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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
Perhaps part of our trickiness is in trying to have the second qualifying word or phrase. So for example, a single phrase like The grass is greener leaves the theme open to a straight interpretation of what the saying means, or a book about Ireland, or whatever.
Here’s another, which I put up some time back but which was too close to another theme that we selected: Over the hills and far away to which could be added Travel or Journeys if people want to stick with the second part.
ETA: Or perhaps we could just have a single word theme, as with gmw’s Survivors or Colo(u)r or Journeys.
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I don't agree that the second part is the problem; I think that helps to focus the theme a little bit to what the person intends or hopes for, but still leaves the first part open.
Over the Hills and Far Away: Journeys seems fine to me--I see Journeys as more expansive than Travel; e.g., Journeys could include personal growth.
I'll be blunt and say I don't like Survivors--I don't know what to do with it. What comes to mind are memoirs or nonfiction adventure stories; I don't know how to broaden it out to something I personally would want to read. Sadly, I also have a problem with Morality Tales--after Aesop's Fables, what fits?
(Sorry, GMW.)