Log Line Builder

Step 1: Define Your GenreChoose one and write it out:🎃 Horror / Thriller💔 Romance / Drama🚀 Action / Sci-Fi Your Logline is Your HookIt should spark interest, show the emotional stakes, and tell us what the story is about. Keep it lean, clear, and filmable. Step 2: Pick a Theme (Optional but Powerful)Try writing your theme sentence:“This story is about how...” What is your story really about beneath the plot?Pick a core theme and finish the sentence:“This story is about how…”This guides tone, character arcs, and emotional stakes.Example Themes + Sentence Starters:🗡 Justice vs. Revenge“This story is about how the desire for revenge can blind us to what justice really means.”💔 Love vs. Self-Preservation“This story is about how choosing love sometimes means risking everything.”🧠 Power Corrupts“This story is about how ambition can twist even the noblest intentions.”🔁 Breaking the Cycle“This story is about how one brave choice can end generations of silence and pain.”🤖 Trust vs. Control“This story is about how real connection requires letting go of control.” Step 3: Build Your Character:Example: “A young EMT with survivor’s guilt”Your turn: Who is your protagonist?(Think: role, identity, flaw, job, age) Step 4: What Happens to Them?What changes their world (Inciting Incident)? Example: “He discovers his twin is still alive after a deadly accident” Step 5: What Do They Want?What becomes their driving goal? Example: “She must smuggle a child to safety across a city in lockdown” Step 6: What’s at Stake?What happens if they fail? Example: “If he doesn’t act fast, the boy will die” Step 7: Put It All TogetherFormula:When [INCITING INCIDENT], a [PROTAGONIST] must [GOAL], before [STAKES].Your First Draft Logline: