" CHAPTER FOUR DEVELOPING THEMES To produce a mighty book you must choose a mighty theme. —Herman Melville Every story communicates its own unique pattern of themes and ideas: betrayal, loyalty, family, abuse, isolation, romance, failure, injustice, unfairness, poverty, good versus evil, forgiveness, and love. Right-Brain "

― Martha Alderson , The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master