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After his wife dies in a car accident, a man must face homelessness raising his three daughters.
The logical connection between the wife's death and family's homelessness is missing. In fact, I would claim the wife's death is not the inciting incident, rather the story starts when the man loses the house.?When a single father of three, still mourning his beloved wife, loses his house to forecloRead more
The logical connection between the wife’s death and family’s homelessness is missing. In fact, I would claim the wife’s death is not the inciting incident, rather the story starts when the man loses the house.
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When a single father of three, still mourning his beloved wife, loses his house to foreclosure, he struggles to keep his family safe and whole on the streets of LA (or whatever city you want to use for your story).
See lessIn a future post-apocalypse society, where reproduction is only for ?the worthy?, a young woman chosen for reproduction must convince her leaders to spare her life after announcing that she doesn?t want to have children.
Why wouldn't the decision not to have children automatically place that person in the "unworthy" category? If the psychological state of not wanting children is genetically conditioned, you wouldn't want that predisposition passed on to any offspring.In other words, as Trix asks, what makes someoneRead more
Why wouldn’t the decision not to have children automatically place that person in the “unworthy” category? If the psychological state of not wanting children is genetically conditioned, you wouldn’t want that predisposition passed on to any offspring.
In other words, as Trix asks, what makes someone “unworthy”? Genetics? Psychology? Illness? Income? Ancestry? Race? Religion?
See lessA daughter and a father sits at a table. From chewing with her mouth open, to bad table manners to taking drugs right in front of him, the father does not realise anything because he is distracted by his phone.
Is this a short? If so, you should mention it in the comment section. (If it's not a short, then you have a problem as this will not hold the audience's attention for 90 minutes.) As this seems like a good subject matter for a short, I'll assume it is a short. Most shorts are structured like a jokeRead more
Is this a short? If so, you should mention it in the comment section. (If it’s not a short, then you have a problem as this will not hold the audience’s attention for 90 minutes.)
As this seems like a good subject matter for a short, I’ll assume it is a short. Most shorts are structured like a joke in that they have a setup followed by a punch. (In contrast to a joke, the punch in a short need not be funny, but could be sad or horrifying.) You don’t want to give away the punch. Your logline should be all about the setup. Try this for starters and see where you can take it:
When her father is too distracted by his iPhone to listen to the story of her science project, a ten year old girl resorts to ever more drastic measures to get his attention.
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