Very helpful! 'When work-focused Nick’s structured life is disrupted by headstrong Holly, he must navigate their growing connection while maintaining professional boundaries-or risk his career and a chance at love.'
My novel Red Glass contains multiple character pov's but this is my attempt at the description : Tormented by the slaughter of his family, Rohain is clawed into a secret war between those of the moon and the immortals. Daniella, unable to live a prisoner any longer, escapes into a frozen world more terrifying and cruel than she had ever imagined. He is all that can save humanity but can she convince him that it's worth saving before the dead rise again?
This video is EXACTLY what I needed. I've written a very deep, complex, moving story with multiple characters but trying to explain what the story is about has been impossible without spoilers. Thankyou
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This was very helpful thank you for sharing. "Years after Clair's best friend is murdered, the Same "stain" she saw on that day returns. She must overcome her fear of magic in a race against time to prove who killed her."
Great pitch! Would love to know more about the "stain" and how it relates to the murder-interesting detail. Maybe you could make the description of the stain more visual?
This seems really helpful. But I find it hard to apply this to my fantasy romance story. Because the Want and the Stakes in my story are very much bound to the outer story as opposed to the inner story, the character development, the love story. Especially in the beginning. Therefore, the resulting logline doesn't sound like a romance. 😅 So I think this works great when it comes to the plot, not so much for character arcs.
I totally understand how it can be tricky for romantasy, or more complex epic fantasy. The only romantasy book I’ve read is Fourth Wing. I tried to sketch out a rough logline for it, working in the overall plot and the romance, and came up with this: When nineteen year old Violet Soringale enrolls in a super dangerous dragon riding academy, she has to overcome her disability making her a target and the sexy son of a rebel who hates her and whose onyx eyes she just can’t get out of her head to survive the dangerous school or else she will die and dishonor her entire family. Is there any way you could do something similar for your story? Have the want and stakes be part of the main plot, but throw in a line about the sexy love interest to signal it’s a romantasy?
While the main plot fits neatly into my logline, the subplots do not. Those subplots are there to support the narration of the main plot. So I do not think they need to be in there. But I will find a way to add a sentence that will capture the subplots too.
I'm writing a prequel and I'm struggling where to put the inciting incident. Until which chapter (Ch1, Ch2 etc.) is it ideal to place your inciting incident?
@@xbpodcast2024 In Rocky 1, the inciting incident hapens very late after much character establishment, maybe a later inciting incident can benefit your story more than an earlier one but if it's later, you must know how to keep readers engaged long enough. The better place is sooner rather than later but just focus on bring creative, you can always cut/edit later.
Very helpful! 'When work-focused Nick’s structured life is disrupted by headstrong Holly, he must navigate their growing connection while maintaining professional boundaries-or risk his career and a chance at love.'
Love it!!
Very helpful. Thank you, Claire for giving a clear tutorial though you said it wasn't to learn how to write a logline but it did help.
My novel Red Glass contains multiple character pov's but this is my attempt at the description :
Tormented by the slaughter of his family, Rohain is clawed into a secret war between those of the moon and the immortals. Daniella, unable to live a prisoner any longer, escapes into a frozen world more terrifying and cruel than she had ever imagined. He is all that can save humanity but can she convince him that it's worth saving before the dead rise again?
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This video is EXACTLY what I needed. I've written a very deep, complex, moving story with multiple characters but trying to explain what the story is about has been impossible without spoilers. Thankyou
This can really help boil things down! So happy it helped you!
I subscribed a while ago, and your channel has been the most helpful, practical, and inspiring for me. It’s no wonder-your books are breathtaking in a wonderfully scary and chilling way, just how I like it. 😈💕 Thank you for sharing your art and skills with us!
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This was very helpful thank you for sharing.
"Years after Clair's best friend is murdered, the Same "stain" she saw on that day returns. She must overcome her fear of magic in a race against time to prove who killed her."
Great pitch! Would love to know more about the "stain" and how it relates to the murder-interesting detail. Maybe you could make the description of the stain more visual?
This seems really helpful. But I find it hard to apply this to my fantasy romance story. Because the Want and the Stakes in my story are very much bound to the outer story as opposed to the inner story, the character development, the love story. Especially in the beginning. Therefore, the resulting logline doesn't sound like a romance. 😅 So I think this works great when it comes to the plot, not so much for character arcs.
I totally understand how it can be tricky for romantasy, or more complex epic fantasy. The only romantasy book I’ve read is Fourth Wing. I tried to sketch out a rough logline for it, working in the overall plot and the romance, and came up with this:
When nineteen year old Violet Soringale enrolls in a super dangerous dragon riding academy, she has to overcome her disability making her a target and the sexy son of a rebel who hates her and whose onyx eyes she just can’t get out of her head to survive the dangerous school or else she will die and dishonor her entire family.
Is there any way you could do something similar for your story? Have the want and stakes be part of the main plot, but throw in a line about the sexy love interest to signal it’s a romantasy?
(I don’t remember all the details about Fourth Wing so forgive me if I didn’t get them right 😂)
In the story I am writing what the main characters want and what they need are different things. That is part of the obstacle.
@@markorr7125 That is exactly as it should be! The want should always be different from the need. That is the secret to making an ending satisfying 😄
While the main plot fits neatly into my logline, the subplots do not. Those subplots are there to support the narration of the main plot. So I do not think they need to be in there. But I will find a way to add a sentence that will capture the subplots too.
The logline isn't meant to capture subplots--in fact, they detract from the logline. Weave them into your back cover blurb instead.
I agree with @5Gburn -- focus on your main plot in the pitch! Trying to add too much information to your pitch will make it confusing.
Thanks@@WritewithClaireFraise and @5gburn. I appreciate the advice.
I'm writing a prequel and I'm struggling where to put the inciting incident. Until which chapter (Ch1, Ch2 etc.) is it ideal to place your inciting incident?
I usually try to put mine at the end of chapter 1 if I can! This makes for a great first chapter cliffhanger and hook into the rest of the book.
@@WritewithClaireFraise Thank you, I'll experiment a bit with it.
@@xbpodcast2024 In Rocky 1, the inciting incident hapens very late after much character establishment, maybe a later inciting incident can benefit your story more than an earlier one but if it's later, you must know how to keep readers engaged long enough. The better place is sooner rather than later but just focus on bring creative, you can always cut/edit later.