3 Tips for Writing Near Futures in Fiction

3 Tips for Writing Near Futures in Fiction


When considering tips for writing stories set in the near future, I recall what writer and activist Alexis De Veaux said at a reading in Washington, DC: “The future is your next breath.” My prediction for the future…we expect…disruption of the status quo… CNBC Squawk Box is an American cable news show that consistently books CEOs promoting their next big thing, often nudged into discussing external headwinds predicted to impact the future by the show’s hosts. The words you create may or may not actually appear in your story, but the effort spent in development is similar to visual storyboarding for the world you’re building.

Author: Stacy Nathaniel Jackson


Published at: 2025-03-31 22:00:00

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