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Are Generic settings bad even when that was your intent? I am writing a novel and the first two or three chapters are set in a generic post-apocalyptic world before the protagonist wakes up. I want to write it like generic because it would be a foreshadow for my future novels. I want to hear /Lit/ opinion/.
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If you're writing in English I don't think you'll need to worry about the content, no one will even understand what you're trying to say
Generic is fine, but not too generic. Think about the opening. The setting must have some sense of familiarity to make the story come alive.
For example, think of these three post-apocalyptic movies:
Mad Max
The Road
The Postman
All are generically post-apocalyptic but they aren't the same settings at all. Be generic, that's fine, but give it at least some life to show that it's yours and it's a place that your characters and audience can relate to.
>>7877916
Yeah this is pretty much true.
if you're thinking of a setting before you think of what the book will actually be about it won't be very good senpai
come up with the main theme of the book and then pick a setting from there
>>7878271
I already have a theme I was just worried about the settings.
>>7877912
I'm guessing English isn't your primary language?
