tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post2890469717661822674..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Does politics or political topics ever play a role in your writing? (With Lindsay Franklin!)Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-42088588428736908082018-07-06T09:09:08.958-05:002018-07-06T09:09:08.958-05:00Sometimes, you can't avoid hot button issues i...Sometimes, you can't avoid hot button issues in your writing. All of my books so far have dived into controversial topics, the War Between the States and respecting our Police Force, and on these topics, I can't stay neutral. But I've found that even if people disagree with me, they appreciate my honesty. People respect you more if you take a stand rather than sit on the fence. That being said, I don't write with the aim to "divide and conquer". Any time something controversial comes up, I try to deal with it as kindly and compassionately as I can. I never set out to hurt, but to help.Ryana Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448055348627114720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-48179074236439602922018-07-04T20:29:44.494-05:002018-07-04T20:29:44.494-05:00Someone else who knows about Chesterton!
https:/...Someone else who knows about Chesterton! <br /><br />https://ofdreamsandswords.wordpress.comSophia Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393680730064003675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-12236405919975383002018-07-04T18:55:50.904-05:002018-07-04T18:55:50.904-05:00They say that when G. K. Chesterton was hired to w...They say that when G. K. Chesterton was hired to write for a certain newspaper, they told him he could write "about anything but religion or politics." He replied that there was nothing else he could write about, because religion is about people's relationship with God and politics is about people's relationship with each other. He was right; politics is an inevitable topic. So there's no point in trying to force it when it will come up naturally. :)Megan the Nutmeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978560952822239158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-52380376597847250362018-07-04T15:08:57.526-05:002018-07-04T15:08:57.526-05:00I haven't really been writing lately but I did...I haven't really been writing lately but I did get an idea of main characters for a story and one of them was a political activist and they were going to meet at a protest. I highly suspect it was because of all the protests I've been watching in the US.Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504411071510648026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-57151673401677000472018-07-04T14:43:14.747-05:002018-07-04T14:43:14.747-05:00I love politics. It comes from living in the DC ar...I love politics. It comes from living in the DC area and one of my family members working for a political think tank. But I think if you take a strong side to a hot-button issue, you'll divide your audience. <br /><br />I like how Unwind handled the abortion issue. By making the kids in question teenagers, the "right to choose" and the "right to life" collided so that both audience sides could support the main characters, who were exercising their "right to choose their own lives."<br /><br />I think politics are almost unavoidable in dystopians. It doesn't have to be hot-button issues, and it can be a broader blanket of politics, but having them enriches your story. You need to know where your government gets its money, who buys what, and what the people think about the economy, laws, social structure, etc. Not everything is Star Wars where the rebellions have a surplus of X-Wings and the Empire hovers in a giant metal "moon."<br /><br />In a fantasy world, I think you need enough politics to create a legitimate world for your characters (again, economy). It doesn't really need a key light in the plot, but it needs to be on hand in the back of the writer's mind in case the question comes up in the story.Jenneth Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806251588834115742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-34175726647999841972018-07-04T13:12:00.916-05:002018-07-04T13:12:00.916-05:00Like you guys said, I don’t actively go out trying...Like you guys said, I don’t actively go out trying to put specific political aspects into my stories, but sometimes they will subtly bleed in. <br />Happy Fourth!Maddie Morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10881137664211550244noreply@blogger.com