One thing occurred to be the other day as I was editing the many punctuation errors in my book. It was a flaw in the big picture of my environmental YA fantasy: ownership of blame. I don't feel blame serves any other purpose then being a learning moment. Yet, I realized that most of the causes behind environmental disasters happening in my book could be subscribed to 'evil' Ӕlementals (the fantastical species who live outside of humanity). That is wrong, because I firmly believe in the responsibility of humanity in taking care and neglecting our environment. And if that's the message of my series (especially to Earth's next generation of caretakers) then I should build upon our role, rather than say it was some fantasy creature's fault.
I am now rewriting various parts to bring home the message that bad things happen to humans when they fail to take care of their environment...
...and that Ӕlementals only intensify and extend our care or abuse to their own agenda's. Hopefully, this will make my readers more empowered in their 'ownership' of Earth as it makes my story a better mirror for them.
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