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Alrighty y’all, I love the dystopian genre, and I’ve been wanting to begin plotting a series for a while now, but unique and fresh plot ideas have been escaping me.

I consider the defining features of a vast amount of dystopian novels to be what I call the Big Three:

• An oppressive and autocratic government that is usually lying to its people about some big and revealing plot point.
• A pandemic/disease that is rampant and is often revealed to be man-made in a plot twist.
• A group or pair of young people who are put in X deadly and/or mysterious situation and have to deal with it. This is often a Hunger Games spin-off in the fact that they are put in a strange place or an arena of some sort and have to work together to an extent to escape or survive.

So, what I’m wanting is fresh plot ideas–in particular for the villains/antagonists’ plans. What could be going on in a setting like this that isn’t one of the big three?

Now, here’s the deal. The term ‘dystopian’ inherently means that their is oppression and that the setting is grim or tyrannical in some way. The central way to do this is indeed with an oppressive government. So, if y’all have any ideas for me, I’m fine with that idea including an oppressive government or entity of some sort, but add a twist. What’s different about this government? Is there actually someone else behind all the evil? Who’s the real villain instead of the government? What would the plot of the third book in the trilogy be if it wasn’t overthrowing a evil government? What force is behind it all and what is their plan? What is the history/backstory of the plot?

If y’all have any ideas for me, I’d love to hear them!

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