It s a one-sentence summary of your story, usually less than 25 words. But the key is not just the length. If people don t understand the relationship of your lead s weakness to his dramatic situation, they won t be interested. Check out my Stories. Only the top three loglines are in the proper format.
Contests are a good productivity motivator.
Pick a couple major contests to enter each year and promise yourself that you will finish a new story for each. You will then rise to the occasion to actually finish scripts. Even with more experience, your stories can suck if you don t concentrate on the fundamentals. After 100 of 120 pages she said, I don t care who dies in this story and stopped reading. That s the difference that makes the difference.