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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2010, 08:19:31 PM »

Who is this story about ... the woman or the man ... from which viewpoint are we going to experience this story?

How they get thrown together is not especially relevant, but being different is always good.

If you could pick the perfect cast for this romantic comedy, who would star in it?
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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2010, 12:38:40 PM »

I have a better idea (I hope) for the first logline.

How about this:

A marriage-minded virgin struggling to fight her urges falls in love with her handsome new neighbor- a lonely playboy.

or

A marriage-minded virgin struggline to fight her urges falls in lvoe with her commitment-phobic neighbor.


I'm trying to make it understood that the guy she falls in love with is used to having sex (lots of it) without making a commitment, which is something she's obviously against.

The conflict I'm trying to show is:
Does she "give in" in an effort to win his love?
or
Does he realize there's more to women and change his ways  in order to win hers?

It's a romantic-comedy.


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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2010, 10:40:02 PM »

***Correction****
Not taglines, but loglines Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2010, 10:39:00 PM »

By the way, I'm actually working on 3 screenplays right now.

What do you think about my other taglines?

1.

A 23-yr old amnesiac awakens to a man claiming to be her husband.  Backed by the support of her parents, she believes him until she finds out that she's been in a coma for 10 years.

2.

After overhearing a murder plot, a woman races to stop the crime, that is, if she can discover the indentity of the intended victim in time.
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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 10:25:38 PM »

Basically it's the story of a young woman who has gone through great lengths (ignoring her urges) to save herself for "the one" which by her definition is someone who will love her for her mind, not just her body.  A handsome guy moves into her building and most of the women are after him, except of course for her.  They unexpectantly (don't wish to go into detail here) hang out one night and he basically tells her that he dates (including sex, of course) just for the fun of it and that he has no intention of falling in love.  Although he's always upfront about that and the women he dates claim to be okay with it, they usually end up wanting and expecting more for him (of course).  He's tired of all the drama and just wants a friend-someone he can confide in and hangout with (thus, the lonely).  She understands how he feels (although she's not sexually active, she's grown tired of men wanting her for her body (she is good-looking and a virgin) and spending all their time and energy trying to get her into bed.  She feels that since he is getting plenty of sex elsewhere, she won't have to worry about him pressuring her for it, which in her mind makes him the perferct companion.  However, as they continue to spend time together, her feelings for him change and she ends up being like the women he feels complicates his life- or does she?

I was considering not using the word playboy, but instead writing:

A skeptical virgin in search of "the one" falls in her love with her lonely, but commitment-phobic neighbor.  I'm thinking  identifying him as her neighbor will shed some light on how she ends up hanging out with him enough to fall in love.

 
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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2010, 09:27:28 PM »

Why a playboy? Where's the twist? What's unique about your telling this age-old story?
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« on: January 31, 2010, 03:18:40 PM »

Please tell me what you think.

A skeptical virgin in search of "the one" falls in love with a lonely playboy.
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