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My analogy that the logline is the skeleton of the plot; the script is the skeleton fully fleshed out,? the arrangement of all the muscles and organs.– characters, events, settings.
The logline is a concise summary of the story in 35 words or less. It should cover the inciting incident, the protagonist and their goal as a minimum. Ideally it should also cover?the stakes, the antagonistic forces working against them, and (optional) a ticking clock.
Once you have a strong logline, you can then progress to writing a synopsis that unpacks the logline and goes into greater detail. You can write short or long versions of a synopsis, it’s whatever works for you. You can also create a board – a collection of ideas for scenes that show the story progressing.
From here, you can begin writing the script, continually using the logline, synopsis, and whatever other preperation you’ve chosen to do to as a reference point.
The logline and script are two different ways of telling the same story. The logline is the baby and the script is the logline all grown up – but it’s the same person.
Hope this helps.