On returning to work from maternity leave, a journalist discovers her children?s carer is the daughter of a woman controversially convicted of murder in the last trial she covered.

You can drop the part about returning to work after maternity leave. The story begins when she hires the new babysitter.

As dpg says... then what? Where's the rest of the logline? Check the formula Karel has been so careful to craft and try to drop your story points into it.

Also, provide the fine folks that offer their help on this site more information about your story so that help can be rendered.

Good luck.

So what's the dramatic problem, the jeopardy, the danger, the source of dramatic tension and suspense? ?Just because her mother is a convicted murderer doesn't make her daughter a dangerous person -- or does it?