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May 31, 2016 0 Comments

What a Great Logline Looks Like: May 2016 Edition

The May Logline Competition results are in! Check out these great examples of how to write a logline: THE WINNER Our winner is D.K. Johnston with his logline for A CAUSE FOR DIVORCE, a comedy: “A recently retired couple struggling to transition to a less frantic pace of life decide to fake their own divorce to

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May 10, 2016 0 Comments

Truth, Spotlight Writers Talk Journalism at TCM Classic Film Festival

by Scott Holleran (@ScottHolleran) Kicking off the 7th annual Classic Film Festival in Hollywood was a 40th anniversary screening of 1976’s crusading reporter-themed All the President’s Men at Sid Grauman’s historic Chinese Theater. Turner Classic Movies (TCM) also featured a panel discussion on journalism in movies during the recent festival. Speaking

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May 9, 2016 0 Comments

3 Insights from the 2016 Toronto Screenwriting Conference

by Erin Cardiff (@EC1979) There are about 2,500 miles between Toronto and Los Angeles, or what can often be an unpleasant five-plus-hour flight. It can be tough to be based here and still feel connected to work that is mostly performed so far away. Thankfully, this is where the Toronto

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April 29, 2016 0 Comments

What a Great Logline Looks Like: April 2016 Edition

As you all know, the LA Screenwriter Logline Competition offers amazing prizes from the Writers Store, Virtual Pitchfest, WeScreenplay, Script Pipeline, and Talentville. For the May competition, we’re adding to that prize package: Everyone who enters the May Logline Competition will be entered into a drawing to win one of 5 FREE

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March 31, 2016 0 Comments

What a Great Logline Looks Like: March 2016 Edition

Good news, everyone! For at least the next three months, the Writers Store is sponsoring our Logline Competition. Starting with the April contest, our two finalists will receive a copy of the Hollywood Screenwriting Directory! Add that to the already great list of prizes from Virtual Pitchfest, WeScreenplay, Script Pipeline,

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March 2, 2016 0 Comments

What a Great Logline Looks Like: February 2016 Edition

The February Logline Competition results are in! Check out these great examples of how to write a logline: THE WINNER Our winner is Chidi Ezeibieli with his logline for EXTREMITY, a thriller: “When terrorists in Nigeria kidnap her paraplegic daughter, a struggling American expat with nowhere else to turn poses as an Islamic extremist

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January 29, 2016 3 Comments

What a Great Logline Looks Like: January 2016 Edition

The January Logline Competition results are in! Check out these great examples of how to write a logline: THE WINNER Our winner is Lawrson Pinson with his logline for THE LAST DEFCON, an action adventure: “Upon foreseeing the cataclysmic destruction of her city, a head-strong teenager must reunite a legendary guild of female vigilantes in order to thwart

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January 18, 2016 0 Comments

Introducing Our New Logline Services!

by Angela Bourassa The team here at LA Screenwriter is thrilled to announce our new Logline Services! In my role as head judge of the LA Screenwriter Logline Competition, I’ve come across a lot of writers who are less interested in winning a contest and more interested in cracking the code