tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586450397369280599.post3565227360630683018..comments2023-07-05T03:53:20.503-06:00Comments on The Laws of Making: Long Form: VariationDeren Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260147750947135832noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586450397369280599.post-35938299399053273392011-03-11T20:23:59.902-07:002011-03-11T20:23:59.902-07:00Anne,
Thank you.
I suspect themes emerge most na...Anne,<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />I suspect themes emerge most naturally not when you try to develop them but because it's something you've been thinking about. That, at least, sounds like the case with the emergent themes in your first book.Deren Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11260147750947135832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586450397369280599.post-32950016226104660532011-03-09T08:12:18.371-07:002011-03-09T08:12:18.371-07:00I found when I finished my first book, my beta rea...I found when I finished my first book, my beta readers found themes throughout my ms. that I had no idea I'd even placed there. I knew I had used the masquerade idea, but hadn't realized I's also taken it to a whole other level. I wasn't consciously aware of it. Now, as I try to do it for this next, and consciously put them in, I can't. I guess they have to be organic, b/c now my writing is off kilter. I know I'm trying too hard.<br /><br />Nice post.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.com