When the overbearing family of a recently deceased young woman refuses to acknowledge her undocumented funeral wishes, her lackadaisical boyfriend must dig up the body in the middle of the night and embark on an odyssey to give her the burial she wanted, finally learning to fully appreciate her along the way.

Thanks a lot for your help and interest in this log line.

Even though listless is similar to lackadaisical, they aren?t exactly the same and I chose to use the latter because it more accurately describes his characteristics. This is someone who lacks determination or follow through. He has great intentions, he talks a lot of shit, but he never follows through with anything. His girlfriend has recently been on his case about this and he fears she will continue to harass him about it if he doesn?t follow through with carrying out her burial wishes.

I used fearing being haunted? for a couple reasons. It doesn?t necessarily refer to being haunted by a ghost. People can be haunted by many things, like a memory. The main character does fear being haunted by a ghost, but it?s more than that. He fears that the person he loves more than anything in the world will never be put to rest the way she wanted because of his in ability to do anything he says he will. He fears he will always hear her disappointment resonating in his head. He does imagine seeing a ghost and perhaps believes it will follow him around forever, but it?s more of a manifestation of his fear and guilt rather than a traditional haunting by a ghost.

I?m not completely sure, but I think the family should be included in the log line since they are the antagonists in the story. Also, I didn?t intend to make the character a teenager, instead someone closer to his mid twenties.

I probably should move fearing being haunted? to the end of the log line. I?ll see if I can figure out how to do that. ??

Better yet - omit the "near" death since that just defeats the purpose of making it suspenseful.

A listless teenager digs up his deceased girlfriend?s body to properly respect her burial wishes after her terrorizing hauntings make him welcome death." Or something along those lines ....

Would help to know the genre that the writer seeks.

How's this? (This isn't even my logline haha):

A listless teenager digs up his deceased girlfriend?s body to properly respect her burial wishes after her terrorizing hauntings bring him to near death.?