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Index
Acknowledgments
Foreword
How to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Who This Book Is For
Word on Words
Exploring Story by Understanding the Value of the Log Line
How to Apply This Book to Your Creative Process
INTRODUCTION
1. What Is a Log Line? How Do You Learn to Identify Log Lines in Your Own Life?
2. Create Universal Moments in Your Story Lines
PART ONE – SET UP
3. Writing Your Log Lines and How They Apply to Your Story Lines
4. Identifying Your Universal Life Moments
5. Write a Log Line for Your Script
PART TWO – DILEMMA
6. What Is a Dilemma? What Are Your Dilemmas? What Are Your Goals?
7. What Is Your Central Character’s Dilemma Stemming from or Leading to Their Goal?
8. How Does Your Backstory Influence Your Goals and Dilemmas?
9. How Does Your Central Character’s Backstory Influence His/Her Goals and Dilemmas?
PART THREE – ACTION
10. How Did Your Life Dilemmas Unfold? What Was the Sequence of Events? Did They Influence Your Goals?
11. How to Structure Your Central Character’s Dilemmas and Goals into a Compelling Story Line.
12. What Obstacles Have You Faced in Your Own Life in Pursuit of Your Goals?
13. What Obstacles Does Your Central Character Face in Pursuit of His/Her Goal?
14. What Is the Worst That Could Happen in Your Own Life If You Don’t Solve Your Dilemmas or Achieve Your Goals?
15. What Is Emotionally at Stake If Your Central Character Does Not Solve His/Her Dilemmas and Achieve His/Her Goal?
16. What Are Recurring Symbols/Themes in Your Own Life?
17. What Is the Theme of Your Story? How Do You Use Symbolism?
18. What Drives You to Succeed?
19. What Drives Your Central Character to Succeed?
PART FOUR – GOAL
20. Did You Achieve Your Life Goal? If So, What Does It Feel Like? If Not, What Does This Feel Like?
21. Does Your Central Character Achieve His/Her Goal? If So, What Does It Feel Like? If Not, How Does It Change Your Character?
22. What Is a Recurring Message in Your Own Life?
CONCLUSION
23. What Is the Message in Your Story?
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