Let's Do This: Income Gap in Fiction | Episode 36

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Income Gap in Fiction | Episode 35

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Let’s Do This: Income Gap in Fiction

1.     Do you want to say something about class or income and wealth gaps in your fiction? Is it also connected to a particular setting or economic policy, or perhaps to a group of people – race, nationality of immigrants for example?

2.     How can you show class in your fiction (besides talking about it explicitly)? Language, food, living space, opportunities, fashion. Juxtaposition, hyperbole, allusion… It doesn’t have to be the subject to use these elements implicitly.

3.     Do you consider the income and spending power of your characters and the way this affects their actions and perspectives?

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