling Dialogue
- Craft Standout Marketing With Theme