In the background of my main character, she grew up as a Baptist preacher's daughter, in the 1860s-70s, in a little town in Texas.
I know, because after he lost his wife and son, it was just him, and the main character when she was growing up. He was a little less hard on her than he might have been, because she was all he had left.
Does this make sense? That, though he was stern, and not really good with emotional things, that there was no doubt that he loved his daughter, and would have wanted her to be happy? That, though maybe he disapproved of some things, he never stopped loving her?
I'm sorry if these questions seem odd. But whenever I write, or characterize a character who is a pastor, I go out of my way to avoid the stereotypical image that TV loves. And even though he's not really going to make an appearance, I kind of want to get the influence he had on the main character right.
I know, because after he lost his wife and son, it was just him, and the main character when she was growing up. He was a little less hard on her than he might have been, because she was all he had left.
Does this make sense? That, though he was stern, and not really good with emotional things, that there was no doubt that he loved his daughter, and would have wanted her to be happy? That, though maybe he disapproved of some things, he never stopped loving her?
I'm sorry if these questions seem odd. But whenever I write, or characterize a character who is a pastor, I go out of my way to avoid the stereotypical image that TV loves. And even though he's not really going to make an appearance, I kind of want to get the influence he had on the main character right.
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