>>>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.

For me, this logline raises an interesting question about framing.? Specifically, is there a difference between how a logline would frame the protagonist and how it would frame the objective goal?

A logline frames, that is describes the protagonist, as the audience will see her, not as sees herself.? That is, in terms of her character flaw.? Which makes sense because the protagonist is initially in denial of? her flaw.? So it would be perfectly acceptable to define the protagonist in this logline as a slum lord.

However, it seems to me that in a logline the objective goal should be framed in terms of how the protagonist sees the goal, not necessarily as the audience see it.? ?The objective goal should be framed in terms of what the protagonist intentionally seeks.

In most cases, the audience would frame the objective goal in the same way . (Ripley’s objective goal to save Newt from the aliens.? That’s the way we, the audience, see it and we’re rooting for her to succeed.)? But there are exceptions; an audience may realize the protagonist is pursuing the wrong goal ( which is the case in this logline). Or the protagonist is pursuing the right goal for the wrong reasons.?

To summarize, I am inclined to think that a logline should frame the protagonist as the audience sees her, but frame the objective goal as the protagonist sees it.

So the question I have is:? does the protagonist see herself as a slum lord and her objective goal is to become intentionally an even more despicable one?? Is that what she knowingly, intentionally seeks? Or does she see herself as an ambitious, hard working entrepreneur providing a valuable and necessary product, one who is entitled to enjoy a fat profit margin because of the risks she’s taking and the hassles she has to endure dealing with petty, obstructionist bureaucrats?