Institutionalized: Group, Choice, SacrificeДЄn outsiderвЂ™s only way to save his individuality is by going against the many who wish to integrate him into their fold. When a dysfunctional family reluctantly embarks on a road trip to a вЂњLittle MissвЂќ beauty pageant, theyвЂ™re forced to face their underlying problems and issues along the way or forever lose what truly matters mostвЂ¦ each other. The Little Miss Sunshine (a Golden Fleece story) logline is: HereвЂ™s are two examples of how you can work with a template:ДЄ driven hero must lead a group of allies to retrieve a prized possession through a perilous journey that wasnвЂ™t what the hero expected. With both The Big Three and the three elements, your logline will give yourВ reader a better understanding of what kind of story вЂ“ and hero вЂ“ to expect from your script or novel. YouвЂ™ll see thatВ the templatesВ below have the three elements of each genre. If youвЂ™ve taken a workshop with me, you know I lovingly incorporate The Big Three вЂ“ the hero, goal, and problem of your story вЂ“ in the logline that also conveys your storyвЂ™s genre. Well, to speed up that process, IвЂ™ve come up with a hybrid template of a logline thatвЂ™s specific to each Save the Cat!В®В genre. Oftentimes, writers in the workshop think their story is one particular genre, but when I propose another genre, they suddenly see the story in a whole new light.ДЄndВ what makes this even more fun is that it allows the writers to see the possibilities of their story open up in ways they didnвЂ™t before. While it can be a process to find what that is, one way to play around with your idea is figuring out what your storyвЂ™s genre is. Part of what we do in the workshops is discover what truly is the вЂњbest way possibleвЂќ to tell that story.

Our workshops are always a great place to вЂњtest the watersвЂќ of an idea to see if there really is a story lurking in the shadows awaiting to be told вЂ“ and told in the best way possible.

Logline format