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A self-centered, big-city, corporate lawyer finds himself between a rock and hard place when assigned to represent a multi-billionaire client set on ruthless exploitation of his hometown.
The logline sets up a situation, a dilemma, and an interesting one, but it seems to me it would benefit from clarification and a tighter focus on the nature of dilemma and the nature of the exploitation. Does between a "rock and a hard place" mean that the lawyer is merely trapped in an ethical dileRead more
The logline sets up a situation, a dilemma, and an interesting one, but it seems to me it would benefit from clarification and a tighter focus on the nature of dilemma and the nature of the exploitation.
Does between a “rock and a hard place” mean that the lawyer is merely trapped in an ethical dilemma? Or more: that he has family and friends who stand to lose if he wins the rich man’s case?
IOW: What are the stakes? What personal skin does the lawyer have in the outcome? (other than a bruised conscience). What does he — or someone close to and beloved by him (aka: a stakes character) stand to lose if he wins? What does he stand to lose, to suffer if he fails (his job?)
And what does “ruthless exploitation” mean? There are innumerable ways a rich man can exploit a community. That by itself is not dramatically novel or interesting. Movies are made all the time about rich and power people exploiting the less fortunate. And movies are made all the time about lawyers facing moral and ethical dilemmas in the cases they handle.
So what is the unique, specific dilemma the lawyer faces in this story? What exactly is the way rich man is ruthlessly exploiting the town that makes this story line different from all of the other story lines about rich people exploiting others? What is the concrete, specific threat that the rich man poses to the town — and to the lawyer?
See lessA self-centered, big-city, corporate lawyer finds himself between a rock and hard place when assigned to represent a multi-billionaire client set on ruthless exploitation of his hometown.
The logline sets up a situation, a dilemma, and an interesting one, but it seems to me it would benefit from clarification and a tighter focus on the nature of dilemma and the nature of the exploitation. Does between a "rock and a hard place" mean that the lawyer is merely trapped in an ethical dileRead more
The logline sets up a situation, a dilemma, and an interesting one, but it seems to me it would benefit from clarification and a tighter focus on the nature of dilemma and the nature of the exploitation.
Does between a “rock and a hard place” mean that the lawyer is merely trapped in an ethical dilemma? Or more: that he has family and friends who stand to lose if he wins the rich man’s case?
IOW: What are the stakes? What personal skin does the lawyer have in the outcome? (other than a bruised conscience). What does he — or someone close to and beloved by him (aka: a stakes character) stand to lose if he wins? What does he stand to lose, to suffer if he fails (his job?)
And what does “ruthless exploitation” mean? There are innumerable ways a rich man can exploit a community. That by itself is not dramatically novel or interesting. Movies are made all the time about rich and power people exploiting the less fortunate. And movies are made all the time about lawyers facing moral and ethical dilemmas in the cases they handle.
So what is the unique, specific dilemma the lawyer faces in this story? What exactly is the way rich man is ruthlessly exploiting the town that makes this story line different from all of the other story lines about rich people exploiting others? What is the concrete, specific threat that the rich man poses to the town — and to the lawyer?
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I like Richiev's suggestion because it adds a ticking clock, which increases urgency, hence dramatic tension to the story.
I like Richiev’s suggestion because it adds a ticking clock, which increases urgency, hence dramatic tension to the story.
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