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Posted: December 7, 2017In: Thriller

When an black high school football star mysteriously disappears, his four friends and their dog set out to find him, discovering that things are much more sinister than they seem.

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Added an answer on December 9, 2017 at 5:37 am

>>>>?discovering that things are much more sinister than they seemIt goes without saying that the protagonist always starts out on his struggle underestimating the risks involved, the jeopardy, the psychological and physical price he will eventually discover he has to pay to succeed.? ThRead more

>>>>?discovering that things are much more sinister than they seem

It goes without saying that the protagonist always starts out on his struggle underestimating the risks involved, the jeopardy, the psychological and physical price he will eventually discover he has to pay to succeed.? That’s part of the essential nature of drama, most particularly stories? belong to the action, thriller, adventure genres.

So it isn’t necessary to say what goes without saying.

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Posted: November 23, 2017In: Thriller

After being framed for the murder of two policemen, Peter, an inocent man with a criminal past, must fight to get his daughter back while running away from the revenge-driven police force and the angered population of the town that has been conditioned by the media to see him as a monster.

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Added an answer on November 27, 2017 at 6:38 am

gmffr:I'll have to think about it.? ?And I probably see the plot differently than you.For example, I assume? that you? have dramatically justified his need to "steal" his daughter from his ex. That is, because she's a lousy mother.? Not just lousy, but abusive.Whatever. The audience must believe thaRead more

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I’ll have to think about it.? ?And I probably see the plot differently than you.

For example, I assume? that you? have dramatically justified his need to “steal” his daughter from his ex. That is, because she’s a lousy mother.? Not just lousy, but abusive.

Whatever. The audience must believe that it is better for the daughter to be with him than with her.? Especially since it’s his daughter, not his son.? Otherwise,? you don’t have a protagonist an audience will root for. Which mean the script is DOA.

So I suggest building the backbone of the plot (and logline) around the goal of “stealing” his daughter as a rescue mission, to rescue her from an?bad mother.

But there are these nagging complications:? he’s an ex-con, and is on the lam for murderers he didn’t commit.

My? takeaway is that a plot about a ex-con trying to rescue his kid is more compelling, more marketable than an ex-con trying to outrun the police.

fwiw

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