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A lone wolf con artist seduces a woman by pretending to be someone else, but must first spend Christmas with her family, whom he grows to love.
On second thought, "Lone wolf" might be the wrong word. But you guys can see the arc, right? He goes from loner/loveless/cold/materialistic to genuine/humble/decent/selfless, etc. If not I need a better word ha.
On second thought, “Lone wolf” might be the wrong word.
But you guys can see the arc, right?
He goes from loner/loveless/cold/materialistic to genuine/humble/decent/selfless, etc. If not I need a better word ha.
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Perhaps this one is better/leaner? A lone wolf con artist seduces a woman by pretending to be someone else, but must first spend Christmas with her family, whom he grows to love. By chopping the "trapped by snowstorm", this logline suggests the I.I. is seducing the woman. By chopping the "Not wantinRead more
Perhaps this one is better/leaner?
A lone wolf con artist seduces a woman by pretending to be someone else, but must first spend Christmas with her family, whom he grows to love.
By chopping the “trapped by snowstorm”, this logline suggests the I.I. is seducing the woman.
By chopping the “Not wanting to be alone over the holidays”, his motivation is less clear. We think he’s doing it for money.
By chopping “cops on his tail” we’re getting rid of the stakes.
However – I’m very sure this is the main conflict.
A loner who spends his life pretending – stops, smells the roses, learns how to love, finds the family he never had – but has been deceiving them the whole time.
There’s conflict and drama there.
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I think this might be it guys and girls. To make it leaner - I need a single word to encapsulates "attachment free lifestyle". I toyed around with "misanthropic" but it's the wrong word. We're thinking of Clooney in "Up in the Air" - this guys is always moving, running, hiding, pretending. This is tRead more
I think this might be it guys and girls.
To make it leaner – I need a single word to encapsulates “attachment free lifestyle”. I toyed around with “misanthropic” but it’s the wrong word. We’re thinking of Clooney in “Up in the Air” – this guys is always moving, running, hiding, pretending.
This is the first time he stays put and he likes it.
I wanted to put:
“Desperate not to be alone over Christmas, a con artist seduces a sweet, wholesome woman by pretending to be someone else, but must first spend time with her family, whom he grows to love.”
– but I don’t think he knows he’s lonely just yet or is living a lonely lifestyle.
The other logline I toyed with:
“Trapped in his old hometown during a snowstorm, a con artist swindles a family into spending Christmas with him, whilst cops are on his tail.”
– this includes the secondary obstacles and complications, but I don’ t think they are the main ones.
The snow storm is the Inciting Incident.
He is essentially growing to love the woman and the family so it’s condensed together.
Er – the cops on his tail is a complication later on. (More plot point 2 material).
Once he grows to love this family and they love him – that’s when his real identity is all over the news, TV, etc, and his masquerade can no longer go on.
What do you think?
I don’t think I can start an outline until this logline is as strong as oak.
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