•They now fear for their safety •Their friends and relatives are constantly harping at their door asking for assistance •Etc

This second scenario creates more problems for characters, so it’s more interesting for us readers.

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The preparation stage is there to prepare before you write. It’s our workbench where we figure everything out. We test our theme, we test our plot and once everything passes test, then we begin writing.

You can change theme as many times as you feel it needs changing, while you are in preparation stage.

The main thing is to make your story interesting.

It’s not a good idea to keep changing theme when writing story because then you will have to keep changing story. This means rewriting.

Figure everything out then write.

Have you tested your theme against your plot?

If your story is an uplifting tale about two characters finding love, then your title isn’t going to mention death, unless of course one of characters’ die.

At first your title may not give away nature of your story. But once having read story, reader will understand connection. Let me give you a few examples…

‘The Fire In The Sky’

This can be title of a story in which an airplane explodes in midair or a story about a meteorite on its way to earth, etc.

‘An Angel Amongst Us’

Can be title of a story about a person with extraordinary kindness or about an angel that leaves heavenly realm to reside on earth, etc.

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You can be ambiguous in your title if you wish. Your title doesn’t always have to reflect your story. Having more than one possible meaning intrigues reader but remember…

There has to be a connection between your title and your story.