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    How to Write Dystopian Fiction

    Dystopian fiction is, without a doubt, an amazing genre. It’s not the kind I pick all the time because it’s so easy to mess it up (I’m looking at you, Divergent). But when I do read dystopian books, they quickly end up becoming my favourite books of all time. A classic example of a dystopian story is, of course, 1984 by George Orwell. It’s hands down one of my favourite books of all time, second only to The Alchemist. There’s a lot of science fiction overlap with this genre too. In fact, I’d argue that the Remembrance of Earth’s Past series by Cixin Liu kind of becomes dystopian, especially as…