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Creating and Using a Logline

                I talked a little bit about loglines in my character creation post, but I figured I should go a bit more in-depth into it because I swear it is THE MOST USEFUL THING EVER FOR CHARACTERS.

Loglines are a tool commonly taught in screenwriting to sum up character arcs throughout a story or series. It’s a few sentences that show how the character begins, the conflict they go through, and then how they change because of it. Loglines go A but B so C:

A – Character and their flaw

B – Conflict they go through

C – How they change

                Here's an example of Rapunzel's logline from Tangled:

A – Overly obedient (/manipulated) by Mother Gothel

B – Escapes her tower with a criminal

C – Learns agency in order to fight back against her manipulation

Obedient daughter Repunzel has been locked in a tower since her kidnapping as a child by Mother Gothel, but when criminal Flynn hides out in her tower, she seizes the opportunity to escape in order to see the floating lanterns for her birthday while being chased by goons as well as Mother Gothel. So she learns the beauty of the outside world, as well as forming a connection with Flynn that allows her to fight back against Mother Gothel and free herself.

                It has everything one would need to know about Repunzel's arc:

                Obedient daughter (disrupting characteristic/flaw) Rapunzel has been locked in a tower since her kidnapping as a child by Mother Gothel (backstory), but when criminal Flynn hides out in her tower (inciting incident), she seizes the opportunity to escape in order to see the floating lanterns for her birthday (objective) while being chased by goons as well as Mother Gothel (conflict). So she learns the beauty of the outside world, as well as forms a connection with Flynn that allows her to fight back against Mother Gothel and free herself (change).

                It’s at most three sentences, the shorter you can condense it the better. I use loglines for every character that has an arc, as it helps me tell if the arc I planned will work or if it needs a bit more time on the drawing board, and I can peek at it to make sure I’m still on track during writing.

(Oh and also, if you're ever in a position where you need to quick pitch your story to someone important, a logline is a perfect pitch! It's always good to have something like this prepared just in case.)

                Good luck!

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Preorder The House of Dentium for Kindle here! Physical and Kindle editions drop October 11th! Art by : @tangledarts

A boy and his bear. A listless fast food employee. A timid single mother. A resentful scholar. Five missing children. And a TV show on the verge of collapse. All these fates mix and intertwine in the stagnant morass of small town Telafette.

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Me, throwing my readers into a messed up little world: And that's just the way it is >:( Literally the rest of the story: But what if. it doesn't have to be 🥺👉👈

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Well, that was exciting! Can't wait to show off the other teasers I have commissioned! @tangledarts is a magnificent artist, wouldn't you agree?

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Preorder The House of Dentium now for kindle! Releases digitally and physically October the 11th! Art by : @tangledarts

A boy and his bear. A listless fast food employee. A timid single mother. A resentful scholar. Five missing children. And a TV show on the verge of collapse. All these fates mix and intertwine in the stagnant morass of small town Telafette.

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The Chronicles of the Kel'Yght Galaxy is available on Amazon in paper back or digital!

I hope to get some hardbacks someday, too!

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Had to order three proofs from amazon before they got the cover right. It was so dark you couldn't see a thing the first time, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to fix it before release.

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Coming this October...

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Two new stories!

Good Crieff and A Very Jenny-Over-There Christmas!

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Pinned Post of Some Sort

It occurs to me I should probably have some sort of pinned post if I intend to use this place as a way to share my work, so:

Carrd (other places to find me including Twitter, CoHost, and Ko-Fi)

Series:

Jenny Over-There: 925 Universe (A workplace comedy about Jenny Over-There, an aggrieved woman who works at an eldritch call centre with the goal of helping people across the multiverse locate various 'thingies'.)

Related Story - The Rhino Tower: A Jenny Everywhere Adventure (Features an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere previously seen in the 925th Universe as well as 925b's Grant Farrel - prior reading not necessary)

The Journal of Dr. Daniel Garret (Alternate history series detailing Dr. Garret's encounters with Superheroes in the mid-1900s)

Miscellaneous Shorts:

Base Named Solace 5 (10,000 Dawns)

The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids:

Marksmanship-522 in a Passable Adventure with Doctor Omega

Crash Bang Wallop

Fact File #2265 – “150 Chaotic Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids Chortlers”

Academy 27:

Hall Pass (Chopping Mall but in a School and with less death - now included in Academy 27: School Days: Volume 1)

A27: The Roleplaying Game (Session 5 "Torn Apart")

The Cosmology of Sherlock Holmes ("Sherlock Versus Herlock" & "Dark Dealings")

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TBA is finally, fully edited!

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"Dr. Rutherford didn’t examine the horse for too long before deciding it warranted shooting."

-Can't wait for you guys to read this one. :)