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Q&A Should I be concerned with my fiction writing containing accidental prophecies of real world events?

It depends what you want "Taken from the headlines" is something that is both interesting and exciting. It allows your readers to visit a possible version of the future (and whether you got it rig...

posted 7y ago by JP Chapleau‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:53:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar JP Chapleau‭ · 2019-12-08T06:53:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
## It depends what you want

"Taken from the headlines" is something that is both interesting and exciting. It allows your readers to visit a possible version of the future (and whether you got it right or not).

Sometimes, you may find the story works better with a fake or invented country or location, whether Newistan, Bogoland or New Holland... Using a physical location means you don't have to define many things: its climate, its borders, its history, or its people. Even you may even create a fake suburb of a large town, such as "Baux-les-bains" which is just north of Paris east of St-Denis...

This all depends on what you want and how much it impacts your story. If your story deals with a person looking at event but sits at his/her computer. Then whether the person sits in France, Israel, or Japan doesn't matter.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-08-14T18:46:40Z (over 7 years ago)
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