Is resolution of conflict interesting?

Is character interesting?

Is setting of story interesting?

Will incident or situation be interesting to your readers?

Etc

Make a list of what your plot contains. Comb through it carefully and tick off each item. If you find that some things need to be worked on some more, work on them.

I know to some this might be tedious work, but…

“Every one-minute you spend in planning will save you at least three minutes in execution.”

Crawford Greenwald

Working hard Working long hours Using his initiative Being responsible

And all those qualities, in end, will secure him promotion he has been aiming for.

So my theme here will be proved that ‘Hard work leads to success’ because my character succeeds in end.

From examples I have given so far, you may have noticed that my stories end on a happy note. Yours don’t have to. The ending will depend on story you are writing and how you, writer, prefers to end it.

I could have done reverse with this theme. I could have said,

“Hard work doesn’t lead to success.”

My story will be same but in end I will have character missing out on promotion. Both themes will be proved because I have proved them in my story.

Any theme can work in a story providing you can prove it.

Have you proved your theme?