![]() It’s in making sure your idea is clean and workable enough – and is based on something that could be easily pitched in a logline that works – before you commit to writing it. The real difficulty, though, is not in crafting those couple of sentences to describe a script that’s been written. Traditionally those “rules” need to be laid out first, in such an idea, for people to be able to buy into what’s being pitched.īut even with non-fantastical ideas, loglines can be a struggle for writers. This is not easy to do – especially with ideas that have some sort of fantastical underpinnings that have to be explained, before a reader or listener can grasp how it all works, and why. They shouldn’t need to ask a bunch of questions to understand what you’re talking about. There should be enough there that they can really picture the story. ![]() And they lay out a central challenge to solve that situation which sounds really difficult, and entertaining to watch.īasically, people who hear the logline should think, “I’d like to see that!” It should be obvious that it’s a good idea, and clear what the idea is. They present a compelling situation for characters one can imagine audiences caring about. Loglines describe a movie (or series) idea in a quick sentence or two that provide enough of an idea of what it’s about to (hopefully) seem like a grabby, fresh and commercially viable concept.
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