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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31468
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I'm writing a letter from the future to my dear friends, posing as the child they're about to have. The main aim of the letter is to be amusing, but also to give some perspective (you don't need to be a permanently perfect parent to give a human a great start in life)

I'm looking for ideas for things that might "feel wrong" about the letter, that make it feel more authentically from a different time, but without distracting from the message too much. Things fuelled by our predictions today about what will happen to language (and the world).

Given that I'm writing from ~2050 as a Brit, these are some ideas I've had:

- using more phonetic spelling (handwriting will be less common, moves to using emojj and the Americanisation of English will likely reduce unexessary complications in spelling)
- using plot to explain not giving too much future info, but leaving ambiguous references in ("Dr Tompkins suggested that I avoid mentioning any of my favourite moments from our history, as I might spoil them if you try to recreate them" kinda thing)
- find some things being completed a couple of years from now and reference them as being well established

Are there any other plot devices or styles that might be worth looking into?

Original score: 7