Let’s do it again, this time with feeling.

Let’s make another sentence into a baby logline.

You have a sentence. Let’s try a logline.

Express the idea in a sentence.

Ask yourself, “What if . . . ?”

Catalyst? Inciting Incident? It’s all about the Dilemma.

We drop into the inner workings of an act.

The act is a way of thinking about life.

An act is a tool for dividing a story into the stages of the hero’s transformation.

A logline is a writer’s tool for story development.

Give me your ignorant, your passionate, your desperate to learn.

A hero wants to start something . . . or stop something . . . or both.

Let’s walk through a story idea.

Why should I care about my hero?

It’s about qualities, not function.

You don’t have to like the hero, but . . . 

The hero makes the big decisions.

I am not a gatekeeper.

A writer’s tool is a way of thinking.

Stories are the dreams we are too afraid to live . . .