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A self-centered play critic struggles to re-build his life when a scathing review he writes drives a playwright to suicide, by becoming a playwright himself.
Interesting idea - bit clunky in the wording. First, I imagine the title is "theater critic" and not "play critic". I could be wrong though? Struggling to rebuild is too vague an action ... BUT - you have put the more compelling action in this logline. So: "After one of his critiques leads a playwriRead more
Interesting idea – bit clunky in the wording.
First, I imagine the title is “theater critic” and not “play critic”. I could be wrong though?
Struggling to rebuild is too vague an action … BUT – you have put the more compelling action in this logline. So:
“After one of his critiques leads a playwright to suicide, a self-centered critic starts to write plays himself.”
The question then becomes – why? Obviously there is something therapeutic, a coping mechanism to a degree, but what would make this compelling if there is a reason he HAS to do it – mental or physical, internal or external – that would up the stakes if he failed to become a playwright.
See lessA man who blacks out for seven hours each night has feared the day when his two lives collide, and when they do, the lives of millions hang in the balance.
I think Richiev nails it in so far as the setup is "there is a man who lives two different lives" - great. Just tell us what those two lives are in the logline, Then what? How do they collide? What does he then do?
I think Richiev nails it in so far as the setup is “there is a man who lives two different lives” – great. Just tell us what those two lives are in the logline,
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A man who blacks out for seven hours each night has feared the day when his two lives collide, and when they do, the lives of millions hang in the balance.
This is EXACTLY what I thought when I first read it.
This is EXACTLY what I thought when I first read it.
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