But...but...it's depressing!

[image error] I've given up telling people I don't know that my novel is dystopic, even though it is. Invariably, they ask what dystopia is.



"It's like a utopia," I say, "but opposite."



*blank stares*



Eventually they get it. And then they ask, "But why? Why would you want to write something so depressing?"



But...it's not. Not really. At its heart, dystopian literature is anything but depressing.



OK, sure. The society is depressing. The environment. The government. But dystopian literature isn't about ...