Dystopia Now! Unpacking the Enduring Power of Misery OnDemand Webinar

Learn why dystopias work so well in science fiction and how to make your dystopia grimly believable without straying into cartoonish overkill. Broken into three parts with time for Q&A, author Jeff Somers first examines why dystopias work so well in science fiction. Then, he jumps into two weird dystopian world-building tricks: shock value and self-policing. And finally, Jeff covers how to avoid overselling your dystopia (aka, the curse of "1984"). All in all, writers find that doom and gloom is fun and that not everything has to be broken for a dystopian fiction to work. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Jeff Somers began writing by court order as an attempt to steer his creative impulses away from engineering genetic grotesqueries. His feeble memory makes every day a joyous adventure of discovery and adventure even as it destroys personal relationships, and his weakness for adorable furry creatures leaves him with many cats. He has published nine novels, including the Avery Cates series of noir-