“Uncover the Secret Threads: How to Seamlessly Infuse Deep Themes into Your Writing!”
Every part of this passage now emphasizes time, using words that call to mind clocks, seasons, fast and slow, old and young. Not only does it bring forth the theme and message more strongly, it also makes the story more vivid, tight, and emotional.
Writing theme—specifically the passage of time—in this example takes on new meaning because the context of the story’s character, perspective, setting, and conflict all points back to the character’s relationship with time itself.
The theme becomes more purposeful because the theme, the passage of time, has a purpose in how the character experiences her surroundings.
