Burning

Working on a short western at the moment, well actually two. One to film, and a longer, novel length story. I've always liked the setting, and recently I've been burning through Louis L'Amour's books and short stories and avidly watching movies like Fistful of Dollars and 3:10 to Yuma.

The draw to me is the building conflict in the characters, and the eventually violent explosion you know is coming but are never prepared for. People who know me remark sometimes that they've never seen me angry, and the truth is I don't get angry often. Annoyed yes, frustrated double yes, but I rarely get truly angry. When I do, I usually feel like this charming fellow, cold, wet, unkempt and pissed off. I've heard it's bad to bottle up your anger, and even worse to drink it, but I imagine punching every person who pissed you off in the throat wouldn't be sociable.

"We are nothing if not creatures of conflict"

"Fuck catharsis, I'm going to punch you in the throat"