I’ve had this idea in my head for over a year now, and have started writing this book 3 different times, but always stopped after a chapter because I realize the insane time commitment involved. But now I shall tackle it, one page at a time, and it will be amazing.
Here’s the story – very Stephen King-ish/kind of Lord of the Flies-ish
The title: TRIBE
A group of friends are late in their high school years and are waiting to get out. They’ve done all the “high school” stuff and don’t really care about it any more. They are all pretty funny, and like to party. There exists several interesting relationships within the group (this guys wants this girl, these two have been buds since kindergarden, etc.) They are starting to party a lot (get drunk, dabble in drugs) and have been busted a few times throwing parties at their parents house. So, they begin camping out in the woods to have their parties in secret so that they won’t get busted or bothered by anyone.
One night, the cops crash their party and they all flee to the woods. Throughout the night they try and regroup and make it back to camp. The cops are gone, and so are some of their friends.
I’ll cut to the chase. They try to pack up and leave but they cannot find the road no matter how hard they try. It has disappeared. A day goes by with constant attempts to re-enter civilization, but to no avail and they all start to panic.
Then the Indians attack.
These are fictional Indians (not based off any particular tribe) who ride through and kill some of the gang. They try to run and hide, but not all of them are successful.
To make a long story short, they accpept their situation and try to defend themselves against the attacks with whatever means they have available (make weapons out of care parts, sheilds, bombs with gas, use the vehicle to run over the enemy . . .etc. So they have all of their battles and dramas, and at the end, only two survive. They walk together and find the road they came in on, and are faced with the task of explaining what happened to everyone.
There it is. Don’t steal my idea! (I guess I’m asking for it)
I’d like your input. Any ideas to soup up the plot? I’d like to add in some sort of time-warp or anything else to make this even scarier/more interesting. Maybe I’ll make the Indians be punitive demons sent to punish. I’m not sure, but it will kick ass.
All input is much appreciated!
Thanks