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In the aftermath of a nuclear war, a young man must defend his town from an alien invasion before they can destroy everything that remains of his life.
While we may not use the word "PEACEABLE", in ordinary language these days, a thesaurus list of related Traits are: Appeasing, calm, conciliatory, easygoing, even-tempered, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, imperturbable, mild, moderate, mollifying, noncombative, nonviolent, pacificRead more
While we may not use the word “PEACEABLE”, in ordinary language these days, a thesaurus list of related Traits are:
Appeasing, calm, conciliatory, easygoing, even-tempered, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, imperturbable, mild, moderate, mollifying, noncombative, nonviolent, pacific, placating, placid, quiet, thickskinned, unaggressive, unbelligerent, uncontentious, undisturbed, unwarlike, well-disposed.
… “He does have to be forced into fighting, …” leads to Inciting Incident.
See less“aftermath of a nuclear war,” sets the stage, or context of the story. But does not directly propel our main character on the journey. Someone/something (usually a villain/antagonist) must provoke our good-natured friend into the drama. You choose, of course. Think motivational, harm to a loved one usually gets things going ….
In the aftermath of a nuclear war, a young man must defend his town from an alien invasion before they can destroy everything that remains of his life.
"a young man" = protagonist "defend his town from an alien invasion" = goal "before they can destroy everything that remains of his life" = story stakes Like the simplicity of this logline. Expand on main character. Identify a psychological trait, by labeling the young man either: courageous or timiRead more
“a young man” = protagonist
“defend his town from an alien invasion” = goal
“before they can destroy everything that remains of his life” = story stakes
Like the simplicity of this logline.
Expand on main character. Identify a psychological trait, by labeling the young man either:
courageous or timid,
adventurous or cautious,
what about Impassioned or Restrained?
Notice how this gives character, to the main character, suggestive of a potential character arc, and the possibility of our hero growing, out of this imminent conflict.
See lessAfter escaping the clutches of the animal smugglers, a timid sanctuary wolf must find his way through the African Savanna to reunite with his beloved caretaker before the poachers get to him first.
Great logline! "a timid sanctuary wolf" = protagonist "escape clutches of animal smugglers" = inciting incident "reunite with his beloved caretaker" = story goal If this were my logline, I'd wonder if the story might go deeper. Clearly the story stakes are death: "before the poachers get to him firsRead more
Great logline!
“a timid sanctuary wolf” = protagonist
“escape clutches of animal smugglers” = inciting incident
“reunite with his beloved caretaker” = story goal
If this were my logline, I’d wonder if the story might go deeper.
Clearly the story stakes are death: “before the poachers get to him first.”.
But what might be the potential character arc?
If the ‘timid’wolf, were to actually achieve his goal, of returning to care, might our hero’s character have not changed? From safety, through to experiencing a treacherous African Savanna, would surely change a character. From Timid -> through to -> Courageous, feels more logical an arc.
Will our little sanctuary wolf even need his caretaker anymore, after this adventure, could be a potential plot twist. Adding story depth and complexity.
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