Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Desperate to keep her sister out of the drug trade a jaded girl makes one last drug run for her dealer who has set her up for a hit mistakenly suspecting she is a confidential informant.
Agreed with nir and dpg, good advice, and to add, I'm more interested in what kind of advice these "podcasts" are giving screenwriters. Not saying it's bad, just wondering if it's worth it to listen to any of it.
Agreed with nir and dpg, good advice, and to add, I’m more interested in what kind of advice these “podcasts” are giving screenwriters. Not saying it’s bad, just wondering if it’s worth it to listen to any of it.
See lessAfter the world’s military is wiped out by an advanced inter-dimensional civilisation, a group of mis-fit ex-marines must put their differences aside and work together to save humanity from their alien overlords.
Gabe, While you followed the formula pretty much, your concept is plain and some details don't jive. This scenario has been done before to death. You already told us these invaders are super strong, yet you want us to root for your unlikely group. If the military is wiped out, then how are ex-militaRead more
Gabe,
While you followed the formula pretty much, your concept is plain and some details don’t jive. This scenario has been done before to death. You already told us these invaders are super strong, yet you want us to root for your unlikely group.
If the military is wiped out, then how are ex-military going to make any difference. Also, what “differences” can they have between each other at the point of world domination that it’s worth space in your logline?
For the logline purposes, I recommend you supply some irony.
For instance, what if the world’s only chance is a group of nerdy science kids. Military couldn’t do it, kids have the stuff to get the job done. Think “Stranger Things.”
See lessAfter sneaking out to attend the party of the year only to have things go horribly wrong, the straight-laced daughter of the police chief must employ criminal tactics to avoid being caught by the cops.
I think you need to abandon "have the night go terribly wrong," cause it just doesn't help in any way. Also, I think the reason most reviews are bland is because your whole log sounds "small." There simply isn't much to say this is a feature-length story, IMO. Home without being caught, while may soRead more
I think you need to abandon “have the night go terribly wrong,” cause it just doesn’t help in any way.
Also, I think the reason most reviews are bland is because your whole log sounds “small.” There simply isn’t much to say this is a feature-length story, IMO.
Home without being caught, while may sound like a goal and stake for a teenager, it probably isn’t enough to warrant adult viewership.
How can you ramp up the stakes here?
See less