The most difficult part of writing The Study is not the writing process itself, it is the editing process. I have people who are great editors for my other work, but it is far more difficult with this genre. I can see how dystopias are popular to write: the negative outlook on society seems to be an invisible canvas within which we all see the world most of the time. When trying to show how the world might be made better during transition, instead of worse, is far harder for other people to digest for two reasons. The first reason finding an editor is hard is that we are all used to sharing our own ideas, as opposed to listening to and developing the ideas of others. Whenever I explain the ideas behind the stories in this book, I invariably here a hedged positive piece of feedback followed immediately with an explanation of either why it wouldn't work or how that person would do it instead. I am far too polite to shout at them that if they think their ideas are so great, why aren&
Background and Discussion of the principles that drive the creation of my writing projects. The goal is always to do the most good for the most people and dream outside the box so there are fewer people left behind.