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It's a crazy thing to realize that finding the theme before you start writing and outlining is a huge point in your process.I've never been able to articulate that before or even fully understood it, but as I start working on notes for my next MS, I realized that I was floundering, in part, because I didn't have a solid grasp on the theme.
I made notes about characters and setting and things that would happen, but struggled with how to bring it all together all the way up until the moment when I unburied the theme. Once I found that, it's been a lot easier to make certain decisions that will make the actual writing part easier.
The journey I've been on for the last year and a half has opened up a lot of different avenues and experiences around writing as a craft. It's a journey that hasn't been so intensely focused since my later fandom years when I wrote with a greater sense of purpose. It's rewarding and daunting and so deeply precious that I fall in love with the art of the craft over and over again every day. Even when it's really hard.
I made notes about characters and setting and things that would happen, but struggled with how to bring it all together all the way up until the moment when I unburied the theme. Once I found that, it's been a lot easier to make certain decisions that will make the actual writing part easier.
The journey I've been on for the last year and a half has opened up a lot of different avenues and experiences around writing as a craft. It's a journey that hasn't been so intensely focused since my later fandom years when I wrote with a greater sense of purpose. It's rewarding and daunting and so deeply precious that I fall in love with the art of the craft over and over again every day. Even when it's really hard.
