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Alan SmitheePenpusher
After a great war in Averia, a former female assassin seeking redemption is taken under the wing by a noble family, where she must learn to navigate high society while keeping her real identity a secret from the people that hunt her.
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The premise is nice, but a premise alone is not enough. What is the inciting incident? What is the woman’s goal? See the Formula link at the top of the page for hints.
Also, you’ve placed this in the Fantasy genre, but there are no fantasy elements in your logline. Did you leave something out?
INTENTION: a new life. (But why? Why a new life? What’s she running away?)
OBSTACLE: old foes. (Old foes? Old agents? I feel this needs work too. How can we make it really bad for her?)
A female assassin sets out to start again and marries into a noble family, but has trouble keeping her past life a secret when her old foes set out to find her.
Yqwertz is right. We need a stronger inciting incident. I think we need to be more specific with everything. Why start again? Why marry into a noble family? Who is after her?
Here’s another quick shot at it…
After the love of her life is killed during a mission, an assassin sets out to start again and falls in love with a new man – only for her old foes to track her down.
Second one is probably better. Could replace “sets out to start again” with something else. Something quicker.
My examples are still quite muddled, but hopefully they’ll help you get the ball rolling.
Good luck!
Frankly, I think her past, her harrowing career as an assassin, would be more interesting than her struggles to escape that past by hiding out in high society.? The premise? in this logline is more suitable for a sequel.? First write an origin story.
Just saying.
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