Progress Update

1/25/14

            Reflecting on the progress I’ve made throughout the quarter. I can honestly say that I have not made the most of my time and I haven’t gotten as far as Id like. I have contracted a case of writer’s block, and it has really gotten to me and locked me up. It all comes down to making the characters dynamic and interesting.  The trouble for me has been making characters that the audience would find emotionally intriguing. Characters that they can relate to in some way and find an attachment. I decided that for sure I’m writing a western, so to my at least I have that covered.

            The general idea of what I want is as follows:

                                    A pacifist pastor, who lives with his wife and 3 kids in the west in 1911, is kidnapped and tortured by a group of ex-confederate soldiers from the south. The man must overcome his pact not to fight in order to defend himself, his home, and his family. He has to take up arms and become a legend of the west.

Characters:

            Obadiah Colt: A pastor living in western Utah.

            Ella Claire (Colt): Wife to Obadiah.

            Abigail Colt: 7 year old daughter

            Maxwell Colt: 17-year-old son

            Travis Colt: 11 year old son

Abraham Benet: Ex confederate soldier, on a revenge run through the west because he feels that the civil war is not over, and that by kidnapping and torturing union families he is doing some divine good to the world.

                        Benet’s crew: Ezra, Seth, Isaac, all are equally sadistic and violent, and join Benet in his raids throughout the west.