: Re: Picking a theme as a discovery writer When I write I often don't have any great meaningful moral to share. I don't have a message that I want to convey to the reader. I often don't write

@Connie138

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A theme isn't a "meaningful moral"

Or even a regular moral.

A theme is the central idea and a moral is a lesson. These can overlap, but they're not the same thing.

It's okay to develop your themes (yes, you can have more than one in the same work) as you write. You may not even know them until the end. Or you might need someone else beta reading your work to point them out.

If you're a discovery writer, why tell yourself that you must have a theme in mind as you write? Allow your characters to tell their story and figure the rest out as its ready to be figured out.

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