To forgive the woman who triggered his father’s suicide, a man must risk everything to return his lucky pendant to its origin in the Brazilian jungle
Categories: Drama
Categories: Drama
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"The logline is about what the character knows and pursues consciously and intentionally, not what he pursues unconsciously and resolves unintentionally."
Very true. KISS method helps with this.
If it's not revealed to either the audience or the main character that the girl is the culprit responsible for stealing the fortune until the mid point of Act 2, then how can it qualify to be cited as the inciting incident in the logline. The inciting incident is the event and/or reveal by the mid point of the 1st Act.
How about making the protagonist the character who attempts suicide but survives because -- or he stops at the last moment? ?And then he decides to take his journey for the objective goal of...
Well, that's still a problem. ?Learning how to forgive is a subjective need -- not a objective want. ?The struggle for an objective goal is the therapeutic process by which a character?resolves his subjective problem, yes, but in drama that resolution is unintentional.
The logline is about what the character knows and pursues consciously and intentionally, not what he pursues unconsciously and resolves unintentionally.
If it's not revealed to either the audience or the main character that the girl is the culprit responsible for stealing the fortune until the mid point of Act 2, then how can it qualify to be cited as the inciting incident in the logline. The inciting incident is the event and/or reveal by the mid point of the 1st Act.
How about making the protagonist the character who attempts suicide but survives because -- or he stops at the last moment? ?And then he decides to take his journey for the objective goal of...
Well, that's still a problem. ?Learning how to forgive is a subjective need -- not a objective want. ?The struggle for an objective goal is the therapeutic process by which a character?resolves his subjective problem, yes, but in drama that resolution is unintentional.
The logline is about what the character knows and pursues consciously and intentionally, not what he pursues unconsciously and resolves unintentionally.