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STRANGER TO BLUE WATER – When the sheltered daughter of a disabled coal miner falls for a Trinidadian man passing through town on a sales call , she’s torn between staying in the rinky dead end pennsylvania borough caring for her crippled racist dad or leaving with her dark mysterious lover on an adventure in the Caribbean.
>>>torn betweenIn other words, she's trapped in a dilemma.1] But loglines are not about dilemmas about decisions a character will eventually have to make. ?Loglines are about the decisions made. Decisions that either 1] Resolve ?a dilemma (for better or worse) early in the story or 2] CreatRead more
>>>torn between
In other words, she’s trapped in a dilemma.
1] But loglines are not about dilemmas about decisions a character will eventually have to make. ?Loglines are about the decisions made. Decisions that either 1] Resolve ?a dilemma (for better or worse) early in the story or 2] Create an unanticipated dilemma further down the road of the plot..
2] And the logline presents a false dilemma. ?The choices presented in this logline do not constitute a true dilemma because they are not of exclusive and?equal value. ?In ?a true dilemma both options are either equally desirable or equally undesirable ?- but in either case the character must choose one to the exclusion of the other. ?She can’t have both (if desirable); neither can she decline to choose either (if undesirable).
“Staying in the rinky dead end Pennsylvania borough” versus “an adventure in the Caribbean. — ?obviously, the latter is of more value to the character, more interesting, more alluring. ?So what’s stopping her from leaving town (other than cowardice)?
See lessWhen a jaded business woman tries to sell her eye-sore car to an optimistic college student, they find a time capsule of forgotten items from her youth. Bonding over discovered similar interests, they desperately try to grapple the generational gap, nostalgia and envy of each other’s lives. Ultimately, the woman is forced to either go through with the sale and let go of the past, or hold onto the car which encapsulates it.
Focus on the emotional journey and drop the detail. Why is she triggered by discovering the items. Perhaps look at that. You can see all the emotions in your mind put them on the page. (Not your story, just an example). Disillusioned with life, a woman while getting her car ready to sell finds itemsRead more
Focus on the emotional journey and drop the detail.
Why is she triggered by discovering the items. Perhaps look at that.
You can see all the emotions in your mind put them on the page. (Not your story, just an example).
Disillusioned with life, a woman while getting her car ready to sell finds items that triggers her start a journey to rediscover herself and question her own life choices.
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Thank you guys, I'll work on it. Cheers
Thank you guys, I’ll work on it.
Cheers
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