Originally posted by fallenangel
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1. Logline
1a. Make sure you have the right idea for the logline. This story can go many ways.
1b. After doing that, is this a logline others besides me are going to be excited to read?
1c. Has it been done many times?
1d. Do strangers understand my idea in 1 sentence or do they have to read the whole spec and they still won't understand what the movie is to me?
1e. Do I even want to write this now?
1f. Am I only writing this because it's the first idea that popped into my mind and I always write the first ideas that come to me and never throw any away?
In other words -- the biggest part of the spec writing process for me -- besides procrastination -- is finding an idea that not only makes me excited but doesn't have so many holes/reasons not to write it.
Because I think writers should always be the ones most able to pick apart their own ideas for their flaws, but still always love it and think others will want to see this movie.
It's about the idea. It all comes from that.
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