Parasitic

This is the dystopian book that I wrote in class, I highly encourage you take a look. 

During this project we read classic books based on dystopias like 1984, Fahrenheit 451, handmaids tale, etc. I chose to read the handmaid tale with a group of 3 other people. At the end of the time we were giving to finish these books, we had a small group book chat. I admit, I felt like I could’ve connected to other topics and research a bit better, but I still think I did better than I actually did.

We also brainstormed ideas that people were worried about. Things like global warming, viruses, problems within the economy, classism, etc.

I originally landed on gene editing and CRISPR tech, but slowly morphed my story into being centralized around parasites and gene editing together

My story wasn’t very cohesive at the start, it was many ideas all mushed together with no actual idea about where the plot would go. After a long call with my friend and a lot of critique from my writer step dad, I finally landed on a plot and world that made sense in my head. Now the problem was writing it

I like to think that writing is a strong suit of mine, but I’m not the kind of person that likes to read, so I know I’ll be a level below the people that do actually read. Either way, I gave it my best. I asked for a lot of critique and feedback from my stepdad, who happily obliged, along with my friends, who not so happily obliged. Without their help I wouldn’t have ended with a story I could say I’m happy with.

This project definitely challenged my critical thinking skills as it required a basic knowledge of authoritarian societies and dystopias.