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You'll get some of those. In those cases, just give back what you got from them. On the excellent feedback, do the same. I will say, reading the work of others, and giving thoughtful feedback, will develop you as a writer far quicker than just receiving feedback for your own writing. You have to qualify your remarks which forces you do see what works and what doesn't. You'll notice the mistakes you called out in other peoples writing you do yourself. It's amazing.

CJ

Go to your Publishing settings and select the "Premium" which has the stack of coins next to it.

Well said, NJC!

And if you drill down to the real reason they want to send children back to school, it's so working parents can go back to work. It's also about more people on the roads burning petrol.  It's all about the economy.
We should be looking at this as  a grand opportunity to get creative with how we learn and work moving forward. Based on the improved air quality world wide while everyone remained at home, teleworking and tele-learning would be a start towards ending global warming. Now I get that we are social animals, and I wouldn't suggest keeping small children out of school indefinitely, they need socialization, but what about a hybrid for older students?
The CEO of my company has been pushing us back to our new "safe environment" (so far only 3 people got COVID) because it's the only way to work as a team. We need that collaboration! I would argue, that I am not part of a team, it's just me and one coworker and we work better at home without the distraction. I've been far more productive since COVID. And happier- I don't have to eat sandwiches (or frozen dinners) everyday- I can make something good. I have time to workout everyday (no commute). I don't feel stupid doing some stretching every hour. 
The point is, there is no one-size fits all answer. Some children would prefer to continue studying remotely (I'm thinking the bullied kids, the introverts, the ones that would excel working at their own pace.) With a hybrid answer, they can switch off days in school (socialization) and home (teaches discipline).
The sad truth is that this won't be our last pandemic. We should get the infrastructure in place for the next one. And if a nationwide lock-down for 2 weeks will keep us from losing 1/4- 1/2 million fellow Americans, why can't we suck it up?

Dang! I think at my highest I was around 175. But now I’m down to 50 and tend to spend them as fast as I get ‘em.

Is the story mostly about Elrond and how he inter? Can you just tell it first person from his POV, and use the quotes normally?

Welcome tp the TMBW.
You'll find support and encouragement here.
CJ

I know my novel’s are too long for conventional publishers. But I also know to cut them down to fit the industry standard would cut the soul out of them. Character and story development takes words, especially if you are showing over telling. I’m nothing saying they don’t  need a lot of cutting, they do. But I’m not going to gut them. Which means, for me, self publishing is the best option. Another reason why I’m struggling to keep up with reviews. I’m trying to learn how to publish and market my work.
I strongly believe a story will take however many words it takes, to be told well. As an avid reader, I don’t go to the last page to check the count. A long, but well-told story, to me is a bargain. It’s the industry that puts on the restraints. The publishers don’t want to invest the extra money to produce a work from an untried author. I. An completely understand. It’s business. But as a reader, I’ve felt somewhat cheated. I know the richness of world building, character development, and a complicated plot have been edited out to turn an immediate buck. Much of what I’m reading from successful writers has become formulaic. Predictable.
I’m with Jube. If the story is compelling, and “needs/requires” the extra verbiage, then it should remain. But...we should always challenge ourselves during editing and rewrites to cut out the pork.
Just my 2 cents.

I don't think I agree that Global Warming can't be the villain. "The Day After Tomorrow" proved that. But to be the villain, it has to be eminent. Global Warming is the Earth's cancer. To be the villain in the story, it would have to be the Earth's gunshot wound. To do that you'd need to go to pseudo-science, which you don't want to do.
Real world situation, we are all responsible for Global Warming- as well as the floating plastic island- by the choices we make. That said, we could make better choices, if we had better choices available. But thanks to special interest, lobbyist and corrupt officials we don't. We subsidize oil industries (talking US here, not sure about Canada). I believe it's to keep the price of gas down, but why should they get artificial propping? Maybe if the price was sky high, we'd have been quicker to develop alternatives and more fuel efficient cars. You could personify those groups into characters and use them to be your villain. The science and the scientist the protagonist; a personification of special interest, lobbyist, corporations benefitting from the status quo-and greed, could be the antagonist.
The question is, what do you want you story to be about? Is it a love story, with Global Warming conflict running in the background?
If so, you're couple got hooked up too quickly, without any tension, without any anticipation.
If Global Warming is the game, you need to find a way to personify the conflict if you are not willing to fudge the science. Or speed up the outcome to make global warming the villain- making this more of a survival/catastrophic event story.
That's my two cents. I like the idea of addressing global warming.

The premise of the group was such a great idea. For me, it's not a genre thing. I like reading all the different genres, and the sort of edits I make are not affected by the genre. I prefer to read as story all the way through, and hold most of the comments about plot and character development until further in the story as I believe you can't know from the first few chapters where a story is going. My excuses are: I can not keep up with Randy. I am a slow reviewer, and lately have been crunched for time. Working full time, writing is still a hobby (though I hope once I retire it becomes more than that). I've been pretty consistent with Jube's  novel—we seem to write and/or post at the same pace and our novels are massive. Alkemi has me completely confused. I would love to review one of your mystery novels, Al! The climate change novel that's been started and stopped and reshuffled has me discombobulated.
I have not left the group. But the premise of reading from beginning to end has me avoiding Randy's (because I can't keep up) and Alkemi's (because I can't figure out where I am). I've noticed y'all have been leaving my story to Jube, so it's fair.

Congratulations!