Write Appealing Dystopia: Build a Frighteningly Realistic World OnDemand Webinar

ABOUT THE WEBINAR 1984 is a hit on Broadway, Gilead's Handmaids are stars in streaming, and in the theaters we can choose between Bladerunner's Los Angeles or the Planet of the Apes. Basically the world is turning into hell, and audiences are just as eager to visit as writers are to lead them there. We create dystopian societies to shine a light on real issues troubling us today and to turn social problems into mass entertainment. But for every harrowing depiction of a hideous future that demands our attention, there's always an Elysium or Battlefield Earth that draws nothing but snickers. What's the difference -- and how do we build worlds that seem real and terrifying? This 90-minute webinar will examine the creation of the dystopian worlds that command our attention, from The Handmaid's Tale's Gilead to The Hunger Games' Panem to Children of Men's dying England and Mad Max's outback wasteland. And it will look at failed dystopias to find out why audiences rejected them. What are the