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Q. What makes the story speculative?
Speculative fiction is fiction in which the author speculates upon the results of changing what’s real or possible, not how a character would react to a certain event, etc. Therefore, the thing being speculated upon must be more elemental than character or plot.
Table of Contents
- Q. What makes the story speculative?
- Q. Is The Hunger Games speculative fiction?
- Q. What is the example of speculative fiction?
- Q. Why do authors use speculative fiction?
- Q. What is a contemporary fiction?
- Q. Is Harry Potter a contemporary literature?
- Q. How long did Harry Potter take to write?
- Q. Who really wrote Harry Potter?
Q. Is The Hunger Games speculative fiction?
The Hunger Games films and the books to a lesser extent fail in ways that haunt many of the most famous speculative fictions: The main characters are largely imagined as white, and the black characters, while often attractive, are only supporting characters in the white character’s hero’s quest (although Katniss in the …
- Take an Idea From Current Society.
- Strengthen Your Cause-and-Effect Muscles.
- Determine Your World’s Winners and Losers.
- Research.
- Develop A Strong Visual Language.
- Stick To Your Own Rules.
- Read The Greats.
Q. What is the example of speculative fiction?
Genres
| Name | Examples |
|---|---|
| Science fiction | The Time Machine, I, Robot, Dune, Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Swamp Thing, Black Mirror, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Jurassic Park |
| Horror | The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Us, Books of Blood, The Hellbound Heart, Resident Evil |
| Utopian | Island, Ecotopia, 17776 |
Q. Why do authors use speculative fiction?
Speculative fiction gives you the ability to create worlds, ideas, themes that have no place in our current reality. Creating internally-consistent fantasy worlds allow writers to experiment with nature in ways not currently possible with science as we know it.
Q. What is a contemporary fiction?
Contemporary/Realistic: Realistic fiction creates imaginary characters and situations that depict our world and society. It focuses on themes of growing up and confronting personal and social problems. This genre portrays characters coming to understand themselves and others.
Q. Is Harry Potter a contemporary literature?
Harry Potter clearly represents the beginning point of a contemporary trajectory towards the occult imagined by the Dallas church’s writers and performers.
Q. How long did Harry Potter take to write?
six years
Q. Who really wrote Harry Potter?
J. K. Rowling
