The Pitch

Today's Word Count: 3,384 words.

The ideas are coming freely, but the words are coming slowly. It's laborious; I keep hopping around between chapters, writing bits of scenes as they occur to me. I have about 7 chapters nearly-completed overall, but no shred of continuity just yet. Still, the story is so near completion in my head that I haven't lost faith in it just yet.

I've been trying to solidify how, exactly, to explain this, to sell it. So, without further ado...the rough draft of the Pitch:
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America is still recovering from its involvement in World War III. The president who pulled them through victoriously, Ezra Lynch, is enjoying his third term after the repeal of the 22nd Amendment. A firebrand and religious zealot, President Lynch is a revolutionary of Faith and wildly popular among the people. The war was not without its casualties, however; a generation later, the U.S. populace has fallen into a depression--not one of economics, but one of the mind. The protestors of the war had become increasingly violent, and are now their own brand of terrorists--and the definition of terrorism becomes broader each day to deal with the threat. Freedoms are slowly taken away from the American public, and most willingly sacrifice this for their security; a special military force, The Coalition, has been established to work alongside local police and keep watch for threats from these rebels. Their system of information gathering relies on civilian intelligence, and these domestic spies have given way to a generation of vigilantes.

Another war is breaking out, beneath The Coalition's nose; when the night falls, it is open war between terrorists and vigilantes, and it is hard to tell who is worse. Property damage, petty crime, blind violence, acts of hate--these are the symptoms of a country riddled with strife. The government does nothing; The Coalition turns its back once the sun is down. Crimes are committed by both sides but the media invariably mentions only those the so-called Liberal Terrorists are responsible for. Chaos is brewing in even the smallest towns of the United States, beneath surveillance and military presence.

Meet Davin. A college student and hesitant member of an Underground resistance movement against The Coalition and its ideals, he is uncertain where he stands. He is confused about his religion, sexual orientation, and involvement in the war; he hates politics, hates violence, and wants only to live a normal life, an option not afforded to him when his sister and best friend are deeply entrenched in The Underground and when every move he makes is monitored by The Coalition for suspicious behavior.

He watches as his world begins to crumble around him; people who seem trustworthy become traitors; good people are punished, and bad people rewarded; he falls in love with a woman who may be part of the vigilantes themselves. All the while, The Underground is growing more and more militant, and the civil war is becoming larger and more impossible to ignore.

Davin must choose a side; for the first time in his life, he must find something he believes in enough to die for.

And he must learn that a war without witnesses is a waste of lives.

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It's not fantastic, but I whipped it up in about 10 minutes, and it's 4:35 AM. It's a start, at least, non? Back tomorrow with more exciting updates....now, I must sleep.