TYPE 2: Revised Concept

Concept Statement:

"I'm thinking all the time about taking revenge. I have to do it for the many innocent people who have been abducted, the women who have been raped . . . revenge for people killed. It's very difficult to forgive. I'm not thinking about forgiveness. There will be revenge one day."

Tone:

Sad, Informative, Inspired to help, Serious, Strength.

I want these book covers to be serious and grab attention at the same time. They need to have a really powerful look to them where the reader will want to pick them up and want to have a feeling of HELP. They should make the reader want to take action and help all of those who are struggling. I would like them to also show the strength that people in Africa have. The tone will be completely serious and hopefully as you look through the series the tone will become more positive, since the last book is about a resolution. They will be all about the inspiration to help.

Audience Persona:

Payton is a 26-year-old woman who is just recently married to a man she has attended church with for many years. She grew up in a small town in North Carolina and had a traditional family-oriented lifestyle. She moved to Charlotte, NC once out of college then married a few years later. She lives in a basic middle-class subdivision and drives a 2006 Jeep Wrangler. Payton does not have any children at the time so she spends most of her free time, when not at work, doing missionary work for her church and traveling to underserved countries with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. She is a 3rd grade elementary school teacher so she is fortunate enough to have the summers off to travel. Her husband, as well, is interested in traveling and church organizations his passion for serving underserved countries is not nearly as great as his wife’s. Payton was fortunate enough to go with her mother, an Activist, and father, the Priest of her church she attends, on service missions all throughout her childhood. She became more interested in the Darfur Genocide after having visited Africa to aid in the fight against AIDS back when she traveled with her parents. After college and with her husband, she is now devoted to finding a solution to the Genocide. She is still paying off college loans and paying off wedding expenses on a teachers salary but donates to any and as many groups as she possibly can everyday.

To Suggest List:

To suggest that this problem can be fixed

To suggest that there are thousands of people that need desperate help

To suggest a sense of sorrow, disperse, anger, the wanting to reach out and help

To suggest thinking about others

To suggest learning and become more informed with the rest of the world

To suggest running a government correctly

To suggest finding answers for ‘why?’

To suggest looking towards the future/ a better tomorrow

To suggest eliminating all genocides permanently