A journal entry I've been meaning to make for awhile.

Awhile ago, my sister told me that she feels a story doesn't really have a point if there isn't a moral or theme at the heart of it. At the time, I thought that she was just crazy. I mean, how rude! A story can still be inspiring and heroic even if it doesn't have a moral or theme, riiiight? Well, I still believe that a story doesn't necessarily need a point, theme, or moral to be good.

However, I have realized that it is really helpful to have a theme or moral at the heart of your story. Your story tends to be more rich and inspiring and interesting when you have a moral and theme at the heart of it.

After I realized how much better my story got once I added a theme and a moral, I had to wonder why I thought it was much better. Well, before I added the theme and moral in my story, it just seemed like it was a whole string of messy events brought about by one evil woman. The main character didn't learn anything, his friends didn't learn anything, and the bad guy didn't learn anything.

Once I got the moral and theme in though, the story finally had direction and meaning. It was no longer just a random string of events. The main character was no longer perfect, because he had plenty of things to learn, and best of all, I was happy that if my story ever gets published, maybe the theme and moral that I snuck in will enrich somebody's life and make them realize something.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say here is that if you're having trouble writing your story or comic or whatever, maybe it's because it's not being strung out in a clear direction because lack of a moral or theme, like mine was?

Oh, and if anyone's reading this, I'd like to know what the moral and theme of your story is. Is it a simple moral for a particular group of human beings? Or is it one you think is meant for the whole world because nobody understands the issue you brought up?

If you're curious as to what mine is, it's acceptance and understanding. Because I beleive that this is where most of the pain comes from in the world.

I think that if people simply took the time to put themselves in another person's shoes and realize how they're making other people feel, then they would better understand what they're doing to that person and they would stop acting that way. And after you finally understand something, you can finally accept it. And that would get rid of a lot of the pain in the world, don't you think?