Creating Thematic Goals for Your Characters
And how they connect to the inciting incident and plot goals
Stories, whether told onscreen, on paper, or by word of mouth, allow us to vicariously learn from the experiences of characters important lessons relevant to our own lives. Those lessons, or the questions you as the writer want your audience to reflect on after the story has ended, are the themes of your story.
Themes include:
Life is still worth living a…
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