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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/36575
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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So, I have this idea of writing a novel set in the future. Not the far future but a few decades away from today. Could you please give me an advice for that. The reason that I am asking this is that I had read somewhere before that writing about the future is not a good idea (the readers and the story have to be connected?).

So, I would like to know if I could change the future that we are expecting and leaving it the same way it is now. It sound complicated and confusing. I'm not sure how to explain my idea.

Let me explain it with more details. Since it's taking place in the future, I assume the readers will think about technology. So, I was thinking about excluding that concept. To explain the elimination of the concept, I thought of having an "event" that happened in between the present and the future (where the story begins). This event caused the future to stay the same as of today, but there will be some minor futuristic concept.

You might find this confusing to understand and like I said before, it's complicated for me to explain this clearly. I tried my best and I hope you understand it, so you can help me with it.

Original score: 5