Coloring In

After a successful first draft, you'll have a character or two, and you'll have a few steps that they take along the way. You won't know the themes of the story when you write it the first time.  The job of a second draft is to begin coloring in the world you have created by providing details that suggest the heart of your story. After I've identified a few themes, I make lists of objects that match what I've identified.The task for today is to color in your story with details that match a theme.***Death - skull, grave, grim reaper, crow, buzzard, end, ghost, ashes, winter, gun, sword, funeral, casket, tomb, mausoleum, watch, fossil, incense, tear, black clothes, undertaker, graveyard, decay, rot, blight, autumn,Hope - gift, forgiveness, light, cross, sikh, hammer and sickle, bald eagle, flag, church, smile, dream, friend, Bible, Quran, Jesus, God, family, totem,Time - watch, sunset, sunrise, rhythm, grey hair, wrinkles, sleep, wake, hour, minute, second, shadow, sundial, fossil, night, day, year, Father Time, grandpa, grandma, elder,***For a story that I had written about death, hope, and time, I would use the above details to add seemingly random lines to the story. The connotations of the details help the readers to  meditate about the themes.***Getting Started: 3Character: 3Point of View and Tone: 3Plot and Narrative: 3Dialogue and Voice: 3Descriptive Language and Setting: 3Revision: 3Overall: 3*Level 3*