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Posted: 2017-04-27T19:30:20+10:00 In:

After uncovering a false flag terror plot, a na?ve but ambitious reporter risks her life and the lives of her colleagues to unmask the conspirators before they topple the US government for the story of a lifetime.

After uncovering a false flag terror plot, a na?ve but ambitious reporter risks her life and the lives of her colleagues to unmask the conspirators before they topple the US government for the story of a lifetime.
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    1. Singularity

      No doubt, a terrorist group could do a lot of mischief and damage, but it’s hard to conceive that they could unilaterally bring down the US government.

      What’s their secret, their unique weapon or a m.o. of attack that no other terrorist group has that would enable them to succeed?

      That there’s a conspiracy against the US government is not a story hook — there are plenty of movies about such conspiracies. Nor is the there a hook in that it’s up to one intrepid individual to save the government and the world — no lack of movies with that kind of hero’s job, either. (Nor that the character is a reporter — no lack of movies about reporters exposing and stopping plots.)

      The hook for this story is the secret sauce the terrorists possess, the unique threat they pose to the US government. ?Whatever that is, it needs to be in the logline to distinguish it from all the other loglines about a plot to take down governments unless one intrepid guy or gal stops it.

      fwiw

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    2. Samurai

      Hey Bilmore,

      What exactly does the MC do to try and stop these terrorists that endangers innocent lives and her own; what’s her main course of action? She’s an “ambitious reporter”, so does she travel to dangerous enemy territory undercover and infiltrate the terrorists’ group?

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    3. Singularity

      Agreed with DPG and Eathan.

      There is very little about this that sounds unique enough, it needs a unique ability or set of circumstances. What if the reporter was somehow related to the terrorist or presidential family? This could give them a unique vantage point no one else has. However, even with that, you would still need to explain how exactly the terrorists can conceivably achieve their overly ambitious goal. Perhaps lower their aim to something more achievable like blowing up Yankee Stadium or setting off a bomb in the Super Bowl anything that would add credibility to their actions.

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