{"id":10638,"date":"2025-02-28T05:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T05:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/?p=10638"},"modified":"2025-02-28T05:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T05:49:17","slug":"how-to-write-themes-into-your-story-blogchatter-anthology-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/publishing\/how-to-write-themes-into-your-story-blogchatter-anthology-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write themes into your story: Blogchatter Anthology Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blogchatter Anthology registrations are on <\/a>and if you want to be published, all you need to do is to write a short story on the given theme. The theme in 2025 is FOOD and if it has you wondering what to make of it and how you can craft a story around something we eat, read on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"anthology\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why does a story need a theme<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A theme for a story is the foundation on which it rests. A story will have a sequence of events but they need to have some meaning for the reader. A theme imparts that meaning. Writing to a given theme may feel daunting at first. As a writer you may think, oh, but the story is there in my head, why do I need to burden it with something profound right when I am sitting down to write. Worry not, a theme will give cohesion to your storyline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us dive into how you can interpret the theme of Food and craft a story with your unique perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you incorporate food into your story<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

First off, let us look at things not to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing or recreating a recipe <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember you are writing a story which has to have lively characters that change or grow over the course of the story. Merely talking about a dish that has been handed down the generations may not be very captivating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using food to create scenes that are not pivotal to the story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of your story may take place in the kitchen but if food is just a meal that happens while the characters are doing other important things, that would underplay the importance of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you can do with food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Use food as a lens to explore emotions, relationships or even societal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few examples from popular media will help you get the gist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Great Indian Kitchen<\/strong>, a Malayalam language film exposed the everyday misogyny and patriarchy in Indian families through the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 2014 movie The Lunchbox<\/strong><\/a>, food is a narrative device that shines light on identity and connections in the protagonists\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Laxminarayan<\/strong>, food symbolises culture and identity and sometimes, it becomes an act of defiance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butter by Asako Yuzuki<\/strong> has a very sensual exploration of food. It also uses food to explore body-shaming and sexism at the workplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the movie Julie and Julia<\/strong>, women take up cooking to find joy and purpose. The movie explores autonomy and social class through food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some prompts to get you started on your story<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

You now may have the faint stirrings of a story in your mind. But your characters are elusive, you are not sure of the timelines and there are too many characters that you would love to put in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"anthology\n\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let us help you by clearing your head and giving some prompts that can get you thinking about food and the undercurrents they can hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: These prompts are only meant to help you get started. It is completely optional to use these storylines while submitting your story for the Blogchatter Anthology.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Think about a recent memorable meal with family or friends. What happened? Were you meeting after a long time? Was there a misunderstanding there that got resolved?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does food mean to you as a family? Does it mean sustenance? Or a way to connect over dinner?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Which is your favourite food? Are there any stories around why you like it? Say, you had it first with a crush?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Are there any foods that your community avoids? Why? Are there any nuances you could pick?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Think about how babies discover taste or how they react to unfamiliar foods. Do these things turn into rigid mindsets in adult life? Is there a story you can weave there?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Ready to be published<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    With Blogchatter Anthology, you can be a published author when your story gets accepted. If you want to know why you should register and where to do it, head over to the Registration Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blogchatter Anthology registrations are on and if you want to be published, all you need to do is to write a short story on the given theme. The theme in 2025 is FOOD and if it has you wondering what to make of it and how you can craft a story around something we eat,","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10644,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10638\/revisions\/10644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblogchatter.com\/BeStorified\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}