Every problem on earth can be traced back to the evils of capitalism, so make sure your book highlights that and incessantly repeats it. “Conflicts should be settled as a matter of political consequence from the point of view of the working class.” So if your lead character is a knight errant, make sure he’s a working class knight errant who slays dragons named Ayn Rand, the imperialist Alan Greenspan, or perhaps even — if you’re being truly subversive — that treacherous comprador bourgeois Deng Xiaoping. “The negative elements in our society are typified by those people who, in spite of their subjective desire to follow the Party, reveal various shortcomings in their work and their lives, affected by the remnants of obsolete ideas which linger in their minds.” And we certainly don’t want any obsolete ideas cropping up, especially concerning art and literature.
Writing for Commies: 7 Tips from Kim Jong Il’s 1986 Treatise on Literature
Want to write like the Dear Leader? Here's how.
Settle All Conflicts in Accordance with Class Struggle
Full List
Writing for Commies
- Learn to Write the Kim Jong Il Way
- Write the Seed
- Promote the Party
- The Lead Character Must Be a Revolutionary
- Compose the Plot Correctly (a.k.a Fertilize Your ‘Seed’)
- Each Scene Must Be Dramatic
- Use Words that Are Full of Meaning and Easy to Understand
- Settle All Conflicts in Accordance with Class Struggle