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Kard (Season 7 Runner Up)
Kard's Submission
Final Score Breakdown:
Communication 17/20
Creativity 16/20
Total 33/40
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The use of case studies is a great idea, and very accurate to government briefings. The tone and register largely fits the task brief. Truman Television Industries is a fun name. Cheers for the trigger warning, never a bad idea.
Having more info summarised at the top would be helpful (date, specific department/recipient), who wrote the brief, and the subject/request) - both for fitting the brief format and for contextualising the piece. The “United States Government” is massive, and a classified document about a top secret spy would usually be restricted to/directed at a specific department/person.
The word ‘future’ is used quite a lot in the first paragraph. There is repetition at times, e.g. there is no need to mention twice that Truman was the CEO of TTI.
Overall, there is room for more speculative fiction - bar the machine itself obviously, the case studies could all plausibly have happened in 2024. What is new/different almost 500 years later? A more ‘fun’ case study would’ve helped (e.g. chartering life on other planets, some fancy new invention…), or you can add to the existing examples (e.g. in Case Study 1, an effect/cause of climate change that is new).
Writing Challenge:
Imagine it is the year 2495 (the future) and that civilization has somehow invented a new device that allows anyone to retrieve information from the future before the year 2500 (before the far future). Although this new device always accurately predicts the exact details about any event in time, it can only tell users what exactly will happen before the year 2500. A spy technician sent from the far-future is tasked with secretly correcting the code in the device by the year 2500 so then it may continue to function properly until humanity’s extinction. Your challenge is to write a 2000-word classified-style document written from the perspective of the people in the far future who employed the spy, clearly outlining the benefits and impacts of continuing the programming of the device and why it is ultimately decided that the device must remain until humanity’s extinction despite the apparent chaotic, emotional, and existential crises that people face when using the device in the future (2100-2500). Provide compelling case studies that stand for and against the usage of the device.
Helpful Timeline for this Writing Challenge
Present (2024-2100) > Future (2100-2500) > Far-Future (2500-)
