Just how important is your title and logline when it comes to getting a script produced?
Having your script optioned, or ideally, purchased and put into production, is ultimately the goal of every project you commence as a writer, but is your presentation repelling producers?
If there’s one thing I’ve learned as a screenwriter, it’s to never underestimate the power of a great title and the importance of an original, fresh, and easy-to-comprehend logline (a mini summary of your movie idea), when it comes to turning your spec scripts into produced motion pictures.
How long should a logline be?
I never have turned in a logline that was more than a single sentence. Sure, that sentence might run on a bit, but there’s something about multiple sentences that makes an idea more complicated to digest. Especially for a pair of fresh eyes (your reader’s eyes, and hopefully, your future buyer’s eyes).
There are producers out there — MANY IN FACT —
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