“Star Wars”—The Logline

The Juno logline in yesterday’s post set the tone for today’s post which I found in a book that was recently published called Now Write! Screenwriting; Screenwriting Exercises from Today’s Best Writers and Teachers, edited by Shelly Ellis and Laurie Lamson. Good stuff—and will give you a break from those longer posts I’ve been cranking out.

STAR WARS—A science-fiction fantasy about a naive but ambitious farm boy from a backwater desert who discovers powers he never knew he had when he teams up with a feisty princess, a mercenary space pilot and an old wizard warrior to lead a ragtag rebellion against the sinister forces of the evil Galactic Empire.
Screenwriter Bill Lundy
Creating the Killer Log Line

Bonus link: Check out Lundy’s Ten Screenwriting Myth’s at the Screenwriters Network.

Scott W. Smith