Yes, if you think of your themes as driving your symbols, it makes it much easier to weave the symbols between the lines without hitting the reader over the head.
Thanks so much for reading Do You Believe in Magic? and for leaving a review! That is awesome. I'm going to return the favor and start reading your serialized novel! I'm sorry that I haven't to this point.
And yes, I'm a huge Stephen Donaldson fan. I rank him in the top 5 fantasy authors. His writing is beyond extraordinary.
I really like that idea of themes defining symbols. I'm a recovering panster going serialising the heavy rewrite of my nanowrimo 50k outline and I'm still discovering the story and its themes. But thinking of the symbols as I go through a third time to make it a novel I think will really help make it that bit more concrete.
I've finished Do You Believe in Magic? and thoroughly enjoyed it, and despite it not being aimed at me I was excited each night to read it. There's something about the world that's really intriguing, and the level (for teens) is easy to read for a tired parent mind too! I realised in reading it that my teenage favourite Thomas Covenant Chronicles is also portal fiction. Hadn't clicked on that until I read your book. Seems I like the genre. :)
Eagerly awaiting Book 2. And heading over to Amazon now to leave a review.
Hi Zane!
Yes, if you think of your themes as driving your symbols, it makes it much easier to weave the symbols between the lines without hitting the reader over the head.
Thanks so much for reading Do You Believe in Magic? and for leaving a review! That is awesome. I'm going to return the favor and start reading your serialized novel! I'm sorry that I haven't to this point.
And yes, I'm a huge Stephen Donaldson fan. I rank him in the top 5 fantasy authors. His writing is beyond extraordinary.
I really like that idea of themes defining symbols. I'm a recovering panster going serialising the heavy rewrite of my nanowrimo 50k outline and I'm still discovering the story and its themes. But thinking of the symbols as I go through a third time to make it a novel I think will really help make it that bit more concrete.
I've finished Do You Believe in Magic? and thoroughly enjoyed it, and despite it not being aimed at me I was excited each night to read it. There's something about the world that's really intriguing, and the level (for teens) is easy to read for a tired parent mind too! I realised in reading it that my teenage favourite Thomas Covenant Chronicles is also portal fiction. Hadn't clicked on that until I read your book. Seems I like the genre. :)
Eagerly awaiting Book 2. And heading over to Amazon now to leave a review.