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A definition of touchstone on thefreedictionary.com says: an excellent quality or example that is used to test the excellence or genuineness of others.
A thematic significance statement becomes a sort of touchstone for writers. A statement that best represents your entire story shines as an excellent example to test the excellence of each scene in relationship to the whole.
Theme Exercise:
1) Write a thematic significance statement you believe best represents the deeper meaning of your story.
2) Ask yourself:
- How does the thematic statement apply to the protagonist's internal and external plot?
- How does it apply to the antagonist?
- What about to the romance plot?
3) Arrange the different themes and ideas that seem the truest to your story into ten thematic statements (use words you often say when attempting to convey to others what your story is really all about).
4) Hone the ten statements down to one that incorporates all the major elements and feels like the truest and best representation of your entire story.
5) Write that statement where you will see it every time you write. Use the thematic significance statement as your touchstone and a continual reminder of the focus of your story. Let the thematic significance statement help guide you.
For more about the importance of theme in stories and for more help and examples and exercises to develop a thematic significance statement of your story, see "More Plot Tips" below.
Coming Soon!The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing is available for pre-order now. Ships 12/12.
More Plot Tips:
The story you're writing and the audience you're writing it for help determine the exact right number of plots and subplots the story requires.
The complexity and number of plots differ for a storybook as compared to a middle-grade novel versus an epic historical or character-driven women's fiction that feature relationship plot-lines between several main characters.
No matter how many or how few plots your genre demands, every great tale separates out at least three major plot-lines:
A character transforms (character emotional development plot)
in a meaningful way (thematic significance plot)
by what happens in the story (dramatic action plot).
Coming Soon!The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing is available for pre-order now. Ships 12/12.
More Plot Tips:
How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? was met with such an enthusiastic response that we continued filming, creating new plot series to reinforce and build on the first one. Overtime, we found that each new series seemed to bury the old ones until all the plot series became a muddled mess.
Now, having mastered the concept of Playlists on Youtube, we have organized the different series for your viewing enjoyment and to help you pick and choose the videos that will best support your writing needs no matter where you are in writing your novel, memoir, screenplay.
The Different Playlists are listed below with links to each. Also, for future reference, please find the Directory for the Plot Series on Youtube on the left sidebar of the blog.
How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay?
Quick Plot Tips
Monday Morning Plot Book Group
Glossary of Plot and Writing Terms
Plot the Thematic Significance of Your Story
Plot the Beginning of Your Story
Plot the Middle of Your Story
Plot the End of Your Story
PlotWriMoPlot your story step-by-step with the help of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
More Plot Tips:
1) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master