Drastic Environment Changes... - Page 2 - Writers Forum

RebelGoddess · 07-05-2005, 10:10 PM

In my novel the sky has turned deep red and so far (only a chapter left), I've described it twice.

The first time I detailed it while my main character was seeing the land for the first time.

The second time I had a character comment on it because they were entering a closed off area that had the old, blue, sky.

I find that it's best to just subtly remind the readers of important scenery.

If you don't have a part where a character mentions it, perhaps you could just subtly describe the 'crumbling landscape' or 'desolate hills' or what not when he/she/they stop for a moment and "ponder".

Good Luck!

Racheal

Hodge · 07-05-2005, 11:54 PM

There's an awful lot of oxygen already in the atmosphere. Nearly all of the world's vegetation would have to die (and this is including aquatic plants) and you'd have to wait a long time before you'd experience any changes in your ability to breathe. A long time being several decades—maybe even a century.

Talia_Brie · 07-06-2005, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Hodge

There's an awful lot of oxygen already in the atmosphere. Nearly all of the world's vegetation would have to die (and this is including aquatic plants) and you'd have to wait a long time before you'd experience any changes in your ability to breathe. A long time being several decades—maybe even a century.

Would the problem be lack of oxygen or the increasing density of carbon dioxide?

That being said, I would still feel that kind of change would take a considerable amount of time.

Hodge · 07-06-2005, 01:03 AM

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Would the problem be lack of oxygen or the increasing density of carbon dioxide?

Both. The latter would speed up the greenhouse effect (although surviving vegetation would FLOURISH), while the former would affect us. However, we probably wouldn't notice anything. The change would be so gradual that our bodies would get used to it (like people who live high in the mountains where the air is thinner).

Verago · 07-06-2005, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by RebelGoddess

In my novel the sky has turned deep red and so far (only a chapter left), I've described it twice.

The first time I detailed it while my main character was seeing the land for the first time.

The second time I had a character comment on it because they were entering a closed off area that had the old, blue, sky.

I find that it's best to just subtly remind the readers of important scenery.

If you don't have a part where a character mentions it, perhaps you could just subtly describe the 'crumbling landscape' or 'desolate hills' or what not when he/she/they stop for a moment and "ponder".

Good Luck!

Racheal

Good ideas...I think I'm going to do something with fish in a river.

Dan101 · 07-06-2005, 01:10 PM

Maybe have the fish react with the bad water, pop out of the water, and attack your group of characters.....lol on second thought, its probably best you dont do that...

Verago · 07-06-2005, 01:27 PM

I like that idea. Chapter 10: Attack of the Killer Guppies.