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Novel Boot Camp #6: Developing a Theme

August 12, 201510 Comments

6837575065_59b31b0929_oWriters don’t often consider theme. It’s something we tend to associate with high school literature class or Pulitzer Prizewinners. Theme can seem stuffy or contrived.

Some writers feel that themes develop organically or that they are discovered by readers or professors only after a novel is already written and out in the world. Continue reading →

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