Comments on: Loglines Are The Key To Understanding Your Own Story

By: Karel Segers

Karel Segers — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 23:29:36 +0000

In reply to Karel Segers. Just to be sure: I was joking.

By: Karel Segers

Karel Segers — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 23:28:44 +0000

In reply to Sam. Yes, we use the ideas entered by our readers and sell them to Hollywood. They pay about $1.2 million on average for a good idea. You'll probably see yours in cinema within the next 8-10 months. ;-)

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 18:08:15 +0000

Hello, I used your logline generator, and it lead me to an article rather than giving me specific suggestions. Where does the information I entered into the generator go? I hope it’s not being used for story ideas.

By: Karel Segers

Karel Segers — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:13:18 +0000

In reply to lewis haas.

I checked the Amazon page and saw the reviews… Perhaps Adron should run his logline past our members before writing his next book: https://loglineit.com.

By: lewis haas

lewis haas — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 23:32:12 +0000

Your loglines are wack and too long… and booooring.

By: Adron J. Smitley

Adron J. Smitley — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:47:02 +0000

Excellent article on loglines =-)

Here’s a logline for ya: “A lonely swordsman who can slow time saves the life of a hunted woman whose presence nullifies all magic, then vows to protect her from those that would see her dead as they attempt to thwart the genocidal plans of a tyrannical, lightning-wielding god-king who wants her dead.”

It’s a short logline of my latest fantasy novel THE LAST SOOTHSAYER which you can view HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Soothsayer-tale-blood-love/dp/1516981960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440579173&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Last+Soothsayer

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By: dpg

dpg — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:14:43 +0000

Only 25 words? (Gulp.)

Being the hyper-analytical type (I would prefer to be super creative), I have collected nearly 600 loglines for films in a spreadsheet, loglines for scripts that actually got made into movies. About 60 % of them were 25 words or less. Over 85% were 30 words or less.

So it’s a tough, but not unrealistic goal to strive for.

BTW: Karel’s logline for “Jaws” is 131 characters long — short enough to fit into a twitter —another goal to strive for.

By: Karel Segers

Karel Segers — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:34:35 +0000

In reply to Steven Fernandez.

Hey Steven, thank you so much for your comment.

Don’t worry too much about struggling with your own concepts. The main thing is that you KNOW you’re struggling. It shows you have an awareness of what works and what doesn’t. The problem is mostly that people believe they have great concepts/loglines.

The day you come up with the high concept idea, you will find it easy to write the logline.

Also, assessing your own work is the hardest thing one can do. I always liken it to operating on yourself…

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By: Steven Fernandez

Steven Fernandez — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:25:36 +0000

That good logline writing facilitates the writing of good, solid, story concepts – I have to agree. In my own case, while I am great at critiquing and suggesting solid improvements to other people’s loglines, I still remain a bit behind at writing good loglines for my own concepts. This is partly because my plots tend not to be simple and/or involve convention-breaking characters or events. None the less, Karel’s formula is something to get back to and work up from.