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#Hereditary logline full

…………Ī logline and a tag line are different things.

Struggling with her sanity, a young telepath battles genetic purists to stop a global catastrophe and save her species.

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#Hereditary logline full

Once you’ve created a logline or two, or even before, also read 10 Tips for Writing Loglines It’s chock full of tips to help you understand the process. This leaves me with a record of my brainstorming, to inspire further thoughts should I feel the need to tweak things later.ĭon’t be afraid to rearrange the template and get creative with it, it’s just a guide to help you get started.

I like to create multiple loglines, copying and pasting them until I get the right one.

Rearrange, edit and tweak until you have a logline that you’re happy with.

Use your selected words/phrases for the Protagonist, Verb, Antagonist, Goal and Stakes to fill in the logline template.

Williams, in his article (the one with the nifty template) recommends using a verb that is both visual and active, to create a more potent image in the reader’s mind. I like to underline the ones that I’m happy with, it makes the next step easier.

Brainstorm words and/or phrases for the Protagonist, Verb, Antagonist, Goal and Stakes dot points, until you come up with something that works.

The worksheet is self explanatory, and you can use it any which way you like, but here’s how I do it ( working example below). Even luckier, once you know the basic structure of a logline, they’re pretty easy to put together. The answer to the last question is yes, and, lucky for us, there are a number of webpages that answer the first, one even provided a nifty template which I used to create a logline worksheet ( below). How do you create a logline? Where do you start? Is it even possible to distill the awesomeness of your novel into one measly line?

My philosophy is, particularly in the first draft, that a story should go where it wants to go. Whenever you find yourself going in a new direction, you can reference your logline and ask yourself ‘does this serve the core plot?’ If the answer’s no, you should probably abandon the new direction. If you create it at the start of writing your next book (but not before you have an idea of what it’s about) it can be a guideline. The other advantage of a logline, as the essence of your plot, it helps you to keep your story on track. Why do you need one?īecause, if you’re standing in an elevator and someone says they’ll give you a million dollars if you can tell them what your book’s about in ten seconds flat, what do you say? It’s your pitch, your calling card, the line you pull out whenever you’re asked what your book is about. What’s a logline?Ī logline is your short story, novel or epic fantasy saga, summarised in a single sentence. Right under ‘title’ on Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet, there’s a little box called ‘tag line’ ( but should really be called ‘logline’), which, frankly, used to scare the whatsits out of me.