Themes

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I painted this when I was seventeen. It's been at my mother's for years and recently in my attic. While searching for a picture frame, I found the painting and when I turned it around, I was staring at the central motif, a Tree of Life, of my finished manuscript.

Writers have personal themes that they continue to return in their writing. Most write stories, finding the themes only after their books is nearly written. Without realizing it, writers explore themes important to their own search for meaning.

Themes are a writer's searches for meaning in his life.