Story themes
During the process of writing a story, an author can use a theme as a framework for their story. This helps the author develop his characters and their clothing, geographical and building descriptions, local weather, language (National or idiomatic), music (from opera to music videos), level of technology present, plot and other parts of their story line descriptors.
This technique is also used by artists, composers, film makers and other creative people. Many authors will create the story theme and use it repeatedly to write a series of artworks, books or stories. Themes are very important in maintaining continuity in a series of works.
Example
The "Equlizer" franchise has been around since 1985.
- In the first "Equalizer" , Robert McCall (played by Edward Woodward) is a retired, Caucasian MI6 operative answering advertisement from people who need help.
- The second iteration has Robert McCall (played by Denzil Washington) acting as a vigilante.
- The third and current iteration has Robyn McCall (played by Queen Latifa) helping members of the black community who are afraid to approach law enforcement.
Whore dialogue
"Venus in the Cloister" is considered to be a whore dialogue. This form of writing began with Pietro Aretino's "Ragionamenti" (1534–36) followed by such works as "La Retorica delle Puttane" (The Whore's Rhetoric) (1642) by Ferrante Pallavicino; "L'École des Filles" (The School for Girls) (1655), attributed to Michel Millot and Jean L'Ange and also known as "The School of Venus"; "The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea" (c. 1660) by Nicolas Chorier (known also as "A Dialogue between a Married Woman and a Maid" in various editions; and as "Satyra sotadica"). Such works typically concerned the sexual education of a naive younger woman by an experienced older woman and often included elements of philosophizing, satire and anti-clericalism. In such stories, dramatic dialogues are exchanged between an older experienced woman and a younger woman.
In "Venus in the Cloister", acts of masturbation, flagellation, same sex sexuality, voyeurism and copulation are explored in detail. Initially the work contained three dialogues but in later editions more were added. Sadomasochism is explored and there is a deliberate attempt to describe sexual acts in graphic detail.
The theme of female intimacy is explored in great detail in the work as "Sister Agnes and Sister Angelica" engage in acts of sexuality. The convent was considered to provide a repressive environment where such sexual relations between nuns were considered to be quite common. This oppressive setting of the Church and subsequent lesbian relations that developed, as a result, was a popular theme in literature during the reforms of Protestantism and Counter-Reformation. Denis Diderot's "La Religieuse" is a later example of this theme.
Religious repression
The author of "Venus in the Cloister" satirizes the constraints of convent life which expected nuns to live in a "cloister" of sexual repression and suffering and the use by the state of religious ideology as a means of control. Sex becomes the only means of protest against such rigorous controls of the state. A careful parallel is drawn between the act of sexual pleasure and protesting against repressive state control. "At the moment of orgasm, individuality triumphs over the collective, nature acts out against culture and freedom strikes a blow against tyranny.
Gradually through the dialogues, Agnes begins to see Sister Angelica’s viewpoint and embraces her doctrines, she is freed from the sense of prejudice that she starts out with at the beginning of the book. The author attempts to attack the Church and its policies by creating an erotic setting with a convent. Secret meetings, acts of voyeurism, presence of veils and observers all combine to make the narrative extremely erotic and critical of repressive practices at the same time.
Sword & Sorcery Fantasy
In writing stories about this genre, the author first creates a "Menace" which is the protagonist and its minions for the story. The author must make sure the hero of the story has a believable side-kick. they must have some "magic" or "trick" which will in the end overpower the menace. The hero must in the meantime have the strength and stamina to battle the Menace and their underlings in a plausible manner.
Timeline will help develop the clothing and armaments but continuity is important and must be maintained.
Science fiction
When creating Science fiction art and or stories, artists and authors use themes to create their work. Several possible themes might include post-apocalypse, dystopian governments, space travel or time travel. Again, theme is used as a framework of their work.
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