So it’s a fairly central goal, except for one thing. (And what an amazing falconer she is, in turn, earning her father’s respect.) It would prove how amazing her falcon is.It would help restore her father’s spirits.Let’s give it the “why” test: Why does she want to do this? She wants to help her father fulfill her dead brothers’ last wish to compete in Queen Elizabeth’s White Falcon Gala. I began by looking for the one thing that might tie into several others. She wants to prove to the world that her white falcon is exceptional.She wants to kiss the funny horse whisperer.She wants to be a falconer, to live a life with raptors.She wants not to be sent to the gallows for having saved them.She wants to save the lives of her raptors.She wants to escape Pete’s murderous vengeance.She wants to help her father fulfill her dead brothers’ last wish to compete in Queen Elizabeth’s White Falcon Gala.She wants to solve the mystery of her brothers’ death.She wants him to come out of his depression, get over his grief.That’s the million-dollar-question, because my Molly (or any character, for that matter) wants many things:
Next step: What does my protagonist want? Her antagonist, young Master Pete, might be described as:Īnd the interesting adjective? Here are some I’m considering:Īlthough “desperate predator” is interesting, “vindictive Master” is clearer. Yes, I know: it doesn’t quite fit the two-word rule, but I’m going with it. Here’s Molly, the main character of The Next Novel (working title Raptor Girl):Ī feral teen falconer with mysterious powers (An exception to this last is to name characters of historical significance.) I’ve read that it’s best to use an (interesting) adjective + noun structure for any character mentioned in your logline, and to not use their names. Not exactly! First step: Describe the main character I love anything that makes writing something seem easy, like this video on writing a logline:Īccording to this, a logline formula is, simply: A logline will be useful in marketing the novel once it’s published.A logline will be useful if pitching your book to an agent or publisher, should you need to do so.A logline will help you keep focussed on that core while writing the novel.Writing a logline is a good way of discovering the core of your story.The big studios would own hundreds of scripts, and the studio head would keep a log book that recorded concise summaries (or “ loglines“) that described each script in the studio’s possession.Ī logline (sometimes called the “elevator pitch”) summarizes the essence of a story in one sentence ( sometimes two) between 20 – 30 words long. The term “ logline” was first used in old Hollywood. According to some, film producers would get so many scripts to consider that they took to summarizing the story in one sentence and putting it on the spine of the manuscript so that they could easily find what they were looking for.Ī more likely explanation, IMO, is this one, thanks to Ms. The term logline originated in Hollywood. I can write a 500-page novel, but a one-sentence summary? This turns my brain into a pretzel. I’ve attempted this for several of my earlier novels, but never successfully. I decided to try to write a logline for my next novel because I had wandered into mucky territory in working on my plot.
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