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Tag: Theme

Theme: What is it?

February 2, 2015September 14, 2022 ~ Megan ~ Leave a comment

While studying theme (something like thirty masters' worth of info), I saw that the masters have a number of ways of defining theme, with the definitions ranging from one all-encompassing word to whole formulas that describe a story in a sort of theme-premise continuum.  Originally I thought I'd combine all of these definitions into one master theme, … Continue reading Theme: What is it?

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