{"id":228,"date":"2016-12-10T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T11:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2016-12-10T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T11:39:34","slug":"why-speculative-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Why Speculative Fiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speculative Fiction takes place in a world where <i>anything<\/i> can happen. It goes beyond everyday life and takes the reader into an imaginary world of fantasy, science, and horror.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the short answer. But, of course, it&#8217;s much <i>more<\/i> than that.<\/p>\n<p>It takes our existing world and changes it by asking <i>What if? What if<\/i> monkeys could fly? <i>What if<\/i> aliens came to Earth?<i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p>This opens up the definition to include other genres&#8230;like alternate history, sci-fi, dystopian, weird tales, and surrealism.<\/p>\n<p>It views the world through new eyes, pushing the boundaries of imagination. It can take you <i>out<\/i> of your daily routine and reawaken a sense of mystery and purpose and wonder.<\/p>\n<p>It places ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances&#8211;providing new insight, teaching us about vital qualities within ourselves, like bravery and kindness, as we confront the forces of Good and Evil.<\/p>\n<p>It tries to anticipate where we all will be one day, so we can be better prepared. This <i>changes us<\/i> on a basic level that defies definition. It moves the soul to a better place.<\/p>\n<p>It also satisfies a basic human need. The need to <i>dream<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that you are reading this blog proves it. You wonder about the possibilities for a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>It is the <i>reason<\/i> we choose Speculative Fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because we are <i>all <\/i>dreamers at heart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speculative Fiction takes place in a world where anything can happen. It goes beyond everyday life and takes the reader into an imaginary world of fantasy, science, and horror. That&#8217;s the short answer. But, of course, it&#8217;s much more than that. It takes our existing world and changes it by asking What if? What if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tjwolfauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}