I already started writing a different book, but this idea came to me just before I was going to go to sleep last night and I woke up thinking about how I could write it.
Background - a huge war between all the states of American tore the country apart, and one of them won (I'm thinking Texas, but that can change as it's not a vital element). The winning state formed its own government, and in return for not completely destroying the other ones, makes them participate in their favourite TV show. Every year, a list of ten towns in ten states is announced, and each town has to elect a teenager to take part in it. I know it's sounding similar to the hunger games at this point, but this is only the first idea.
Anyway, the TV show is basically a mixture of Big Brother and... almost Cluedo, I guess. The ten competitors are put inside a house filled with cameras, and one of them is assigned secretly to be a killer. The 'house' is called the Compound, and it's run in a very similar way to Big Brother.
Basically, if the killer destroys all his competition, he wins and is set free. If his competition kill him first, they all win and are set free. If they identify the wrong person as the killer and kill them, they all die.
The story follows Tate, who is elected by his town in Ohio, as he goes into the Compound and fights for survival against an unknown killer.
That's all I've thought about so far - like I said, it was an idea that came to me just before going to sleep. But do you think it's any good?
Whilst I appreciate and even encourage honest feedback, there's a line between helpful constructive criticism and ripping an idea to pieces. You don't seem to know it, 'Smells like new screen names'.
Background - a huge war between all the states of American tore the country apart, and one of them won (I'm thinking Texas, but that can change as it's not a vital element). The winning state formed its own government, and in return for not completely destroying the other ones, makes them participate in their favourite TV show. Every year, a list of ten towns in ten states is announced, and each town has to elect a teenager to take part in it. I know it's sounding similar to the hunger games at this point, but this is only the first idea.
Anyway, the TV show is basically a mixture of Big Brother and... almost Cluedo, I guess. The ten competitors are put inside a house filled with cameras, and one of them is assigned secretly to be a killer. The 'house' is called the Compound, and it's run in a very similar way to Big Brother.
Basically, if the killer destroys all his competition, he wins and is set free. If his competition kill him first, they all win and are set free. If they identify the wrong person as the killer and kill them, they all die.
The story follows Tate, who is elected by his town in Ohio, as he goes into the Compound and fights for survival against an unknown killer.
That's all I've thought about so far - like I said, it was an idea that came to me just before going to sleep. But do you think it's any good?
Whilst I appreciate and even encourage honest feedback, there's a line between helpful constructive criticism and ripping an idea to pieces. You don't seem to know it, 'Smells like new screen names'.