A devoted husband must choose between love or life, when his blind, elderly wheelchair-bound wife attempts to persuade him to join her in undergoing euthanasia.

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As giannisggeorgiou said, making a choice is a one off moment in a plot. Loglines describe plots and a description of a plot does not focus on a decision to be made in one moment. A plot is about the action that follows, the consequences that ensue as a result of a decision made.? A? plot and a logline is about all the moments to follow the decision.

More difficult for me to buy into is the the idea that a wife asking her husband to commit suicide with her can be construed in any way as an act of love.? Coming from her,? it's an act of? utter selfishness.? Hence, I am unable to view the choice as a true dramatic dilemma.

Now if were his idea to join her in suicide rather than go on living without her ... but that's not the premise of the logline.

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As giannisggeorgiou said, making a choice is a one off moment in a plot. Loglines describe plots and a description of a plot does not focus on a decision to be made in one moment. A plot is about the action that follows, the consequences that ensue as a result of a decision made.? A? plot and a logline is about all the moments to follow the decision.

More difficult for me to buy into is the the idea that a wife asking her husband to commit suicide with her can be construed in any way as an act of love.? Coming from her,? it's an act of? utter selfishness.? Hence, I am unable to view the choice as a true dramatic dilemma.

Now if were his idea to join her in suicide rather than go on living without her ... but that's not the premise of the logline.

fwiw

#1
From the 3 logline elements (Event, Character, and Action) you have Event and Character. Your Action, though, is "choosing between A and B."

Choosing is a momentary action, not one that can sustain a feature story. Think: what action can keep the Second Act going? That kind of action (pursuit, goal, objective) ia what you are looking for.

#2
Why choosing to die with her is "love?" If she loved him, she would want him to live and find happiness. At least, that's what I think. Others, too

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