Prompt Examples Fill in the blank: WHAT IF . . . What if scientists figured out a way to stop death? What if you could pay to have a computer inserted into your brain? What if we invented robots that could think, and they slowly took over? An alien appears on Earth. What happens next? How does the alien get here? Who finds it? (The government? A single person? Is the alien’s arrival a secret?) Why is the alien here? (Does it need help? Is it dangerous? How do people figure out the answers to these questions?) How do people react? (Do they try to help the alien? Study it? Lock it away?) Experiment with time What if you could travel back in time, but bring modern technology with you? What will Arkansas be like 1,000 years from now? Combine science + imagination Brain scan technology + evil dictatorship trying to control thoughts In vitro fertilization + an alternate world run entirely by women, who use men only to reproduce Flu season in small-town Canada + aliens interested in researching human resistance to illness