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?
A Letter From The Future
Dear Emilia,
I’m sure you are confused about why you received this letter. I have been missing, I know. Well dear, I must let you know that we will not be able to see each other again, however, I wanted one last chance to get a message to you.
You see, I am living in a different time. Where I am, you do not know, nor will you ever know it. I am beyond the years that you will live. This news saddened me greatly when I first discovered it. I was happy to find that you had lived a great life with much happiness. That I do want you to know.
The urgency of this letter is to warn you of something to come. There is a danger lurking in time and you must follow my instructions to get to safety.
Read the following very carefully, as your life depends on it. I don’t mean to scare you but, no, in fact, you should be scared. For a terrible evil is taking over the country. Our enemies are on the rise, the media is trying to distract from the horrors happening in cities around us. Women, children, men, the elders are all vanishing at an alarming pace. Unless you know someone personally who has vanished, they are not reporting these incidents as it is coming from within.
There has been a secret society that let us rule the lands because they could not bother with the mortals of our world. However, as time has gone on, they have realized the destruction and evil that is becoming of humans. To be honest, I am surprised it took them this long to take initiative. That is besides the point, what matters is that they are eliminating the human race slowly but surely.
My dear, you must go into hiding. I have seen the future and I cannot give you much detail as it could change the courses of fate. Changing the courses of fate would be disastrous, but again, I won’t get into that now.
You must remain hidden for 3 years. This is the time I have learned it will take for you to be safe from the elimination. I have a colleague who lives in Brisbane, Australia. You must get on a flight by the end of the month and find Coleen Thompson. Tell her I sent you and she will help.
You are running out of time dear. I wish this wasn’t the only correspondence we have, but it is the most urgent and therefore necessary.
Just remember, I love you and good luck.
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