FinnMacCool
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I've had this idea in the back of my head for a really long time to try and write a story about the aftermath of some kind of modern day nuclear war which destroys two thirds of the population of the world.
It is currently in the prewriting stage and I was wondering what your thoughts were on how the people might act and what kind of weaponary would be needed to send this country back almost into the stone age.
Basically the story is that this man named Daniel MacAndrew who lives in present day New York city when he was warned of a nuclear strike. Basically the whole city is destroyed and his whole family died. He wanders around for awhile and encounters some thieves but he is rescued by a man named Matthew. Matthew and him become companions.
Matt is a completely different character then Daniel. Daniel lives only to survive but Matt took this destruction as a unique opportunity to rebuild the world and create a society where there is justice, equality, and fairness. Matt is an optimist and Dan is the pessimist.
Vannessa is another character that they meet and she is the one I'm most worried about. The thing about her is that she is like Daniel meaning that she only wants survival pretty much but Daniel lusts after her and Matt actually encourages them because he feels that its the first step to making a civillization. It sounds pretty stupid but I wanted to try and get some kind of sexual tension between those characters but also bring it back to a stage where its actually neccesary for the survival of their species.
Let give basically an outline of the problems I had in mind and I want to see if they are authentic as I imagine them to be:
Tribal Warfare
Matthew forms a tribe and gathers about him all these people who follow him but there are other tribes that want to fight them also and who possess better weapons then they.
Guns and Ammo: Matthew carries an Ak-47 but only has two mags of ammo and Dan carries a pistol (probably a glock. haven't decided yet) with only two mags of ammo. Eventually they run out and have to resort to building spears and other kinds of primitive weaponary.
So basically I was hoping you guys could tell me if these kind of problems would be realistic and on what scale would a nuclear war have to be in order to bring about one single apocalyptic event that would reduce mankind to this stage. I want to be as authentic as possible. Any kind of suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you.
It is currently in the prewriting stage and I was wondering what your thoughts were on how the people might act and what kind of weaponary would be needed to send this country back almost into the stone age.
Basically the story is that this man named Daniel MacAndrew who lives in present day New York city when he was warned of a nuclear strike. Basically the whole city is destroyed and his whole family died. He wanders around for awhile and encounters some thieves but he is rescued by a man named Matthew. Matthew and him become companions.
Matt is a completely different character then Daniel. Daniel lives only to survive but Matt took this destruction as a unique opportunity to rebuild the world and create a society where there is justice, equality, and fairness. Matt is an optimist and Dan is the pessimist.
Vannessa is another character that they meet and she is the one I'm most worried about. The thing about her is that she is like Daniel meaning that she only wants survival pretty much but Daniel lusts after her and Matt actually encourages them because he feels that its the first step to making a civillization. It sounds pretty stupid but I wanted to try and get some kind of sexual tension between those characters but also bring it back to a stage where its actually neccesary for the survival of their species.
Let give basically an outline of the problems I had in mind and I want to see if they are authentic as I imagine them to be:
Tribal Warfare
Matthew forms a tribe and gathers about him all these people who follow him but there are other tribes that want to fight them also and who possess better weapons then they.
Guns and Ammo: Matthew carries an Ak-47 but only has two mags of ammo and Dan carries a pistol (probably a glock. haven't decided yet) with only two mags of ammo. Eventually they run out and have to resort to building spears and other kinds of primitive weaponary.
So basically I was hoping you guys could tell me if these kind of problems would be realistic and on what scale would a nuclear war have to be in order to bring about one single apocalyptic event that would reduce mankind to this stage. I want to be as authentic as possible. Any kind of suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you.
