A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.
When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point.
'Dystopian,' by definition, promises a darker story.
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new lungs. Everyone should remember being born. It doesn't seem fair that we only remember dying.
Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.
