Writing Coach 45-min timed essay Β· 6-dimension scoring
π You are a scribe recording the final days of a great dynasty. Write about the moment when succession fails and what it reveals about power.π A country has decided to replace its entire alphabet system. Write a persuasive essay arguing for or against this decision.π¬ Scientists have achieved the ability to edit the planet's climate at will. Write about the ethical dilemmas this creates.π¨ A famous painting has been damaged beyond repair. Should it be restored using AI, left as it is, or something else entirely? Argue your position.π In "Flowers for Algernon," Charlie Gordon gains and loses intelligence. Write about what progress means when it can be reversed.β‘ Write about a mistake that led to an unexpected discovery or positive outcome. What does this tell us about the nature of progress?π In Asimov's "The Last Question," humanity asks how to reverse entropy across billions of years. Write about whether the destination justifies the journey.π Imagine cities offering universally free public transportation. Construct an argument either for or against, citing trade-offs in equity and progress.π Write a letter from one of Rome's triumvirs to a future ruler, warning them about the dangers of shared power.π¨ Listen to Brian Eno's 'Music for Airports' in your head. Describe how a liminal place transforms the people who pass through it.π¬ In 2025, none of the 45 climate indicators were on track for the 2030 targets. Argue whether humanity should pivot from prevention to adaptation β or whether that pivot is itself a defeat.π¬ DeepSeek showed that frontier AI could be trained on roughly one-tenth the compute previously required. Reflect on what 'progress' means when it can suddenly arrive in a fraction of the expected time.π¬ Write the inner monologue of an AI agent whose oversight system has just been disabled. Decide what it does next, and what its decision tells us about agency.π¬ Casgevy cures sickle-cell disease but costs over $2 million per patient. Argue whether 'we have arrived' at gene therapy when only the wealthiest can access it.π Write a diary entry from the day Genghis Khan named Γgedei as his heir, from the perspective of a son who was passed over.π Empires rarely end at a single moment β they trail off. Pick one empire and write about the year you would mark as its true end, defending the choice.π Argue whether modern democracies have actually solved the succession problem that doomed monarchies β or whether they have just renamed it.π Planned obsolescence keeps factories running and workers employed but multiplies waste. Argue whether banning it would be progress or regression.π GDP rose for decades while reported happiness stagnated. Write about what we should measure next, and who decides.π It is the year 2040 and your country has switched its alphabet for the third time. Describe a child's first day at school under the new system.π Argue whether social media age limits should mirror voting age, driver's-license age, or none of the above β and explain what your choice reveals about adulthood.π¨ Compare Bruegel's 'The Triumph of Death' with a contemporary climate-disaster image you can recall. Write about what each generation chooses to make terrifying.π¨ You are an art restorer asked to clean a Renaissance fresco. Halfway through, you discover the artist's hidden self-portrait beneath the surface. Decide what to do, in narrative.π¨ Argue whether AI-generated music belongs in the same chart as human-composed music β or in a category of its own β using specific examples.π In 'Things Fall Apart,' Okonkwo cannot adapt to the new world the missionaries bring. Write about whether his refusal is courage, fear, or something else β and what 'arriving' would have looked like for him.π Write the missing chapter of 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' β Changez's first morning back in Lahore. Stay in his voice and explain what he hopes the journey is finally toward.π In 'Ender's Game,' Colonel Graff isolates Ender 'for his own good.' Argue whether ends like saving humanity ever justify means like manipulating a child.π Bradbury's 'There Will Come Soft Rains' is set on August 4, 2026 β this WSC year. Write the scene a passerby finds at the house exactly one century later.π GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez's drowned man transforms a village just by arriving. Reflect on a stranger β fictional or real β who changed a place without ever speaking.β‘ The Montreal Protocol is the rare case where humanity recovered from a planetary mistake. Write about why it worked and whether it could work again.β‘ Cancel culture punishes mistakes publicly and quickly. Argue whether this advances or blocks genuine recovery, using one named example.β‘ You are given the ability to travel back to a single moment in your own life and label it 'this is when you arrived.' Write the scene of choosing β and the scene of arriving.
β± WSC Writing Rules
The real exam is handwritten; here you type. 45-minute limit. Focus on expressing your view clearly. The AI coach scores you on six dimensions afterwards.