After mythology’s most vicious monsters and history’s most heinous criminals escape from hell, a neurotic college-sophomore finds herself imbued with the power to send these evildoers back from whence they came.

4 reviews

Trix Samurai · 2,991 pts ★ Accepted

Hi JBalmer,

I like your premise - this kind of thing is right up my street, definitely something I'd watch as a TV show or a film. ?My initial thoughts are:

  • I feel like you have 2 inciting incidents? ?1) the evildoers escaping, 2) the sophomore being imbues with power...
  • Did anyone else come out of hell? ?What about the lesser evildoers? ? I think you're using a lot of word count when you could lump the monsters and criminals together with one description.
  • Feels a bit like a neurotic Buffy? ?What makes this so different - is it a 'Willow' spin-off?
  • It reads as though you've summed up what happens - the sophomore has the power to send them back... so where are the stakes?
  • 'Finds herself imbued with the power' - this is very vague... is she a chosen one?
  • 'College-sophomore'... this means nothing to me in the UK - are there different types of sophomore or can you drop the college tag?
  • Consider rephrasing it focussing on one inciting incident and outlining or implying what's at stake...
  • A rough shot... A neurotic sophomore must fulfil her destiny to save the world when hell unleashes its most heinous monsters to overthrow humanity.

Regards
Trix

dpg 112,231 pts

Too many villains.

Less is more.

Focus? on one alpha-bad dude or dame.

Neer Shelter 55,464 pts

What does she do about it?

In a logline, it's always best to describe what a character does rather than what they're capable of.