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Version 3: When a tutor?s student unexpectedly follows her through a magical doorway then disappears, she struggles to locate him and find the way home despite losing her magic.
FWIW:I recently heard an interview of Francis Ford Copolla about his struggle to write a script adapting the best-selling novel, "The Godfather" which has a sprawling narrative. ?He says he only got a handle on the plot when he was able to boil down the answer to ?the question , "What is the film abRead more
FWIW:
I recently heard an interview of Francis Ford Copolla about his struggle to write a script adapting the best-selling novel, “The Godfather” which has a sprawling narrative. ?He says he only got a handle on the plot when he was able to boil down the answer to ?the question , “What is the film about?” to one word.
The one word answer?for him was: “succession.”
And the result was a classic.
Best wishes with your writing.
See lessRescued from a life of bullying and abandonment, a young girl musters up the courage to battle a serpent who is holding her estranged father captive.
As?Richiev said.What exactly is the inciting incident that triggers the plot? ?Whatever it is, it should lead off the logline.An objective goal concerns ?the action that will constitute the entire 2nd Act and most of the 3rd. ?That translates into 85-100 pages of script. ?Taken literally this loglinRead more
As?Richiev said.
What exactly is the inciting incident that triggers the plot? ?Whatever it is, it should lead off the logline.
An objective goal concerns ?the action that will constitute the entire 2nd Act and most of the 3rd. ?That translates into 85-100 pages of script. ?Taken literally this logline says that most of the script will be taken up with the issue of the young girl merely mustering her courage. ?And then, finally, ?after 85-100 pages she will get around to rescuing her father.
Well, obviously you mean to say that her objective goal is to struggle to rescue her father from the git go, not after 85-100 pages.?
“Mustering the courage” is the subjective issue she will have to overcome in her ongoing struggle to save him. ?The trick to handling the subjective issue in a logline is to allude to it in terms of a character vulnerability; like, she’s timorous or fearful. ?
The bullying seems to be in the ?backstory. ?If so, while relevant to the formation of her character, it doesn’t belong ?in the logline because a logline is a description of a plot. ?And a plot is about the action moving forward in time, not looking backward, even when the past haunts the present.
fwiw
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How about something like this?Rescued from a life of bullying and abandonment, a young girl with a great destiny proves her worth while searching for her estranged mother on a fantastical island located at the end of a rainbow.
How about something like this?
Rescued from a life of bullying and abandonment, a young girl with a great destiny proves her worth while searching for her estranged mother on a fantastical island located at the end of a rainbow.
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