tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post6054350309134319433..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Bait-and-Switch scriptsThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-43376385703775938672012-11-19T08:52:00.589-08:002012-11-19T08:52:00.589-08:00Whenever anyone asks for log line help, which isn&...Whenever anyone asks for log line help, which isn't often (and by the way, I didn't get repped off a log line, so take everything I say with a grain of salt) I always say that I believe the log line should give as much away as possible, without ruining the ending. So if there is a big mid-point, I would put that in the log line. If the writing is good and doing a good job setting up the twist, the fact that the reader knows about the twist should help, not hurt the read...<br /><br />If the writing is only average, and the twist comes out of left field, the reader is going to feel used or played.<br /><br />So, with log lines I usually like to go as far as the mid-point. If the twist is at the end of Act 2, I would highly suggest not putting it into the log line. F. Scott Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482385979009829422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-63511711886928582482012-11-19T01:54:38.092-08:002012-11-19T01:54:38.092-08:00I think early hints that are quickly ushered away ...I think early hints that are quickly ushered away also help, so that the audience may have been given a clue but chose to ignore it (or just plain forgot) - I think 'Identity' with John Cusack did something similar, and I half remember 'From Dusk Til Dawn' doing something too?<br /><br />Or actually, FDTD may be a good example of how a sudden lurch sideways into a wholly new genre without much warning can be a good thing?Monster Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09060472590396598058noreply@blogger.com