The name of the Tale is The Preachers Son. It is a story that took place long ago, around 1870, in the deserts of Utah. It is a story about cowboys and bandits, judges and villagers, preachers and sons. At the start of the tale (which I will also refer to as "weave" from time to time), the character's names will start out as simple descriptions of who they are: The Preacher, The Preacher's Son, The Bandit, The Judge, The Bandit's Wife, The Preacher's Wife, etc. But later I will ask your assistance in creating their real names.
Before we give them names, however, we must first determine what our story is about, and to do that we need to create the first weaves of our story--these are the weaves that the remainder of the novel will be built upon: Idea, Premise, Concept and Theme.
Some writers call "premise" and "concept" what other writers refer to as "concept" and "theme." Most writers agree that an "idea" is just an "idea," but not everyone agrees with this. In the weaving of this tale, I will waste no time arguing over the meanings of such words, as that will slow down the process. I would rather, for expediency's sake, just jump right in.
Idea
The initial idea for The Preachers Son was inspired during one of many viewings of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, a movie that is ultimately about redemption. At the climax of the film William Munny, played by Eastwood, shoots up a bar full of men responsible for the death of his friend. It is a brilliant and violent scene, and while watching it for the fifth or sixth time, I asked myself how the scene would change if a child was in the bar. From this question was born the idea for The Preachers Son, a story about a gunfighter who had experienced horrible violence as a child, but not violence in the way you would think. In this weave, the child shoots Bill Munny.
Premise of Story
The defense of the innocent ends in self sacrifice
Concept for the First Act
What if the four-year-old son of a peace obsessed Preacher, pulls a gun on a bandit trying to take his father's life and the four-year-old must choose between obeying his father's message of peace or satisfying his early fascination with violence.
Theme of First Act
Sacrificing oneself for the greater good.
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