I've completed the first draft of 'Last Dawn' and think I'm on the right track. I want to tell the story from the perspective of a survivor named Abraham. Abraham is trapped as the world outside has collapsed and Zombies roam unchecked, everywhere people used to live.
As far as Abraham knows, he is alone. We'll follow him as he wakes up on an important day and prepares himself for a challenge ahead - leaving his safe-haven to gather supplies.
I want to develop the idea that he carries on as best he can after civilisation has crumbled around him. My main theme will be how a human being reacts when their life is reduced to the mere act of surviving. I want to show how humanity's base instincts will rise to surface in such a situation. Abraham has been transformed by these cataclysmic events and hopefully I can illustrate how difficult it is for a person to maintain their humanity in such an environment while still shedding all those parts of one's self that would hinder survival.
Essentially, Abraham tries his best to maintain some semblance of normalcy but, by necessity, his animal instincts will rise to the surface. Abraham will talk to himself to stave of mental breakdown, he becomes a hoarder, his emotions are being surpressed as a way to deal with the horror and he has learned to embrace violence as a means to an end - his survival.
Fun fact - The name Abraham means 'father of many'. I chose the name to suggest that despite the collapse of civilisation, humanity still has hope, as long as some survivors remain.
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