Anti-Utopia & Antitheticals—the World of No and Not

September 26, 2024, Issue

This week's Shining Beacon is guiding fiction authors through the storms of writing dystopians (Anti-utopians) and all authors through the storms of using commas with antitheticals. 

While we might not like being told no, dystopians, where a whole society is told some kind of  big no, are wildly successful. They give us hope, social awareness, and a safe…