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When his daughter’s rape-homicide case turns cold, a child psychologist gradually befriends a rehabbing pedophile (the prime suspect) to solicit his trust and a confession.
I don't know, I feel like the inciting incident is a bit off. ?I don't think a case going cold brings about the immediacy an inciting incident should. Maybe try have the father find something that leads him to believe that it was the pedophile. Or even just have it be the police unable to investigatRead more
I don’t know, I feel like the inciting incident is a bit off. ?I don’t think a case going cold brings about the immediacy an inciting incident should. Maybe try have the father find something that leads him to believe that it was the pedophile. Or even just have it be the police unable to investigate, whether it’s refusal or lack of evidence.
Example: When he finds a lead in the cold case of his daughter’s rape-homicide, a child psychologist must befriend a rehabbing pedophile to solicit his trust-and a confession.?(~27 words)
or something like:
When the police refuse to investigate the rape-homicide of his daughter, a child psychologist must befriend a rehabbing pedophile, the prime suspect, in order to solicit his trust-and a confession. (30)
I suggest possibly describing?the MC as obsessive.
See lessWhen the lands fairest Princess father is killed and throne taken by an Evil Suitor, her exiled mother she never knew returns to teach her the magical arts to take back her Kingdom
While I don't think Superman is "boring" as many people enjoy to say, I don't like Kryptonite, while yes he is weakened by other things such as magic(If I remember correctly), I guess I just prefer low level powers, is what I'm trying to say. In novels, people like Alex Verus, Ray Lilly, people withRead more
While I don’t think Superman is “boring” as many people enjoy to say, I don’t like Kryptonite, while yes he is weakened by other things such as magic(If I remember correctly), I guess I just prefer low level powers, is what I’m trying to say. In novels, people like Alex Verus, Ray Lilly, people with a single or a few, defined abilities, whether or not the antagonists have powers or not(I think in those the antagonists are magical.) ?I do enjoy a good, big screen Superman vs. Zod, titan vs. titan battle, but mostly I like low levels. Though I do particularly like Harry Dresden and Isaac Vainio, even though they are quite powerful, have ?a wide range of abilities, and are constantly evolving. ?Either way, whether the antagonist has powers or not, they can be a compelling villain.
But anyway,??onto the logline.
Example:?When her father is killed and his throne taken, a young princess must learn magic from her exiled mother to stop the false king from possessing her and take her rightful throne.?(~31 words)
Since it is labelled adventure, it is my opinion that the original post does not give much indication of that, but Nir Shelter’s does.
Regardless if the villain has powers or not, I strongly urge that you find a good motivation, and a clear goal, that is something other than world domination or some variation. In other words, think about making it personal. The villain wants?her specifically. As in, he doesn’t even want her in order to achieve his bigger goal, she is the goal. Whether it’s jealously, revenge,(as in, possibly the mother scorned the new king and now he wishes to take her), or something like the old king stole the new king’s daughter(the princess) and now he wants her to know the truth. (that doesn’t really work with the plot you’ve given, at least to me it wouldn’t make much sense to kill the king in order to achieve it), or even he just wants her to be his apprentice. Basically, don’t just make the villain “evil”, make him relatable, give him a good reason for doing what he’s doing.
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When the lands fairest Princess father is killed and throne taken by an Evil Suitor, her exiled mother she never knew returns to teach her the magical arts to take back her Kingdom
"Can anyone think of a ?magical? story where only the protagonist ?has access to the supernatural or extraordinary power?" While more sci-fi than fantasy, yes, I can. The most well known character in the whole world: Superman, and Lex Luthor has no powers. Yes, he has technology, but it is still notRead more
“Can anyone think of a ?magical? story where only the protagonist ?has access to the supernatural or extraordinary power?”
See lessWhile more sci-fi than fantasy, yes, I can. The most well known character in the whole world: Superman, and Lex Luthor has no powers. Yes, he has technology, but it is still not on par with Superman, and the only reason Lex stands a chance is 1) Superman holds back, and 2) Lex often uses Kryptonite. But, at the moment, I can’t think of any wizardry type protagonists that fit this situation.
I also don’t necessarily agree with your statement that just because the protagonist has powers/magic, then the antagonist should as well. Now, the protagonist’s power should not be something that guarantees victory, but rather a tool they have to use in order to defeat them. In other words, a good storyteller doesn’t need a Spider-man to challenge Spider-man. They can challenge him in different ways using Kingpin, rather than using Venom.
Since you mentioned Star Wars, looking to the television series, there are plenty of enemies the Jedi face that aren’t Force-wielders.
At the very least, they don’t need the exact same powers, that I can think of a lot more examples.
On another note, a world that has well-defined limits on magic usually won’t end with magic solving everything. The protagonist has to think and apply the magic as a tool, if at all, in order to win. Just as in Star Wars, the Force is just a means to an end, not the end itself.