A woman stands up one man for another because he is nicer, so she thought. She soon discovers he’s a serial killer and her life depends on the first man to send that psycho to hell.

5 reviews

choshnic10 Penpusher · 156 pts

The "protagonist" has no consequences stacked up against her. She also has no goal. Why is she doing this? Readers can already tell she'll be a flat character.

WHO THE STORY IS ABOUT, WANTS SOMETHING VERY BADLY BUT MUST DO WHAT TO GET IT.

dpg Singularity · 112,231 pts

Agree with Richiev.

You gotta decide who owns the story.? The woman who foolishly stands up the nice guy in favor of the wrong guy only to realize.. ? Or the nice guy who maybe was too nice, who has to rise to the occasion and become a mensch instead of a milquetoast (character arc) in order to rescue the damsel in distress who stood him up?

Whoever owns the story -- which is to say, the one with the stronger character arc --? frame and focus the logline around that character as the protagonist.

fwiw

savinh0 Mentor · 3,334 pts

Plenty of conflict here. I like the concept.
Just make sure to follow the basic logline formula so you can pack all the information in one sentence.