Creating Dystopia

http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/writing-dystopian-fiction-7-tips


Again, this article was also fascinating and immensely useful for what I'm creating. I got a lot of pointers from this, so much so that I feel I have a far better grasp as the how I'm going to approach creating an interesting scenario to film. Though written for purposes of a writer, the article also gave me many ideas for how exactly I should go about creating a unique 'dystopian style' in terms of a setting and the mise-en-scene. Below, I've listed a couple of points that I felt were worth recording to help me when I come to writing my own script and plotline:




- 'As you’re writing dystopian fiction, think about how to take current technologies and extrapolate. When you have a vision of what that might look like, ask yourself how it changes the society that does not yet exist.'


-  'In dystopian, a lot of times resolution of the central conflict comes in death'


- 'Let’s face it, utopia is a bore. As readers, we sense utopia as innately unachievable. Humans aren’t wired for stories without conflict, and perfect-world scenarios are a bigger lie than the leap of faith it takes to jump us into dystopian futures.'


- '...almost all dystopian fiction uses stark, depressing imagery within the prose.'


- 'How do you see the world differently and how can you express that through your characters without writing a diatribe on your beliefs? Therein lies the art of dystopian fiction'


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