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The life story of the Queen of Historical Romance Rosemary Rogers, from her lavish upbringing, to her impoverished midlife, to her catapult to fame and fortune in the 1970s and 1980s, that is stolen away by those she trusted.
Character naming is fun, BUT not essential to the logline. "a successful historical romance writer" = protagonist Replacing backstory, what might be a few adjectives to describe the psychology of our main character? If she had a lavish upbringing, maybe the story starts with "an arrogant and successRead more
Character naming is fun, BUT not essential to the logline.
“a successful historical romance writer” = protagonist
Replacing backstory, what might be a few adjectives to describe the psychology of our main character? If she had a lavish upbringing, maybe the story starts with “an arrogant and successful historical romance writer”. But then, story forms that start with unlikable character traits, reduce the chances of audience empathy. If this character is overly trusting, then perhaps the story starts with “an arrogant, yet foolish successful historical romance writer”.
Next challenge: What is the Inciting Incident? Check out the ‘Formula” section of this website, next to START HERE.
See lessRosemary Rogers, born, in Sri Lanka, into wealth, wrote her first novel at the age of eight. She continued writing into her twenties until she married a Singhalese track star and had two daughters with him . She left her husband due to his infidelity. She met her second husband during her separation from her first. Her parents lost their wealth and were forced to move to Australia. Her daughters went to Australia as well. She, still married, went to the U.S. with her, soon to be, second husband, who became abusive and she, pregnant with his child, fled to Sri Lanka. Her first son was born in there. His father convinced Rosemary to return to the States and she did and had a second son. Shortly after she divorced her abusive husband. On her own she bought a house and brought her daughters and her parents, from Australia, to the U.S. Where, on a secretary’s salary, she supported four children and two parents. She wrote at home, late night, and at work in the day. She finished a novel and, at he daughter’s push, submitted it and it was published. Her novel rose to the top of the bestseller list. With newfound wealth she moved to Carmel and continued to write. Bestseller after bestseller. She, alone, relocates to New York city where she continues writing bestsellers. Her children stayed in California. Rosemary becomes addicted to the New York high life and cocaine. She quits using when her youngest son, also addicted, tries to kill himself because of his addiction. In Carmel she hires a secretary. He is like family to her. He became so close to Rosemary he began to steal from her. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. All unnoticed by Rosemary until it was too late. Her secretary was fired but the damage was done. After this betrayal Rosemary could no longer produce. Her wealth lost her homes are lost as well. She is forced to live with her eldest daughter. She hates being dependent on her. She is miserable. She was never able to overcome the betrayal of her secretary and is stuck in a living situation that she hates. She dies penniless. Her fame and fortune forgotten.
Googleing: "logline meaning film" = 'The logline is truly an art form of its own. It's the one or two sentence summary of your film that not only conveys your premise, but also gives the reader emotional insight into the story as a whole.' Think of the Japanese poetic form HAIKU. That consists of thRead more
Googleing: “logline meaning film” =
‘The logline is truly an art form of its own. It’s the one or two sentence summary of your film that not only conveys your premise, but also gives the reader emotional insight into the story as a whole.’
Think of the Japanese poetic form HAIKU. That consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. It’s the restriction of artistic form, from which creativity flows … Think you could get the above short story down to 2 sentences?
See lessWhile reading an old book of century old Indian rituals, a non-believer and arrogant millennial guy performs a ritual in which a person can leave the physical dimension of human existence, and loses his body. As he doesn’t get to read the next pages of getting back to his body, he gets stuck in other dimension. His family considers him dead. He has only 14 hours to get back to get back his body before it gets cremated.
"a non-believer and arrogant millennial guy " = protagonist "performs a ritual and loses his body" = inciting incident he must ... "get his body back before it gets cremated" = main character goal If this were my logline, I'd ask why an arrogant, non-believer was reading centuries old Indian ritualsRead more
“a non-believer and arrogant millennial guy ” = protagonist
“performs a ritual and loses his body” = inciting incident
he must … “get his body back before it gets cremated” = main character goal
If this were my logline, I’d ask why an arrogant, non-believer was reading centuries old Indian rituals in the first place? While fiction is, well … not reality, it does model itself on the stuff of life, making plausibility an important criteria to consider. Most storytelling does well when it introduces a likable, albeit fundamentally flawed character. Arrogance is our hero’s flaw, but what might be their positive traits, their skill or something special?
If arrogance is his flaw, then the character arc might be to transform into a selfless person. In what way might the story conflict facilitate this transformation? While, yes, he wants his body back (still all about his needs, and affirming his arrogance), what magic puzzle, troll at the gate, secret password must he solve to win it back? Think maybe Dorothy, who in order to get back home (to get back something she lost), she must kill the Wicked Witch, and get her broom back to the Wizard …
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