{"id":2125,"date":"2017-04-08T22:14:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T05:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2017-04-08T22:20:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T05:20:16","slug":"write-a-log-line-for-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/write-a-log-line-for-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Write a Log Line for Your Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A log line is just a one sentence description of the core of what your story is about.<\/p>\n<p>You probably have a lot of ideas developed and even a potential structure.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s great, but it also can become a bit amorphous &#8211; all dealing with the same subject matter but perhaps not fully centered on a single concept.<\/p>\n<p>Writing a log line is like dropping a string in a bowl of sugar water &#8211; by morning, there will be sugar crystals on the string. A log line performs the same function for your story concepts: It pulls them out of the subject matter and crystalizes them into characters, plot, theme and genre &#8211; the foundational elements of structure. I call it a \u201cnarrative attractor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, to help your subject matter congeal around a central core, describe what your story is about in just one sentence!<\/p>\n<p>Learn how to use log lines in my StoryWeaver software that guides you step by step through the entire story development process &#8211; from concept to completion.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just $29.95 and you can try it risk free at <a href=\"http:\/\/storymind.com\">Storymind.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"obi_random_banners_posts\" class=\"obi_random_banners_posts\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Man-Made-First-Hour-Event-ebook\/dp\/B09WYXMFBV\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-27-3.58.58-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A log line is just a one sentence description of the core of what your story is about. You probably have a lot of ideas developed and even a potential structure. That\u2019s great, but it also can become a bit amorphous &#8211; all dealing with the same subject matter but perhaps not fully centered on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36xpN-yh","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2127,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions\/2127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}