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Using world-building in a novel in order to comment on environmental issues

So I had an epiphany today,

I realized that when you’re writing a book, right, you essentially have to world build. While you are world building ultimately you have an opportunity–through a concerted use of words, of syntax, of descriptions, and more–to comment on large scale environmental feelings. Atmosphere right. There’s something about environment in a book that offers the opportunity to spea

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