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Author Topic: No Title Yet...Any ideas on how to perfect this?  (Read 374 times)
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« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2012, 08:15:57 PM »

New here--this is actually my first post!  But the subject matter intrigues me.

With little to go on, might I suggest that you drop the matter of the daughter from the logline.  It sounds like a secondary plot.  Rather than confuse your audience (and reader) with something complicated, concentrate on the psychic aspect of things.  That's what you bait your hook with!  And (I speak as a Bible-believer), let's remember that, in today's culture, God and religion are often automatic turn-offs--especially in Hollywood!  You may have a great story of spiritual discovery and redemption, but lots of people will dismiss this as something from Billy Graham or Sherwood Films.

As a newcomer, I suggest you keep it short and juicy.  I'm thinking of something like, "An accomplished psychic is shocked to learn that just because something is spiritual, it is not necessarily from God."

Are you still working on that story?  Try playing with that concept, and good luck!   Wink
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 11:47:28 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 04:30:18 PM »

I think what he means is to use one of these or the other:

A reluctant psychic who abandons her unorthodox views and turns to GOD after an unlikely premonition comes true.

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A soul-searching psychic separated from her daughter reunites with her after finding faith in God.
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2011, 09:32:33 PM »

Thanks for responding. Cut out the second line of which version?
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« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2011, 01:24:57 AM »

First and foremost, cut out the second sentence from your logline. The first sentence is enough. As for a title what kind of movie are you hoping it will become. Is it a family flick or an adult flick. I only ask because these kinds of things can influence and inspire title names.
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« on: November 22, 2011, 12:44:12 AM »

A reluctant psychic who abandons her unorthodox views and turns to GOD after an unlikely premonition comes true. The story doesn’t end there however. Once she thinks she has it all figured out, life throws her a curve ball that sends her back to her roots.

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A soul-searching psychic separated from her daughter reunites with her after finding faith in God. Once she thinks she has it all figured out, life throws her a curve ball that sends her back to her roots.


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