Writer Sanctum
Writer's Haven => Quill and Feather Pub [Public] => Topic started by: Kay Inglis on January 11, 2019, 07:07:17 PM
-
Back before the UK EU Referendum was even called (but had been talked about) I wrote a short Post Apocalypse story called "Democracy Otherwise".
The premise was that a Referendum had been held, but the government decided to ignore the result. A population which thought democracy had been undermined started non-violent protests - with consequences.
Now, I'm not political and the story didn't have a political message. It was simply a basis for a PA story.
But as our UK Parliament edges toward what may result in the setting aside of the 2016 result, I can't help feeling that some part of my story is coming true.
I just hope the rest of it doesn't!
Anyone else written a story before the facts that then seems pretty apposite?
-
Not necessarily a story, but back in 2014 I wrote a blog post about how selling 3 books per day can net you $50K per year if you publish 20 books:
https://kevinhardman.blogspot.com/2014/01/making-living-selling-3-books-per-day.html
Now there's the 20-books-to-50K phenomenon...
-
I've written one that now looks the opposite of prophetic, whatever that is! I was so cross when the Scottish National Party (SNP) started their rise to power that I wrote a novel in which Scotland became independent and it was a total disaster, however with time and Brexit, independence is starting like a good idea even to me.
-
I used the term "prophetic" loosely - just where you project a fantasy as the background for a story and it turns out to be closer to reality at a later date than you imagined.
I think a novel based on how an independent Scotland might pan out is a very interesting idea - whether it is presented as fantasy, utopia, dystopia or has a consciously political stance. Or where the setting is simply a background for the real story (romance or, I guess, mystery, in your case).
Still time for yours to turn out to be "prophetic"!
My stories are not written from a political standpoint, more from a what can destabilise society and push things over into an "apocalypse" scenario.
This does make Brexit a very interesting concept, simply because it is about change, division, disruption and possible controversial outcomes.
But probably more fun as a subject matter for a story than as a political reality!
Writers can be quite heartless in their ponderings.
-
Good gods, I hope not!
-
I've written one that now looks the opposite of prophetic, whatever that is! I was so cross when the Scottish National Party (SNP) started their rise to power that I wrote a novel in which Scotland became independent and it was a total disaster, however with time and Brexit, independence is starting like a good idea even to me.
FREEDOM! :tup3b