Do you write the logline before the story? |
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GaleGirl
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Posted: 19 Jan 2022 at 8:18pm |
I have done this competition a few years now and always saved the dreaded logline for last.
Then, this fall, I attended a writing workshop where a successful screenwriter said to ALWAYS write the logline before you write the story and make the effort to tie every bit of your effort back to the logline to avoid drift. So, I tried it this time...but I am not as confident about the Pol Sat genre as I was about others I've been assigned. But I think it did help limiting drift and allowed me to finish a draft much earlier. What do you all think?
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jennifer.quail
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Very rarely but sometimes yes. (And frequently, the log line isn't at all what scriptwriters use because that's almost never something you will need for fiction outside this contest.) It depends on how particular prompts strike me.
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cford
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Usually I write it half way through. When I'm stuck on a particular aspect or need a brain break. Usually by then I know where I'm wanting to go so can do the log line. Sometimes it does help get me back on track or at the very least divert my brain for a few minutes before I go back to the story.
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crez
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I wrote mine first this time, but now I need to change it because the plot didn't cooperate.
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amlewi08
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I think my log line or my title are always the thing I come up with last. But that may just have to do with my writing style.
In my experience, no matter how much I plot, I pants my way into something entirely different, so starting with a log line just never works. I'm a pantser with plotter tendencies. Youtube claims I'm a methodological pantser. Who knows, the point is my log line is almost always last.
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Aggie
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I understand the wisdom of writing it first, but I'm terrible at loglines so last it is
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UK5AM
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This time, my title came first and story/plot followed. I wrote my logline before I did editing and restructuring, but I had a good idea of the premise.
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GaleGirl
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Ha, ha, Andy. A methodological pantser? My natural inclination is to pants, so I am trying to shore up the flanks. What prompts did you get this time?
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dikaoras
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Oh no, now I'm overthinking this part too D: I wrote mine when it came randomly to me while writing my draft - that's usually how I work with titles too (still waiting for that piece of inspo though) - but now I'm worried I didn't put enough thought into my logline. Is it a big deal?
(Intuitive pantser here!)
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temclaughlin
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I write my logline last, but if I'm honest, that's usually because I forget it's a thing to write until I'm reviewing my story for submission.
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