Theme:We now must tread carefully. Nothing will ruin a book faster than an author dead set on cramming a thematic message down the reader's brain. Less competent writers don't have faith in their readers' intelligence. Those authors feel like they need to spell out the moral of the story. If you believe in your protagonist's ability to run the show and live through the complications of the storyline, you'll let the theme evolve naturally from the actions of your own characters. Nobody needs to tell us that Oscar the Grouch really isn't all that grouchy. When we hold our Second Life book club for your novel, and we all sit around and talk about what your book meant to us, what will we say? What message will we have taken away from your efforts?
Singin' the Blues
I might be a dog, he told the crowd, but I'm a damn talented dog, and besides ...
Civilized
Describe a situation where tact played an important role. What's nicer, the inside or outside of your house? What happened at the last dinner party you attended?
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Civilised by Wolfgang Glinka
So civilised.
Coffee - fairtrade and Colombian..
Sunday Newpapers.
Wine clubs.
Organic.
Colonic.
Ironic.
Trendy socks.
Botoxed.
Detoxed.
Amnesty.
Green Peace.
Tibet.
You have such taste.
Know all the answers.
So civilised.
Wolfgang Glinka.
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