“Uncover the Secret Threads: How to Seamlessly Infuse Deep Themes into Your Writing!”
“Come on now, I got a schedule to keep.”
Doris rose, wincing at her aching bones, and dragged herself onto the bus, where she chose a seat near the back window and watched the city she no longer recognized scroll by outside.
This passage conveys what the story wants to say about time, but something feels weak about it.
It’s loose, like a series of thoughts and descriptions that has a central idea but not quite. To change that, let’s review our theme-relevant words above and take another crack at it.