WritingPrompts

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[WP] Your latest assignment is to write an essay extensively detailing how a great historical tragedy could have been avoided entirely. Your professor skims through each paper as he collects them. One stops him. "Yes, that's it. Good, I'll try that this time." He then jogs out of the room.	9027
[WP] Your daughter's favorite toy is your ancient Nokia cellphone. One day she comes bounding into the room, yelling "Mum, it's for you!" Humoring her, you accept the lifeless phone and hold it up to your ear. "Hello, it's Mum." Then you hear, "God, I missed the sound of your voice."	249
[WP] Fed up with your overactive imagination, your parents take you to see a behavioral specialist about your tendency to "remember" things they know never happened. After analyzing you, the doctor sighs and says, "Not his fault, really. They just didn't wipe his memory properly."	86
[WP] As you cross the street, a woman stops directly in front of you. "Excuse me, sir! Would you like a VIP pass to tonight's-." You cut her off, saying, "No thanks," and step aside. Her smile now gone, she blocks you again. "Bryan, you must be there tonight." In her hand is a picture of you.	26
[WP] A man hands you a packet and tells you to present his ideas as your own. He'll be in touch soon. Since then, you've become icon in the scientific community. It's the night before your first live demonstration, the man is nowhere to be found, and you don't understand any of "your" work.	18
[WP] In this society, astrological signs are taken very seriously. They dictate the course of one's life, beginning with the primary school you attend. Parents began altering birth certificates to afford their children certain opportunities. Your elite team investigates "sign-falsification" claims.	10

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