Overriding themes in your work...

[Culhwch]

I was just wondering what themes are most common in everyone's work? Do you continue to come back to the same themes, or each time you start something new, are you looking to explore new themes?

For me, honour, loyalty and friendship are usually always to the fore in anything I wirte. Just lately I have noticed that themes of redemption keep popping up in my writing. I've been wondering where that's coming from, and if it's a subconscious thing, but I can't think of anything I'm seeking redemption for, so maybe it's just an interest thing, I don't know...

 

[Brys]

The themes in mine are very different - Death, futility, dishonour, betrayal and unjust government.

They usually exist to some extent -the first two perhaps more than any other. I don't know why, but perhaps its because I'm used to seeing the opposite so often, and enjoy the latter in novels so much more that I write about them.

 

[FelineEyes]

Friendship, love, redemption, family, and death seem to pop up pretty consistently in my work, but I'm not sure I would go so far as to call it a theme.

 

[Brian G Turner]

I was just wondering what themes are most common in everyone's work?

Good topic!

Sort of themes...

1. Spiritual exploration
2. Corrupt authority to be challenged
3. Sacrifice

 

[bendoran]

mostly death and religion, witha healthy dose of love(both romantic and plutonic).

 

[Bill Snodgrass]

Responding to ones calling comes up for me.

Value of life...

Doing what is right instead of doing what is easy...

Duty...

Prejudice...

 

[polymorphikos]

Blending, hybridisation and general intersections and patterns.

 

[Marky Lazer]

I was just wondering what themes are most common in everyone's work? Do you continue to come back to the same themes, or each time you start something new, are you looking to explore new themes?

People with pointless lives try to make something out of it. Or are forced to make something out of it.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

The un-trustworthiness of reality.

And the attempt to nevertheless give life some meaning.

That sorta nonsense.

 

[WarlikeMenelaos]

Racism and other prejudice, destiny, what is good and evil, friendship, love, war and self-sacrifice....to varying degrees these appear in my work

 

[Thadlerian]

Various grassroot-connected themes seem to put themselves in emphasis in my writings. Hard work, unity, solidarity, learning, stupid/unjust government.

 

[Prefx]

Hypocrisy, slight defeat, utter defeats, redemption, religion, bigotry, love, and risk taking.

 

[hedgeknight]

I have a tendency to create "evil" or "bad" characters who are 3-D - not just bad because they are necessary to my story, but rather why they "choose that path". Usually their lives are tragic and I hope that the reader will have some "sympathy for the devil" so to speak.

Other recurrent themes are misconstrued prejudices, plots within plots, endings that sneak up on the reader, and softcore erotica.
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