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A 10 year old kid recently ran away from an orphanage home suddenly finds his father and it changes his life .
I find the logline unclear. How does the boy meeting his father change his life? What is the boy's goal? If the boy's goal is to reconnect with his father, what does he have to do to do this? In other words, what is the antagonistic force he has to overcome? Hope this helps!
I find the logline unclear. How does the boy meeting his father change his life? What is the boy’s goal? If the boy’s goal is to reconnect with his father, what does he have to do to do this? In other words, what is the antagonistic force he has to overcome?
Hope this helps!
See lessAfter being augmented against her will, a street-girl from a futuristic city must avoid capture by both former allies as well as the wealthy caste — sparking a civil war in which only the strongest survive.
And yet, I do not have to mention the fact that she is a hero or anti-hero in the logline at all. What she is depends on the goal and motivations. Also, Katniss is just a symbol for the rebellion, and actually in the end kills the person involved in the death of her sister - revenge killing. The preRead more
And yet, I do not have to mention the fact that she is a hero or anti-hero in the logline at all. What she is depends on the goal and motivations.
Also, Katniss is just a symbol for the rebellion, and actually in the end kills the person involved in the death of her sister – revenge killing. The president dies by laughing (choking on his own blood). I fail to see how she can be considered a hero, more like a person just along for the ride. She doesn’t even lead the rebellion in any way – it could exist without her after the second hunger games. Granted, they could have changed this for the movies (only seen the first one), yet people still found the story interesting enough to adapt them. I appreciate the discussion.
Anyway, back to my logline, I’m a bit confused as to which goal everyone finds more compelling (or if none of them are). Is her goal of surviving compelling/positive enough? I was told that the story needed something else to separate it from all the other chase movies out there – hence the addition of the civil war and the destruction of the facility to the logline.
See lessAfter being augmented against her will, a street-girl from a futuristic city must avoid capture by both former allies as well as the wealthy caste — sparking a civil war in which only the strongest survive.
Well I think of an anti-hero as someone without typical "good" qualities, but somehow does the "good" or "right" thing, even if it's just a consequence of reaching their goal. With anti-heroes, I feel it may be closer to reality and thus one can find parallels with them in daily life, and maybe relaRead more
Well I think of an anti-hero as someone without typical “good” qualities, but somehow does the “good” or “right” thing, even if it’s just a consequence of reaching their goal. With anti-heroes, I feel it may be closer to reality and thus one can find parallels with them in daily life, and maybe relate to them (rather save your own life than that of someone you don’t know for instance).
To me, a hero always tries to do the right thing, and has strong moral views. They think of others before themselves. Their goals tend to benefit many people, not just themselves.
I don’t have much experience writing, so I could be completely wrong, but from what I’ve seen and read up that’s how I would define them.
Either way, I don’t think it really matters whether my main character comes across as a hero or anti-hero in the logline; does it?
Also, I’ll remove the civil war part from the logline.
Thanks for the reply!
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