Who is the person from history that you would most like to meet and talk to? Why? What would you like to ask?
Your move, writer.
You could go reverent and curious, picking someone like Leonardo da Vinci or Hypatia and imagining a quiet afternoon spent asking how they saw the world before anyone had words for it yet. Or tilt it personal and unexpected — maybe it's not a famous name at all, but a great-great-grandmother whose recipes survived though her voice didn't, and the questions are small and aching: what made you laugh, were you happy. There's room too for mischief — picture sitting down with someone like Mark Twain or Dorothy Parker purely for the comeback lines, treating the meeting like a verbal duel you're thrilled to lose. However you take it, let the questions matter more than the famous name. The best version of this piece reveals what you're hungry to know, not just who you admire.
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