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@keilah-h. That’s good to hear. 😀
Aha! That makes……….ooo, that’s beautiful…..
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A couple thoughts about your wip…
It seems very intriguing and I would love to read it (my favorite genres are High Fantasy/Scifi Dark Fantasy/scifi and Grimdark Fantasy/Scifi)
Since I’m assuming that you like history I would recommend looking at the totalitarian regimes of Mussolini Stalin and Hitler because they are the closest thing to a real life example of a dystopian government.
Also as 1984 is one of the hallmarks of dystopian literature I would recommend watching Crash course’s 2 part video on it and if you haven’t read the book read the spark notes summary. (I don’t really recommend reading the actual book for content reasons but even if you have read the book I would still watch the crash course video)
I don’t know how you are about brain storming characters but I would recommend giving the government of your dystopia the same amount of brainstorming as if it were its own character. In dystopias you will have to do world-building for the current state of their world and its government even if your dystopia is still very much grounded in reality.
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@folith-feolin. Thank you for those thoughts! And thank you for just reading!
Oh yes…I have researched Mussolini and Hitler many times…
I’m actually currently reading 1984, but I know exactly what content you’re talking about. 🙂
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