When lonely long-haul truck driver D Forde falls in love online with a city writer and single mother, he must cross more than the Nullarbor to overcome his fear of abandonment and win her heart.

Ahhh well, now that's SHAKESPEARE you are talking about lol :-)

>>The dual protagonist

Yes! Why not dual protagonists? Rules are supposed to be tools, not strait jackets, right? If ever there can be an exception to the rule that there must be of one and only one protagonist, surely it is for the romance genre. Which is about 2 people struggling over the same issue for the same stakes: love.

More than other genres, romance is about relationship, a relationship that takes 2 to tango. After all, Shakespeare didn't title his great play about 2 young lovers "Romeo"; nor did he title it "Juliet". He titled it "Romeo and Juliet".

>>The dual protagonist

Yes! Why not dual protagonists? Rules are supposed to be tools, not strait jackets, right? If ever there can be an exception to the rule that there must be of one and only one protagonist, surely it is for the romance genre. Which is about 2 people struggling over the same issue for the same stakes: love.

More than other genres, romance is about relationship, a relationship that takes 2 to tango. After all, Shakespeare didn't title his great play about 2 young lovers "Romeo"; nor did he title it "Juliet". He titled it "Romeo and Juliet".

Thanks guys. Really grateful for all your feedback. It's very inspiring and encouraging :-)

Jeez Tony! :-) I just read an article about having a big surprise at the end of Act 2 to propel the story into Act 3 ... and feel like I am reading the end of Act 2 here ... a big surprise that could spin my whole script into a new direction! lol The way you put it really could definitely work. On the other hand dpg, at an emotional level the truckie has so much more to lose, whereas the girl does not have much to lose at all though she is tied by responsibilities to children. Probably it should be dual protagonists but as this is my very first script I think I had better stick to one and to the one I have been building. I need to have a finished first draft for my course by mid-March!!!! Which is probably a good thing! Once I have that perhaps I can play with the dual protagonist or maybe even changing the protagonist .....

Fair points dpg... For some reason my sympathy leans towards the writer -- again, it might come down to the fact that the risk for the writer seems to be a more tangible/ physical one compared to the truck driver, whose risk, whilst high, is emotional only. From what I've gleaned from the story there is no pressure for him to actually give up his trucking days ...?

Also -- I guess I'm seeing this from a genre/ audience perspective as well -- sounds more targeted to a female audience --- probably a generalization but a female protagonist just feels like it would be a SMOOTHER fit... Of course, if duel protagonists (like with something like When Harry met Sally...) maybe the logline could reflect that...

Two lonely hearts fall in love online, but struggle to overcome their clashing lives when one is a successful city journalist and the other a desert crossing truck driver.

A far cry from hitting the mark, but anywho...

Again, best of luck Louise -- don't mean to jump in at the bottom of the ninth and mess with your story, my points are influenced from a gut feeling that there is a true story behind this, and who better to drive that than the person who experienced it? You've obviously put in a lot of work on this over quite some time, and I sincerely wish you the best in seeing it through to it's fruition.

Regards.