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I really liked your writing, and the stories truly sparked hope in my heart. Your perspective and the ideas in your narrative are genuinely thought-provoking. As someone working in the climate field, I think about these issues every day and write to make them more visible. My approach is more focused on quantitative analysis, because I believe the audience we most need to awaken; senior management, CEOs, CFOs, and similar decision-makers; responds to numbers. I try to put effort into this, and explaining things through data feels like laying out reality as it is. Because presenting, in a holistic way, the changes we feel around us and the climate impacts we are gradually experiencing especially across different geographies, seems to create a real sense of meaning and urgency.

Climate Fiction Writers League's avatar

thank you! your work is so important!

Ralf Kwaschik's avatar

Thanks for this! It’s a gold mine for climate fiction writers and has given me a lot to think about creatively. As someone who writes short stories about climate change, I keep wondering: What if climate action is not the main plot, but rather one thread in the fabric of a story? How can climate action shape people’s lives without becoming the lesson? How can we allow action to simply exist in the story, influencing choices and tensions, without turning the narrative into a vehicle for a message? I would love to hear your thoughts on striking that balance.

Rainbow Roxy's avatar

This piece realy made me think. I resonate with what you wrote about the need for new narratives. It reminds me a bit of how in Pilates, you need to find the right core engagement to make real progress. I wonder what kind of new mental frameworks these stories can help us build. So vital and insightful.