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YA Dystopian Cliches
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Oh my gosh these are so accurate!😂
LOL right? I feel like YA dystopian writers should be required to read these before writing their books, lol.
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Spot on. haha
It boggles my mind how many books these apply to. Like, a frightening amount.
One day someone will write a YA dystopian novel and the characters will say things like ‘well, we saw the warning signs all those years ago and did nothing about it. Only got ourselves to blame. Can I have some more of that nebulised brisket?’
I love self-aware genre books. The only problem is the joke tends to wear off after the first few chapters, and then it gets boring. Works great for short stories though!
*counts* Uh… I got three out of fourteen in my book. Insert excuses as to how they’re totally justified in my case here. 😉
Hey, 3/14 is pretty darn good. It’s when you’ve hit 14/14 that you should start to be worried …
I was actually pretty proud that my dystopian novel has NONE of these things, really–but now I’m wondering if I’m doing it all wrong. oO
Well, if you’re trying to write a cliche dystopian novel, yeah, you’re doing it wrong. If you’re trying to write an original, interesting novel, you’re probably on the right track 😀