I can feed pretty strings of imagery through a story, but themes have to hit me around the head before I notice them, which means I rarely integrate them well. Gah.
Gosh, same here! Most of my real-world creative writing is verse, and though I start with a set of images, I don't figure out what a poem is about until weeks after writing it.
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Date: 2009-09-11 03:59 am (UTC)Gosh, same here! Most of my real-world creative writing is verse, and though I start with a set of images, I don't figure out what a poem is about until weeks after writing it.
Slowly finishing up - and loving every word!