Those of you who have participated in--or happily watched the unfolding of--The Baker's Dozen Agent Auction over the past 5 years will remember that there was always a lot of hoopla over the loglines, including instructional posts and three separate rounds of logline critique here on the blog.
We're not doing any critique rounds this time. On The Block is a more streamlined, less time-intensive contest, and I'm going to put the onus on you to get your logline crafted and edited before our September 10 submission date.
Here's a little help:
WRITING YOUR LOGLINE
CRAFTING YOUR LOGLINE
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM OUR LOGLINE GURU
MORE LOGLINE WISDOM FROM HOLLIY BODGER
AND A FINAL CHUNK OF LOGLINE WISDOM FROM HOLLY BODGER
Hopefully you will find the above links helpful. Remember that a well-crafted logline is like a tiny, high-impact synopsis of your story. It is NOT a blurb, a summary, or an actual synopsis. For the context of this contest, think of your logline as a micro-query. It's going to grab my attention so that I eagerly read the words that follow.
Please ask your ON THE BLOCK questions below. I'm already getting excited to read your submissions!
Hi Authoress, is there a logline wordcount limit for this contest?
ReplyDeleteGood question, Danica! The word count will be set at 300, to allow 50 extra words for your logline. If you go over, then you'll have to subtract it from the body of your submission. (Hint: with loglines, the shorter, the better!)
DeleteI can do another logline critique session on my blog like I did the past two years; it will probably be at the very end of August or beginning of September, about a week before the submission date. (I'll let you know for sure when it gets closer.)
ReplyDeleteAs before, it'll have to be a fairly limited number of loglines that are posted for critique (since I don't have the kind of setup you have here that makes it easier to manage!), but critiquing others (or just reading the critiques) can also be quite helpful for learning more about loglines. :)
Thank you, L.C.! Will you please email me? :)
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