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A compulsive liar turns into a werewolf exactly 22 minutes after knowingly giving false information.
And then what? What becomes his objective goal as a result of his predicament?? The logline sets up a predicament.? What is the plot that arises from the predicament? (How long does he stay in werewolf mode, anyway? Does it wear off or is it a one-off?)
And then what?
What becomes his objective goal as a result of his predicament?? The logline sets up a predicament.? What is the plot that arises from the predicament?
(How long does he stay in werewolf mode, anyway? Does it wear off or is it a one-off?)
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Zordyceps:You raise a good point.? I would have worded the logline differently if the murder were the heart, the story hook of the French film.But the murder isn't really the main conflict.? In the film, the main conflict that dominates the 2nd half of the film is what the two women do AFTER the bodRead more
Zordyceps:
You raise a good point.? I would have worded the logline differently if the murder were the heart, the story hook of the French film.
But the murder isn’t really the main conflict.? In the film, the main conflict that dominates the 2nd half of the film is what the two women do AFTER the body disappears (and the disappearance is the story hook). How the mistress, in particular, tries to figure out what happened without betraying what they did.
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Too vague, too general. There's no hook. and there's no plot, just a hint of a story.And a logline is a statement of a plot, not a story. What is the difference between a story and a plot? Well, as the English novelist E.M. Forster said in "Aspects of the Novel":"A story [is] a narrative of events aRead more
Too vague, too general. There’s no hook. and there’s no plot, just a hint of a story.
And a logline is a statement of a plot, not a story. What is the difference between a story and a plot? Well, as the English novelist E.M. Forster said in “Aspects of the Novel”:
“A story [is] a narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence. A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on causality. ‘The king died and then the queen died’ is a story.? ‘The king died and then the queen died of grief‘ is a plot.? The time-sequence is preserved, but the sense of causality overshadows it.”
There is no causality, no chain of cause and effect in this logline.? There is only a sequence of events in time. Two characters fall in love. One of them dies. End of story.
A logline must be a statement of causality: because X happens (aka: the inciting incident), Y character must do Z.
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