tips and tropes to avoid writing fiction set in the 21st century america!!
guns aren't actually that heavy! in fact, most of them are very light to aid in aiming the shots!
don't just make all of your characters multilingual by default! do the research and find out what the status of translation tech was in the specific year you're writing in!
i know its tempting, but don't just throw in a fake psychic character because of You-Know-Who. the mass psychic delusions didn't even start until 2060s anyways!
if you simply must make a character from Miami for tragic backstory purposes, make sure not to spring it on people as some sort of twist partway through.
emphysema sounds nasty, but its not actually fatal in most cases!
the 21st century was the time our modern standards for embodiment and alteration were established, but they weren't universally accepted or even acknowledged at the time. remember that you may have to use some archaic or even problematic vocabulary to be truly accurate!
remember: nobody knew the truth of deconfinement! make sure your characters don't acknowledge it all!
