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Strengths Active protagonist Causality and coherence Action, not decision
Needs work Clear, difficult goal Filmable incident Stakes and urgency Specificity Concision
Let me try to unpack and sort out the logline elements:
"...enchanted sleep".
Enchanted connotes a capacity to charm, to allure, to attract, to captivate in terms of attention and desire. What is so charming, or alluring about being reduced to a state of permanent hibernation?
"...young cursed witch" -- but isn't she being protected by a magical pendant? So is it not the case that she is not (yet) cursed?
"...power of the stars"
Vague. What is this power? Do all stars have it or only some? Or one?
Also, an objective goal should be visible--that is, it is an object, person or event that can be shown on the screen. What is the visual for the "power of the stars"? What will that look like on a movie screen?
Finally, the logline is 47 words long. The people with the power to get movies made have short attention spans and innumerable distractions. You literally have only a few seconds to grab their attention, pitch your story in one or two concise sentences. It seems to me that your logline can be condensed to:
"When a curse puts all witches into a state of permanent sleep, a young witch protected by a magical pendant must team up with a stranger to find a celestial power that lifts the curse." (35 words)
Finally:
Ideally, every word in a logline should be sizzle that sells the steak of the plot. It is unclear to me what is so "sizzling" about a mysterious stranger. (We don't even have a clue as to the gender. Is it male or female?)
Also, there doesn't seem to be any urgency in her quest for a spell breaker. She seems to have all the time in the world to search the entire universe. How long will that take?. A year? A century? A thousand years? Or...?
Well, it's your story, but I suggest for your consideration adding the element of a "ticking clock" that adds urgency to her quest. Like: "When a curse puts all witches into a state of permanent sleep, a young witch protected by a magical pendant must find a celestial power that lifts the curse before the power in the pendant fades." (36 words)
Hope this helps. Best wishes with your writing.