Novel & Cerita Speak Novel Themes

“Just look at them. They only have those few things to say, such as me having a mental problem, being indecent, promiscuous, and fooling around with men like the female lead. They insist that the characters in the novel are a reflection of the author. What a joke.”

Without you all, I might have stopped halfway through the novel itself. Been working on this novel for just about two years straight with a few breaks here and there. Writing the novel energized me greatly, mainly because I’ve had a ton of humanist themes I’ve wanted to explore through writing. You know, like most good science fiction and space opera stories. =) Ravens of Eternity in particular has so many themes about power, corruption, identity, purpose, and togetherness. I tried my best to weave all of these into the narrative through a myriad of characters, and I hope I was able to accomplish it well.

His maps became less like engineering schematics and more like musical scores. One day, he came to Liora, his face alight with excitement. “I’ve found a pattern,” he said, showing her a complex, swirling diagram of light. “The world’s song has themes. Motifs that repeat. The theme of sacrifice. The theme of renewal. The theme of connection. The First Serelai’s story is one variation. Our story is another. The stories of the lost are countless variations on the same eternal themes.” He looked at the Heartwood with something like reverence. “We’re not just living in the world, Liora. We’re living in a story that the world is telling about itself. And we are both the characters and the co-autho

For the first time, Cathedra had someone who didn't cringe every time she opened her mouth to speak. So this is what having a friend feels like, huh? Cathedra thought to herself. One lunch break, while waiting for Diane underneath the tree, Cathedra was scribbling a draft of her first novel in her notebook. The novel contained the scenes she saw in the storybook, back in her kindergarten days. Since that day at kindergarten, she didn't tell anyone what she saw in the storybooks anymore. The thought of seeing things that other people couldn't still terrified her but she tried hard not to think about it by avoiding any book she can see other than school books and textbooks.