Continuing my exploration of all things logline-related, I thought I’d collate and share 25 loglines and blurbs of produced Black List screenplays. Super important note: In most cases, we don’t know for sure if what’s below are the actual loglines submitted by the writers or if they are blurbs generated by…
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Loglines & Blurbs of the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century So Far (Post 4 of 4)
We are now at the final week of checking out the loglines and blurbs of the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays So Far. Overall, this has been an interesting ride. I like studying loglines and blurbs because they can provide inspiration and even templates for how to condense 110-page screenplays into…
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Loglines & Blurbs of the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century So Far (Post 3 of 4)
For the third week in a row, I’ve collated loglines and blurbs of the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*So Far). Why on Earth am I doing this? Well, I’m curious about how people (either writers or the marketing/advertising people) describe these stories succinctly. What do they…
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Loglines & Blurbs of the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century So Far (Post 2 of 4)
Yes, it’s the second week of WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*So Far). Having scoured The Annual Black Lists, IMDB, and Amazon, I’m presenting 101 loglines and blurbs, and I’m dividing the task up over four weeks. You know one thing that I’ve noticed about this list of…
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Loglines & Blurbs of the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century So Far (Post 1 of 4)
Because these last few posts about loglines have been wildly popular, I’m coming back again with loglines and blurbs of the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*So Far). Having scoured The Annual Black Lists, IMDB, and Amazon, I’m presenting the below loglines and blurbs, and I’m dividing…
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Loglines of Recent Academy Nicholl Fellowship Winners
As it’s contest season, I thought it would be interesting to see what the loglines have been of recent Nicholl winners. (For the uninitiated, The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is perhaps the most prestigious competition for emerging writers in the medium. Founded in 1986, the Nicholl attracts thousands of…
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Q. How Do the Annual Black List Loglines Appear on Amazon and IMDB?
Last week, I presented loglines from the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays (collected from the internet) and, whoa did I got a positive response. I also got criticism. In using IMDB and Amazon as sources, I was reminded that we don’t know for sure if the loglines posted were actually the…
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Loglines from the WGA’s 101 Greatest Screenplays
As loglines can be notoriously difficult to write, I love studying them (yes, I’m a bit of a geek like that). Seeing how professionals encapsulate 110 pages into one or two sentences inspires me because what they leave in is just as important as what they leave out. So, I…