Season 1 Episode 5: Theme with Guest Author Amey Zeigler
In this episode we dive into theme and the importance of it with guest author Amey Zeigler. She breaks down why theme is important in your writing, finding the theme of your book, how you relate your character’s motivations to theme, what it means to “prove” your theme, and more!
Episode Speakers & Guests
Amey Zeigler
Amey Zeigler is an award-winning author of romantic comedies and mysteries. Her mainstream romance, The Casserole Dish, won the Runner-Up in the Rone for Sweet Contemporary Romance. Her ten years of theater training in college and high school inspired her to narrate her own books. She spins stories with humor, charm, and heart, often with a dash of action and adventure. When she’s not writing, she is teasing her three kids, globe-trotting with her husband (for book research of course!), or trying new things. You can find her at www.ameyzeigler.com or @ameyzeigler on Instagram and Twitter.
Downloads & Resources
Challenge
Look over your current manuscript and see if you can find repetitions of actions, and try to decipher what you’re trying to say, and see if there are themes coming out in your work.
BONUS! Next time you start a new project, start with the theme first and see if it helps you create your characters that embody, prove and challenge the theme.
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