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A survivor in an apocalyptic world keeps experiencing visions when they encounter new people and places while travelling to “Haven”, where they believe they would find a place to belong.
Who's they? Visions of what? How is having visions a story? What do visions have to do with meeting people? Where are they leaving that Haven sounds better? Why don't they belong where they are? A logline should be protagonist, antagonist, conflict, stakes. You have to make those four things clear.Read more
Who’s they? Visions of what? How is having visions a story? What do visions have to do with meeting people? Where are they leaving that Haven sounds better? Why don’t they belong where they are?
A logline should be protagonist, antagonist, conflict, stakes. You have to make those four things clear. Without them, you won’t have a compelling story.
See lessA rookie female detective, out to prove herself, is tasked with protecting a single mother and her son when a serial killer learns that the young boy claims to be the re-incarnation of one of his victims, and tries to kill him again.
Loads of pronouns and antecedents here, too long, too confusing, provokes too many questions for clarity...has to be simplified. And too much plot for a logline. Keep it simple: protagonist, antagonist, conflict, stakes, with a single adjective here and there to define character, like "rookie detectRead more
Loads of pronouns and antecedents here, too long, too confusing, provokes too many questions for clarity…has to be simplified. And too much plot for a logline. Keep it simple: protagonist, antagonist, conflict, stakes, with a single adjective here and there to define character, like “rookie detective.” We don’t need to know she’s female, and you don’t need to add she’s out to prove herself; is that not already implied? Aren’t all rookies out to prove themselves? And if she’s a detective, why is she assigned to protect them? Shouldn’t she be out detecting the suspect?
Don’t get bogged down in supplying as much information as possible; tell us only what we need to know to understand the story and make it interesting. We don’t need to know about the single mother, just the kid. Save the fleshing out for a synopsis or even just the script.
A rookie cop must protect a young boy being targeted by a serial killer after the boy claims to be the reincarnation of a previous victim.
The idea is to get people to want to read more, so just give us the basics and make it compelling. Even this example, though short enough and to the point, still raises the question of why a rookie has such an important task, but that question is asked because one wants to know more about the story, not merely to comprehend it. And as long as the more detailed materials outlining the story make these things clear, it can all work.
See lessA retired cop who?s vowed never to hold another gun must rescue her troubled son from a heavily-armed weapons cult.
Too much information, too many words. Trim it down to the basics in one sentence, 25 words max, no commas whenever possible. Just tell us what we need to know to make the story compelling, and put the more detailed bits of interest in a synopsis. A retired cop who's vowed never to hold another gun mRead more
Too much information, too many words. Trim it down to the basics in one sentence, 25 words max, no commas whenever possible. Just tell us what we need to know to make the story compelling, and put the more detailed bits of interest in a synopsis.
A retired cop who’s vowed never to hold another gun must rescue her troubled son from a heavily-armed weapons cult.
Protagonist, antagonist, conflict, stakes. Plus it highlights the irony inherent in your concept, and raises questions about how she’s going to succeed…questions a reader will want to see the script to have answered.
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