WRITING OBSTACLE

Write a letter to a friend, from the perspective of someone living 100 years in the future.

What commonplace things might they mention that would surprise a reader now, and how can you use these to drive an interesting narrative?

If Only I Knew

Hey, we haven’t talked in quite a while. I know what you’re thinking, and I’m sorry. Sorry for everything really.

I know that no cheezy apologies of mine will fix things, but before you toss this letter aside….please Jane, just give me a chance. I need you to sit down for a moment and just read this.

It was hard for me too. I didn’t exactly have a choice—not in a way you think. I don’t remember what year it is for you anymore, lost track of time, but it’s 2124 for me. I just tried to make things better; I really believed I could fix all this mess that is happening now. But as you know, I didn’t, rather made them worse.


Dr. Margot told me it was the only way for us to understand and evolve as humans, it was for the purpose of science. They said that by traveling in time, we could fix our society, we could fix climate change, we could fix every flaw the earth has. Nobody believed in such thing as ‘time travel capsule’ up until we saw it in the laboratory. And for some damn reason, I agreed on being the first human to time travel. I thought that maybe, just maybe with a bit of luck, I could fix things and make the world a better place.


But I was wrong.


I know you begged me to stay, and I should have listened. You’re always right in everything. Now, here I am, stuck in time one hundred years in future, writing this letter to you. I would come back, I really wish I could as time travel is now a thing in my days, but it’s too dangerous to go back this far in time. Thank goodness they atleased let me mail this to you, it took me quite a while to convince them.


Anyways, I hope your doing well. You’re still my best friend Jane.

I miss you so much. Say hi to mom.


Love,

Katie

your beloved sister.

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