When she learns her former partner is getting married, a washed-up singer visits his chateau to win him back, only to slowly fall for his black sheep brother.

>>>The other adage: write what you love. Write what you find fascinating.

Of course. That is necessary.? But is it sufficient?? Don't you also have to get other people to love what you write, to share your enthusiasm?

>>I have never seen ?My Best Friends Wedding? ? but perhaps that's a good thing. Mine is hopefully going in a different direction.

Has your manager ever seen it?

Whatever, as I said, it is inevitable that your concept will be compared to it. So I strongly suggest viewing it -- after you complete your first draft. The Stoic strategy of "Premeditatio malorum" -- anticipate what could go wrong and develop a plan to deal with it before it does--not after.

Best wishes.

>>>The other adage: write what you love. Write what you find fascinating.

Of course. That is necessary.? But is it sufficient?? Don't you also have to get other people to love what you write, to share your enthusiasm?

>>I have never seen ?My Best Friends Wedding? ? but perhaps that's a good thing. Mine is hopefully going in a different direction.

Has your manager ever seen it?

Whatever, as I said, it is inevitable that your concept will be compared to it. So I strongly suggest viewing it -- after you complete your first draft. The Stoic strategy of "Premeditatio malorum" -- anticipate what could go wrong and develop a plan to deal with it before it does--not after.

Best wishes.

Thanks Mikepedley85. Great notes. I'll have to give this some serious consideration.

a) Well? - again I'm not sure whether it's a wedding or engagement party (just something small over the weekend).?

The singer and her partner have not seen each other in a year. They've both been on hiatus.?

He invites her over and announces his engagement to a new woman - and that he wants to take a break. The black sheep brother unexpectedly arrives to mend some personal ties.

I like the familial rivalry. The Cain and Abel thing.?

I imagined a dinner scene where after the singer and black sheep brother have slept together, the creative partner to get jealous and angry and jeopardises his wedding.?

The partner is still the past. Later on, it's revealed why it didn't work out and that she's kept an idealised version of him (I like everyone's rose-coloured glasses idea, we see what we want to see, etc).?

Similarly, this perfectionist singer at first sees the black sheep brother as nothing but a mess (the irresponsible, mr. uncommitable rom com lead). And then later finds out there's more to him.?

The singer and the black sheep brother - are both afraid of love and it's messy realities. She uses work to escape from it. He's afraid of commitment/responsibility/growing up.

b) Again - I'm not sure whether to go the fiancee's ex or black sheep brother route. With the black sheep brother, he's returning to mend ties with his golden boy brother. I also wanted to do a Cinema Paradiso returns back home thing here ha.

The singer and black sheep brother fall for each other because they're in a similar place - getting to 40, haven't married, settled down, chose work over love.?Heavy past. Uncertain future.?

She's definitely a singer. She rises to the top in a misogynistic cutthroat industry. The one person she's always had in her corner: from their humble garage start to touring/constant airplanes to basically living in the studio is? her partner.?They were lovers but it didn't work out. She's very much losing her best friend as well.

The question I want to explore: can you have it all?

The other logline is good but I just don't see myself going there. I don't see a wedding - just a few days at a Chateau in South of France. I don't see a fiancee's ex - just a golden boy and black sheep. That family angle I like.

Anyways - I will explore it from the fiancee's ex corner. I do want to try it from every angle.

Thanks for your help.