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  1. Posted: February 13, 2015In: Public

    Set in a gangland drinking den over a single night, a bounty hunter who sees flash visions of the future holds patrons hostage in order to trap an escaped prisoner but soon discovers the imminent arrival of a totally different kind of fugitive: a killer able to freeze time and project illusions.

    Lucius Paisley Logliner
    Added an answer on February 13, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    The setting is never important in a logline, so you can lose that completely. You also need to lose some of the more flighty language to make the logline shorter. I get that you want to give a sense of urgency to it, but 52 words is much too long. Perhaps... "When a psychic bounty hunter holds a barRead more

    The setting is never important in a logline, so you can lose that completely.

    You also need to lose some of the more flighty language to make the logline shorter.

    I get that you want to give a sense of urgency to it, but 52 words is much too long.

    Perhaps…

    “When a psychic bounty hunter holds a bar hostage, he must stop a killer able to stop time and create illusions, to trap an escaped prisoner.”

    There’s 26 words and I think I’ve captured all you’re trying to get across.

    Hope this helps.

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  2. Posted: February 13, 2015In: Public

    Set in a gangland drinking den over a single night, a bounty hunter who sees flash visions of the future holds patrons hostage in order to trap an escaped prisoner but soon discovers the imminent arrival of a totally different kind of fugitive: a killer able to freeze time and project illusions.

    Lucius Paisley Logliner
    Added an answer on February 13, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    The setting is never important in a logline, so you can lose that completely. You also need to lose some of the more flighty language to make the logline shorter. I get that you want to give a sense of urgency to it, but 52 words is much too long. Perhaps... "When a psychic bounty hunter holds a barRead more

    The setting is never important in a logline, so you can lose that completely.

    You also need to lose some of the more flighty language to make the logline shorter.

    I get that you want to give a sense of urgency to it, but 52 words is much too long.

    Perhaps…

    “When a psychic bounty hunter holds a bar hostage, he must stop a killer able to stop time and create illusions, to trap an escaped prisoner.”

    There’s 26 words and I think I’ve captured all you’re trying to get across.

    Hope this helps.

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  3. Posted: February 13, 2015In: Public

    A week after having leg surgery for which he would need 3 months rest, a 45 year old poor night guard returns to work in order to not loose his job and keep providing for his family. He encounters a group of burglars in a building garage and is unable to stop them.

    Lucius Paisley Logliner
    Added an answer on February 13, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    You're missing a couple of things - a goal, and the inciting incident is not made clear - the surgery? the burglary?

    You’re missing a couple of things – a goal, and the inciting incident is not made clear – the surgery? the burglary?

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