Do Current Events/ Hot-Button Topics Find a Way into Your Writing? By Connie Vines #RR, #RoundRobin, #Writing Tips, #Round Robin

 Round Robin topic:

Have you ever included current social, political, or environmental problems in your stories or thought about doing so? Why or why not?

Thank you, Diane Bator, for this month's topic 📓

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While the others in our RR group may respond to all eight questions, I'll reply to those topics I have covered in my fiction and nonfiction articles and novels.

 

Do you ever include politics in your stories (why and how?)Do you ever address topics like discrimination or race relations?My involvement in Native American education, Title IX programs, and volunteer work prompted me to interview and write about current events and tribal culture (current and past). I interviewed those educated in the boarding school system and families who had participated in the 'forced marches.' 
Tanayia--Whisper upon the Water is a YA historical novel. The topics include forced relocation, boarding school, the tensions between the races, discrimination, and the changing society of the 1800s.
*Larry Sellers (Cloud Dancing) of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." shared his experiences as a five-year-old being sent to a boarding school. He encouraged me to complete this novel.



I am more inclined to address hot-button topics in historical or vintage stories than in a contemporary novel.
Why?
Opinions change. World-events change.  
I read fiction for pleasure. My genre fiction may touch on contemporary topics (alcoholism, emotional abandonment); those topics provide character motivation/character development in my story. However, it is not the focus of the story.
I'm not making a judgment call. 
My writing style is lighter, character-driven, and usually humorous.
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Happy Reading, everyone,
Connie
XOXO
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