Logliner
Posted: 2020-03-24T14:39:10+10:00 In:

An unsuccessful & frustrated young screenwriter search for ghosts to get inspired for writing horror screenplay as a final attempt

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    1. Singularity

      An interesting premise. However, you might want to get more specific.

      “When his latest novel is rejected, and aspiring horror writer attempts to spend the night in a notorious haunted house to inspire his next manuscript.”

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    2. Logliner

      Thanks for your valuable feedback.

      Basically,? he is a screenwriter who writes high budget action screenplays and fed up with rejections of all his submissions from past 5 years. And his wife encourages him to give a one last final attempt with low budget screenplay like horror which she can afford $20k to produce the film.

      So, in the story he just not stick to a haunted house but everywhere like GraveYard, Beach, Forest etc.

      I tried to give specific details in logline but please let me know.

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    3. Singularity

      I am just saying, desperate times call for desperate measures.

      You have the desperate measure, a screenwriter goes looking for ghosts to inspire his next screenplay

      But you haven’t given us the desperate situation that caused it… You should create a situation where the lead must succeed or else (This really bad thing will happen)

      Specific desperate situations: Examples…

      (1: If he doesn’t sell a screenplay he will lose his house)

      (2: If he doesn’t sell his screenplay he will be forced to move back to Iowa and live with his parents)

      (3: If he doesn’t sell his screenplay he will be forced to work for his father’s big evil corporation and become a faceless cog)

      Get your lead character up a tree and then start throwing rocks at him

      Anyway, I am just talking about the logline, the premise is solid. A great idea.

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    4. Logliner

      There is something interesting about your premise, but be warned – there are very few films about screenwriters that ever get made. Why? Probably because very few people can identify with the struggles of a screenwriter. Most people hardly even know what we do exactly.

      Having said that, if you do go through with this story, I would suggest introducing a strong inciting incident. Maybe something like Jumanji or Beatlejuice, e.g., your struggling horror writer could organize a seance in the old house. That would make them a more active hero. The ghost/s turn up, the writer gets his inspiration for a million-dollar story, but now the ghosts turn on him, and he can only reap his reward if he can escape the ghosts and get out of the house.

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