Though I typically write for a variety of genres, recently, I've moved on to ideas revolving around mostly apocalypses.
The most recent one I have is post-apocalyptic, and though I'm thrilled to be getting more ideas, I still want to ensure that it's as non-cliche as possible - which I know is fairly impossible because nearly nothing is original these days, but I might as well try.
Anyway, here goes:
A year or two following the end of the apocalypse, the government of the area is attempting to get back up and running, despite the existence of a multitude of issues to deal with. Thus, the government is fairly weak, but still looking to help its people.
Now, the people on the other hand, have conflicting views on how they should recover from the apocalypse as a nation, which only adds on to the difficulty of forming a strong government. Still, the majority of the people are mainly concerned with one thing - appearing strong. Just picture Sparta. That's what they want.
Of course, many disagree, but since they are the majority, they have the most power over the actions the government will take.
The varying beliefs are expressed by people in organizations. There are organizations representing all concerns, and many often go around, give "inspiration speeches" to gather more followers.
So, one day, several members of an organization representing the majority's beliefs, visit a high school to attempt to persuade students to join them.
This event is planned and all details (ie. time when they arrive, what they will discuss, etc.) are given out by teachers.
However, many of these students have already formed their own opinions, and quite a few disagree with the organization visiting.
So, a group of students get together and plan a whole bunch of crap out, and do not show up to school the day the organization visits until later. The students enter the school building with weapons and the school is on immediate lockdown. They are successful in taking the members of the organization hostage and demand to speak with the leader of the organization.
Now, following this, though, the students don't have much of an idea of what they're planning to do. There is one student keeping an eye out on the future, and has great ambitions and plans, but does not reveal them to her peers. All the other students know is what they will be doing to the hostages.
I'm planning to make the students unsuccessful in the end. They are captured by the government, handed over to the organization, tortured, and finally killed.
The story will be written in journal entry format, and in the end, it is a teacher reading the journals, after having ordered artifacts from the building in which the students were tormented and killed.
So...thoughts? Opinions?
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