6 Steps To Write A Book
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So recently I started reading a new (to me) series, by Lucas Pederson. The reason that I didn’t mention the series name is because I’m not sure it has one. But all the stories do take place in the same world, so I’m calling it a series.
He writes ‘creature in the water’ books, such as Dark Waters: A Deep Sea Thriller, Leviathan: Ghost Rig , and The Guillotine.
They are all set in the same time period, which is a few generations ahead of us. (the exact date is never made clear.)
His characters talk about the ‘cold tropics’ that extends from the tip of South America to the sunken peninsula of Florida, where it alternates between blazing hot temperatures and 40 below on the same day.
He mentions the tiny barren island of Antarctica, now devoid of ice, and most of it underwater, and the rest lifeless.
In his story, prehistoric creatures come from the melting ice. Then you have the mutations of normal creatures caused by pollution. (And then you have some mutated prehistorics, which is always fun.) The mutations are on land too, including creatures called ‘vagrants’ that walk along the interstate and attack and eat travelers. Running out of gas, even on a backroad, is a scary thing in this world.
But humans still have technology, and now most live in the Midwest because the coastal areas sank. Life goes on in this new reality, and no one really thinks twice about it.
The author never actually comes right out and says ‘stop polluting’ or ‘climate change is real’. He just weaves this political aspect subtly throughout his creature in the water books through the building of his world.
It’s much more powerful than telling people what to think.
That’s how you get a message across without being preachy.
