What in your story is so important that the rest of the story can’t stand without it? It’s the theme, of course. This is why I love thinking of theme as this new term I heard from JGlover’s post: the story keystone.

Even after you’ve heard me harp on theme time after time, you still need to read this post. JGlover breaks down story keystones so well and gives tons of examples from fiction and non-fiction. If you fail to learn about story keystones, the rest of your story can’t stand on its own! So head over and check out this lesson. You won’t regret it!

Happy writing!
—E.J.