How To Craft A Believable Dystopian World [Your Writing Questions Answered]

So, welcome to the latest post within my new writing series, “Your Writing Questions Answered.” If you haven’t already seen my announcement about this series–or would like to submit your own question–then please hop over here. To see all the answered questions so far, head over here.

This week’s second question is from Amy:

What’s the best way to create a dystopian world?

Answered by: Madeline Dyer

Hi Amy! I was so excited when I saw this question, because, as a dystopian writer, one of the things people frequently ask me about is how I create such worlds.

Luckily for you, I was asked to write a guest post all about this in 2015 for the Books and Pallettes website, just before my first novel, Untamed, released.

So, I just wanted to point you in the direction of my article: How To Craft A Believable Dystopian World.

Click on the image below (or the link above) to read the article.

This guest post covers how to create the foundations of a dystopian society, the importance of the society’s history, and how to create a believable societal system. It really is a very detailed article, covering almost everything you need to know about creating a believable dystopian world, so it’s impossible to really power-phrase here. So, please do take a look at it. 

Another article that I wrote about dystopian world building is this one: How Dystopian Fiction Draws From Current Events, which was published on author Lyn Miller-Lachmann’s website. Please on the link above, or the image below to read this article.

This article is less about the ‘how-tos’ of world building and more about the importance of the relationship between a fictitious dystopian society and the real world. It’s definitely an important thing to consider when creating a dystopia.

Please do read it and let me know what you think!