A troubled young man converts to Islam to please his Muslim girlfriend, gets set up by a psychopathic terrorist in a train bomb attack, he must evacuate his frantic landsmen before a ticking time-bomb kills them.

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dpg Singularity · 112,231 pts ★ Accepted

>>A naive young man converts to Islam for the love of a girl, winds up in the middle of a terror plot against his country.

Getting better, but it still describes more of a situation-- and a good one-- than a plot. And it frames him as more the victim of his folly than the agent of his redemption. The plot is what he must do when he realizes his folly, that he's been used. So maybe:

When a naive young man converts to Islam for the love of a girl only to discover he's being used in a terrorist conspiracy, he has 2 hours to thwart their plot."
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This logline suggests beginning the story in media res -- the middle of the conflict. That is, hit the floor running with dramatic tension, with conflict, with an opening scene where he is already frantically trying to find out where the bomb has been planted. ?Then, perhaps, interweave with backflashes explaining how this crisis arose, how he got himself into his dramatic predicament.

A tough writing challenge, but when done well, it makes for a more engrossing script and ?movie. An excellent example is "Michael Clayton". It ?opens ?with a tense opening teaser that builds to a "WTF!" car explosion on page 16, then flashes back to the beginning, to show how Michael Clayton got himself in such a predicament. ?You can download a pdf of the script here. ?Well worth studying, imho. And viewing , if you haven't already.

Benneth Logliner · 502 pts

Thanks again dpg.

MC converted because he thought that it is what his girlfriend wanted. His girlfriend has been disowned by her family because of him(none Muslim). MC got into the line of a stray bullet. What I mean is that he converted and came into contact with a terrorist on a mission in his country of Norway. The terrorist is in disguise and looking for scapegoat.

dpg Singularity · 112,231 pts

When a naive young man who converted to Islam for a girl's love realizes he is being used as the fall?guy in a terrorist conspiracy, he has 30 minutes to thwart the plot.
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(One thing that is still unclear to me is whether the girl is a co-conspirator. ?Does she know she's being used to bait him into the conspiracy? ?Is that her intention in persuading him to convert?)