SCP Foundation

I only recently joined the site, and my first idea is drafted in the sandbox right now but before putting it up on "Drafts and Critiques" I wanted to be sure it is A, a good idea, and B, not done before.

My idea for an SCP is a standard notebook. If you write that something will happen in the note book, it is much more likely to happen.

The book does have sentience, and words will appear on the page prompting you to "write to me (it)" The book calls itself Alice, and will try and convince the reader to write certain things in the book. There is a plan for an SCP XXXX-2, who is an official owner of the book, but I'm not entirely sure if it's always been one person, or if it's is passed on. I also don't know if the owner of the book has any abilities a normal person wouldn't have. Anyways, here's my REALLY REALLY ROUGH draft for it. A lot a critique is needed so I'd appreciate opinions.

Note: Addendum not done yet. (None of the Three)

Edited that reaaaaaally long summary into here. ~Zyn

Gambling is not permitted within sector twelve, and any personnel who use SCP-XXXX in this manner are to be punished severely. You know who you are. STOP.

Nay! That's out-of-place and unnecessary lolFoundation.

Beyond that, the tone isn't too bad, but it's not perfect when it comes to clinical wording. Most notably is the "aptitude" of the notebook. That's personification, which wouldn't be in a scientific document.

The overall concept reminds me too strongly of Tom Riddle's journal from Harry Potter, and that isn't an obscure fandom. Let's see what others say.

At the risk of back seat modding:

That summary post is far too big.

No uncollapsed drafts is the forum.

If you have a draft, this should be in the draft forum.

As far as the draft itself, why isn't this safe. Put -2 in a cell, and the notebook in a safe deposit box, and nothing Can happen.

As far as the notebook's personality, it would be much better to show us what it is rather then telling us, either by testing log or an interview.

The 'study room,' at first blush, sounds like the researcher's reading room as opposed to a proper cell.

The summary post length was my mistake because I've never put up anything on the forum and I didn't realize EVERYTHING would show up beside the title(it won't happen again). I think I'll scrap the "Alice writing back" theory even though I was attempting to create a log exhibiting the character in one addendum. I didn't really get the alarm "Harry Potter" because I was never really into the fandom itself, but I understand how closely related they are and this needs a serious remake.

The original idea for this SCP was actually a computer system or a flash drive that you could use to do a similar things as apposed to a book. Does anyone think this has more potential?

I also apologize for the draft. I thought it qualified because I personally considered this an idea. Won't happen again.

Finally, I was thinking Euclid because the Diary would quickly acquire information on the foundation, and anyone coming in contact with the Diary could easily topple everything by simply writing "The door adjacent to SCP-Whatever malfunctions."

I was gonna write an addendum explaining "likely"
If such a thing was written, it wouldn't work. I probably should have clarified that you can't write that a person in New York will buy a croissant in France because that wouldn't happen realistically. In fact, you can't even say that a worker who recently drank a ton of coffee is going to fall asleep on the job. It's more likely he will, but he still might not EVEN if you write he will.

In other words, this notebook increases probability. It does not fate it.
Though it makes sense you didn't get it cause I didn't write this very well. (Also thank you so much for the edit Zyn you saved me a big embarrassment)

And lastly SCP XXXX-2 (The owner) was going to have abilities that would threaten the containment of the notebook, but I'm probably gonna scrap that and make it safe anyways.