This chapter was focused on theme, or the subject of your story. I liked how the author described the theme in general as a container for your story. It’s the way to convey the story while keeping it along a cohesive line. The goal of a story is to make the reader think about what they read, to turn your writing into something that a reader will continue to ponder on their own. Themes are important so that readers do not misconstrued the meanings of your writings. I liked how the authors described how you could actually work towards figuring out what your theme of your story could be. It resonated with me that after the first draft is a good time to work on a theme, since I usually approach writing from the other direction (having a theme already in mind before I even start drafting). Keeping the theme as a natural facet of the story that could be sleuthed out afterwards was really interesting to me. Labeling where those clues may be to a reader about the theme might be really helpful in my writing. Revising and refining my theme after the story is down is something I’ve never even thought of; I often feel trapped thinking about what the theme is of my story when I just start writing it, so it’s very interesting to think of writing a story with no considerations of theme prior to the first draft.