First of all, what even are themes? In this episode of Fantasy Writing for Barbarians, Jon Negroni takes a look at the intricacies of themes and how we should look at them as authors. He starts by reacting to a recent comment from one of our listeners and then discusses the role of themes as opposed to conflict and how to avoid preachy writing. Jon also takes a look at another prompt asking if it's possible to write a book without a theme in mind.

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Fantasy Writing for Barbarians‘ host is Jon Negroni, author of The Pixar Theory, Killerjoy, and more. Our producers are Natalia Emmons and Bridget Serdock. You can find all our episodes and various podcast app options here.

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