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What should the theme for the writing contest be? The contest will be open to basically anything that has to do with writing (short stories, poetry, etc.)!
Fantasy
Dystopian
Romance
Mystery
Thriller
Sci-Fi
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Apr 29, 2012 08:28AM
Umm, forgive my ignorance, but what is dystopian?
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Dystopian is like the hunger games, divergent, matched etc. Where a seemingly perfect society (Utopia) isn't exactly all as it seems cause nothing's perfect and thats not human nature
Amy wrote: "Umm, forgive my ignorance, but what is dystopian?"
A dystopian story is often set in the future, with a controlling, corrupt, greedy government. A lot of poverty, little freedom. Often post-apocalyptic, and democracy has collapsed. The Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent, Gone series (Michael Grant) and Legend (Marie Lu) are good examples of dystopian fiction =)
A dystopian story is often set in the future, with a controlling, corrupt, greedy government. A lot of poverty, little freedom. Often post-apocalyptic, and democracy has collapsed. The Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent, Gone series (Michael Grant) and Legend (Marie Lu) are good examples of dystopian fiction =)
it should be a mix of all these!!! except the fact that I don't know what dystopian means! :P
Guneet wrote: "it should be a mix of all these!!! except the fact that I don't know what dystopian means! :P"
Lift your eyes two posts up above yours, you'll find out ;)
Lift your eyes two posts up above yours, you'll find out ;)
Sci-Fi, mainly because I'm already writing a story about that.
I think people should take a break from writing romances (because I know we all do) and take a topic like maybe Thriller and see what you can do with that. I happen to love a good Thriller every once in a while ~_~
Amy wrote: "Umm, forgive my ignorance, but what is dystopian?"A good example of a dystopian novel is Delirium and Pandemonium! Both very good books
Amy wrote: "Umm, forgive my ignorance, but what is dystopian?"The basic definition of a dystopia is a bad world, or a hell world, a place where people are unhappy, a horrible place. Examples are Divergent and The Giver, but these can also be considered utopian (a perfect world).
Dystopians are so cliche now, it would be like writing a Vampire novel in 2010. I love writing and I think we should vote for something different to use our imagination.
So, when do we submit our stories and where?
