Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.
“It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.”
“I beg you to look at the promising boys and beautiful girls in your homes and in your communities, and then you will not put these temptations in their way.”