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After having searched around the world for the perfect girl, a young man finds just what he?s been looking for in his own small town where a high school friend has always been waiting for him.
Reminds me of: "And the end of all our journeying. Will be to arrive where we started. And know the place for the first time." -- T.S. Eliot Anyway, has potential. But what objective goal and dramatic need sent him on a worldwide quest? Why was he blind to what was in his own small town?
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Anyway, has potential. But what objective goal and dramatic need sent him on a worldwide quest? Why was he blind to what was in his own small town?
See lessThe reckless son of a marijuana grower falls in love with the naive daughter of the local sheriff who is determined to eradicate marijuana cultivation in this modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet.
If the story is set in the present and in the US of A, I suggest meth rather than marijuana. Marijuana is s-o-o last century as a contraband drug; states are decriminalizing it and using it as a source of sorely needed tax revenue. Even the federales (DEA) are looking the other way, redeploying limiRead more
If the story is set in the present and in the US of A, I suggest meth rather than marijuana. Marijuana is s-o-o last century as a contraband drug; states are decriminalizing it and using it as a source of sorely needed tax revenue. Even the federales (DEA) are looking the other way, redeploying limited resources to other drugs.
See lessWhen an author encounters the characters he writes in the real world, creating a number of awkward and humorous moments, he must help them assimilate or return to the stories they belong in.
loglinesrus: I agree that the premise is rich with possibilities. I understand that the fictional characters are the antagonists. But having the antagonists "assimilate and return" is THEIR character arc -- not the author's character arc. And a logline is supposed to be about the protagonist's charaRead more
loglinesrus:
I agree that the premise is rich with possibilities. I understand that the fictional characters are the antagonists. But having the antagonists “assimilate and return” is THEIR character arc — not the author’s character arc. And a logline is supposed to be about the protagonist’s character arc — not the antagonist’s.
When I say irony I mean that the flaws in the characters he created are a reflection of character flaws of his own. Why else have they come alive if not to compel him to face up to his own weaknesses as an author? Or is it mere coincidence — it could happen to any author for no reason at all?
So, in having to “write” their wrongs (objective goal), is he not also righting his own (subjective need)?
What is his character arc? What’s at stake for HIM? What does he stand to lose, what karmic penalty will he have to pay if HE fails to get them back into the fictional world where they belong?
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