If you enjoy the challenge of generating interesting ideas and forming a creative response while under timed pressure then this is the challenge for you. This style of writing has introduced me to a wide variety of topics that I otherwise wouldn't have thought about, and helped broaden my general knowledge.

The rules for this challenge are simple

Your writing must be in response to the given theme

You can write in any style e.g. essay, short story, poem, letter, etc.

You have 30 minutes to complete your response

Post your response on Steemit for people to read

I'd love to read and support all of your responses so add the tag #writingchallenge or comment a link to your response below.

I'll post a new challenge at least once a week so keep an eye out.





Theme 1 - TECHNOLOGY









It's Already Too Late

It's true humans will one day be ruled by computers. In fact to some extent maybe we already are. Whilst we've all be distracted by the prospect of an artificial intelligence robot armageddon, computers have weaselled their way into control in a much more subtle fashion.

"Google, lights on" "Siri, what's the fastest route to the Grand Hotel?"

Sam had forgot to set an alarm, over slept, and now already late for drinks at 7.

"Calculating route to your destination"

"In 1.1km take the second exit, merge left, turn right, ding! you have reached your destination."

Sam's friends were sitting at a booth in the back of the bar, six friends, six phones on the table.

"Buzz! buzz! buzz!" a food pager went off on the table next to them, summoning its occupants to collect their food. Conversation flowed as normal, any argument settled with a quick Google search, any song being played identified with Shazam. As the night grew late Sam called an Uber home, crawled into bed and ended the night muttering,

"Google, lights off."

Like Sam, many people don't even realise how much they use technology, to the extent where it has seamlessly become part of our everyday. The observation that we no longer need to know anything because the internet will always know more is perhaps becoming a reality. Even today there are talks of drivers licences becoming obsolete in the next decade due to driverless cars.

Society's reliance on technology has gone past the point of no return. The "developed" world would be sent into disarray if computer technology suddenly up and left. The fact that going without power for more than 2 days in some western countries is enough for government compensation, shows just how technology dependant people have become. If you think this all sounds over dramatic, then go and ask any millennial how they'd fare without their mobile phone, and then try and tell me that we still control computers and not the other way around.





Thanks for reading - I'd love to read and support all of your responses so either add the tag #writingchallenge or comment a link to your response below.