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When 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.
I like wilsondownunder's ironic scenarios. I think an ironic situation is the dramatic ore to be mined from the premise.
I like wilsondownunder’s ironic scenarios. I think an ironic situation is the dramatic ore to be mined from the premise.
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agyweiwaa: Frankly, as written, the logline sounds like a sermon in the garb of story. Although characters usually do need to learn an important lesson (subjective need) in the course of the story, that is not the focus of a logline. The logline focuses on a struggle for a concrete, specific, objectRead more
agyweiwaa:
Frankly, as written, the logline sounds like a sermon in the garb of story.
Although characters usually do need to learn an important lesson (subjective need) in the course of the story, that is not the focus of a logline. The logline focuses on a struggle for a concrete, specific, objective goal. The lesson to be learned is a bonus, a consequence of that struggle, an important ingredient to the story, but not to the logline.
Loglines are not about lessons to be learned. Rather, they summarize the struggle for an objective goal. So what is the specific, concrete, objective goal your protagonist must struggle to achieve?
And what are the stakes? That is, what is the risk of failure? What is the worst thing that can happen to her if she fails to achieve the goal?
Also having her “dragged around by a guardian angel” invokes an image of a passive, helpless protagonist. Protagonist’s should be active, not passive. So, while initially, the girl may be helpless, “dragged” into a situation against her will (Act 1), after that (Act 2, Act 3) she MUST empower herself, take the initiative in escaping from the situation. She must be the proactive agent of her own physical rescue and subjective redemption.
fwiw.
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Where's God when you really need him -- on annual leave? Where's Gabriel and Michael and all other host of angels -- furloughed because of the failure of the celestial Congress to pass a budget? The premise requires a major suspension of disbelief. The logline raises more questions than it answers.
Where’s God when you really need him — on annual leave? Where’s Gabriel and Michael and all other host of angels — furloughed because of the failure of the celestial Congress to pass a budget?
The premise requires a major suspension of disbelief. The logline raises more questions than it answers.
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