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When a veteran detective takes his son out for a cruise, an old acquaintance looking for revenge shows up. The little detective outsmarts the acquaintance of this dad that happens to be the killer of his mother that his father was never able to catch.
>>that happens to be the killer of his mother How does the kid know that? ?Or come to suspect that his dad's friend is his mother's killer. ?(But he can't initially prove it and nobody will believe him.) That should be the inciting incident.
>>that happens to be the killer of his mother
How does the kid know that? ?Or come to suspect that his dad’s friend is his mother’s killer. ?(But he can’t initially prove it and nobody will believe him.)
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When a young man converts to Islam for the love of a girl, he finds his life thrown into chaos when the mentor he befriended ends up being a terrorist, intent on bombing a train -with him omboard.
Inciting incident, clear motivation and goal these are your primary concerns in plot construction and subsequently a logline.The latest draft of the logline seems to brush over what reads like an inciting incident - finds himself on a train with a bomb, and a goal to disarm the bomb. Why then is halRead more
Inciting incident, clear motivation and goal these are your primary concerns in plot construction and subsequently a logline.
The latest draft of the logline seems to brush over what reads like an inciting incident – finds himself on a train with a bomb, and a goal to disarm the bomb. Why then is half the logline spent describing the back story; girlfriend, fianc?, conversion to Islam etc??
Just focus on the plot, if you can’t get the plot to come across clearly in a logline after many many tries then it is a clear indication of a problem in the concept.
On another note if the MC is?able to through himself on top of the bomb and prevent wide spread damage, the bomb couldn’t have been powerful enough to truly endanger the other passengers. A bomb powerful enough to destroy a train will easily tear through a human body.
See lessA young man with a dark past is trying everything to stay sane until she sends him into a deep darkness that hurts anyone that gets in his way.
The purpose of a logline is to sketch out a plot. ? Alas, "stay sane" is vague and insufficient for describing a plot. ? It needs to be fleshed out with a specific course of action.In real life, when people are under great psychological stress, therapists and counselors suggest specific routines, coRead more
The purpose of a logline is to sketch out a plot. ? Alas, “stay sane” is vague and insufficient for describing a plot. ? It needs to be fleshed out with a specific course of action.
In real life, when people are under great psychological stress, therapists and counselors suggest specific routines, coping measures, diversionary and displacement activities to handle the stress, so people do not resort to their darkest impulses and do violence to others or themselves.
Likewise, in this reel life, the protagonist needs a game plan leading toward an objective goal and away from his urge to do violence to others or himself. ?What is that game plan, that objective goal?
(Of course, whether he succeeds is another matter. ?After all, it’s a thriller.)
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