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"Do you agree, or do you think a logline without an explicitly stated inciting incident is a no no."
Personally I don't think a logline absolutely needs an inciting incident. There's actually a thread DPG started where we discussed it in detail.
To me, the most important parts are: 1) Hook 2)Characters 3)Plot/goal 4)Inciting incident.
As long as you have the hook, dangling out there in the logline, and it is concisely written and conveys some sense of the plot, it is debatable whether an inciting incident is necessary.
As for??After he starts hearing what women think a chauvinist ad exec gets the chance to steal back his job from a female rival??it's a bit different because it does imply the inciting incident. But it puts the hook front and center, and it actually offers a clear reason, due to his chauvinistic nature: How could a mere woman deserve the job more than him?
I hope this helps.
"Do you agree, or do you think a logline without an explicitly stated inciting incident is a no no."
Personally I don't think a logline absolutely needs an inciting incident. There's actually a thread DPG started where we discussed it in detail.
To me, the most important parts are: 1) Hook 2)Characters 3)Plot/goal 4)Inciting incident.
As long as you have the hook, dangling out there in the logline, and it is concisely written and conveys some sense of the plot, it is debatable whether an inciting incident is necessary.
As for??After he starts hearing what women think a chauvinist ad exec gets the chance to steal back his job from a female rival??it's a bit different because it does imply the inciting incident. But it puts the hook front and center, and it actually offers a clear reason, due to his chauvinistic nature: How could a mere woman deserve the job more than him?
I hope this helps.
Don't' forget to include the bully as the aggressive agent in the inciting incident to explain why the teen goes after his girlfriend.
So, something like
When a brutal beating by the school bully causes a hapless teen to start visualizing what girls really desire, he uses the ?inside information? to steal the bully?s girlfriend.
Again, we don't know how it causes the visualization. ?It just does -- part of the magic.
Anyway, ?I think this is a winner, a movie I want to see. ?Which is why I give the concept a thumbs up vote.
Best wishes with your story.?