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Michelle a small town girl from Florida moves to Chicago to her education. Struggling under the burden of paying for college. While working at a local bar she befriend a customer Zeus. After talking for a while Zeus offers her a way to make plenty of money. Michelle soon finds herself embroiled with the Russian mafia, lost in world of sex and drugs she must fight to get out.
Mike's advice is great.I will also insist on your working with the formula, not because we want to be "Stepford Logliners" and all have the same dogma or something, but because it actually helps you sort out your story concept tremendously! Try it!
Mike’s advice is great.
I will also insist on your working with the formula, not because we want to be “Stepford Logliners” and all have the same dogma or something, but because it actually helps you sort out your story concept tremendously! Try it!
See lessA guilt-ridden priest with a dark secret finds himself held hostage in a Catholic confessional by a sinister, unseen terrorist wearing a suicide vest strapped with explosives.
There is a lot of unneeded words. You can easily chop it down, by getting rid of "sinister unseen etc etc." The formula is very helpful, because it helps you spot 3 essential elements: INCITING INCIDENT: When a suicide bomber holds him hostage in the confessional... MAIN CHARACTER: ... a guilt-riddeRead more
There is a lot of unneeded words. You can easily chop it down, by getting rid of “sinister unseen etc etc.”
The formula is very helpful, because it helps you spot 3 essential elements:
As you see, the character’s outer motivation is missing. You have to give some hint of what the bomber wants and what the priest has to do during the Second Act.
See lessAfter a disastrous test screening of his latest movie, a hot-headed and volatile Hollywood film director holds the audience hostage with a shotgun and forces them to provide honest feedback.
OK, let's say that "holding the audience hostage at gunpoint" is the decision that pushes the story into the Second Act. What is the director trying to do next? Getting honest feedback is a desired result, not a specific action. After his movie's disastrous test screening, an insecure director must.Read more
OK, let’s say that “holding the audience hostage at gunpoint” is the decision that pushes the story into the Second Act.
What is the director trying to do next? Getting honest feedback is a desired result, not a specific action.
What does he do in order to get honest feedback from them?Does he kill one audience member every hour? Does he force them to watch the movie again and again until they throw up?
Also, what is “honest feedback?” Negative feedback is usually honest. “Dishonest feedback” is usually positive, given by people who don’t want to hurt the receiver. What kind of feedback does he want?
Perhaps he wants to get their “positive feedback.” But again what purpose would this serve? Would it only help his hurt ego?
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