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Three main advantages: You won't have to actually research that country... If you set the story in Iraq, there is a lot of history and politics that your readers are already aware of, and your ...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T10:40:04Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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ashleylee
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2019-12-08T10:40:04Z (almost 5 years ago)
Three main advantages: 1. You won't have to actually research that country... If you set the story in Iraq, there is a lot of history and politics that your readers are already aware of, and your fictional iraq must share much of the same history as the iraq that people know. 2. You won't risk offending the actual country. If you write about a real country like China, India, Saudi Arabia, etc. etc., many of them can get very sensitive about your portrayal of their country. 3. You can have a lot more artistic liberty about your fictional country. There is a key disadvantage.... 1. You risk looking like a mega racist. Now you making broad stroke assumptions about an entire continent...
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-01-23T15:15:11Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: -1