Poll: I have an idea..

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

go for it

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

Go nuts... Bu dum tish.

 

[Fniff]

I am writing a story about Humanity going completely batshit insane with no exceptions. Should I continue it? Here is an extract from the first page.


"Don't move you goddamn inbreed!" Miss Allby pointed the shotgun at the youth.

"I'm just looking for some food! Please! Don't kill me!" He put his hands up in defense.

Miss Allby pulled the trigger and the youth's head exploded. She cocked the SPAS 12 and walked over to the youth.

"Let's see now...Cigarettes,sigh,kids these days,smoking!" She noted as she checked the pockets of the dead child.

A week ago something happened. Something bad. Some sort of signal messed with people's heads,causing them to go insane. No one really was immune,just affected on different levels. Miss Allby was somewhere in the mid regions. The signal was picked up by all humans and some types of monkey.

The Suburbs and The Cites were hit hardest. No cars were heard driving around,no explosions,just sometimes a gunshot or a caw of a crow.

And all that in a week,imagine that.

Have you ever read 'Cell' by Stephen King ? Because your idea is very simmilar. If you haven't, you should read it to make sure your story doesn't infringe any intellectual property laws.
If you can be sure your story will be distinguishable, you should go for it, you have a nice writing style.

Well,some differences.

1: The Affected don't flock. They do the opposite.

2: The Affected can use weapons of any type.

3: They are still human.

4: They aren't telepathic.

 

[General Ken8]

Sounds like the kind of book i would buy and enjoy thoroughly
Finish it and i'll look for it in borders sometime

 

[Chaos Bringer]

Go for it and send me a copy. But don't use the word youth so much. (I know it was only twice but...) Look for a synonym.

 

[Arbitrary Cidin]

I'm not sure what to think. It'll be hard finding a strong threshold of story line when everyone's "batshit insane." If you can muster it out to be more than a day's discussion on /b/, you're a damn fine storywriter.

 

[darkless]

Don't specify on the gun. I feel that whenever I read a story someone's made where they specify the gun's name to break my concentration. I really don't know why, but it makes me think more of a video game then a book.

It might just be me though.

Nope not just you, even there just reading the name of the gun my brain switched off, going out of your way to specify what type of gun it is just seems kind of stupid.