Comments on: How to Tell if Your Story is On Target—What is Your Book About in ONE Sentence?

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:44:35 +0000

Now using this logline advice for every story, regardless of length. Unfortunately, I had powered ahead without loglines before, and can hardly be surprised when I ran out of steam. Loglines, plot timelines and character notes are the most important in story planning.

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Fri, 06 May 2016 11:05:46 +0000

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By: hiddendragonn

hiddendragonn — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:45:23 +0000

In reply to Author Kristen Lamb.

Thank you very much for the reply 😀 What I’m writing is not just one story but multiple short stories. That’s why one sentence is a bit difficult for describing everything… Maybe I could send you the first one and if ever you get very bored you could have a look and tell me all that is wrong with it? But of course I know that you are a very busy person…

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:06:59 +0000

In reply to hiddendragonn. What's the active goal? Seems half there to me. Who is the antagonist? And it can be the books or even the people wielding them because they seem like victims in need of being freed from the book's influence. Where is the ticking clock? What bad thing is imminent if she fails? You could get complicated with this instead of complex so those gig picture ideas need to be hammered out.

By: hiddendragonn

hiddendragonn — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:12:53 +0000

Hello!

I just discovered your blog and as a wanna be writer I really enjoy reading it. Thank you so much for being so generous and putting all this great advice out there!

I have a question about this post: Currently I’m working on a series of inter-connected short stories. Is the log-line concept relevant for a work like that (since there are many short stories forming the while bigger picture)?

The log-line I came up with is: “As a mysterious book surfaces through the internet and starts providing demonic powers to seemingly random people, a young librarian finds herself in the middle of a power-play between Gods, demons, fairies and other magical beings” I don’t know if it’s any good… What would you say?

Thank you very much 🙂

By: Three Seconds – the logline. | Joseph E Bird

Three Seconds – the logline. | Joseph E Bird — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 01:38:52 +0000

[…] was reading one of Kristen Lamb’s blog posts about the importance of developing a one-sentence logline. It’s like the tagline that tells […]

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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:52:46 +0000

[…] line (Kristen puts it better than I do so definitely go and check out her blog which you can find here). Anyway these five parts […]

By: gjoelfranco

gjoelfranco — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:34:40 +0000

Must read for all filmmakers! Happens to me all the time when people try to pitch. Loglines are almost an afterthought for so many people it is a little scary! Thank you for posting! Looking forward to check out more posts!

By: Taking Action, Redrafting, and Getting Back to Work | Andrea Blythe

Taking Action, Redrafting, and Getting Back to Work | Andrea Blythe — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 02:20:41 +0000

[…] the book to others. Kristen Lamb, another writer who has recently read Save the Cat! has a great discussion one why novelists should create a one-line for their books on her blog. While I didn’t have a complete one-line prior to reading Save the Cat!, I did have a single […]