Logline Clinic: Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence
November 11 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm EST
A live, interactive 75-minute clinic with Jennifer S. Wilkov
When someone asks, “What are you writing?” can you describe your story in a way that makes them want to know more?
Learn how to distill the heart of your book, screenplay, or episodic project into a clear, compelling logline. Through instruction, examples, guided exercises, and Q&A, you’ll develop a sentence you can use when pitching, querying, submitting, or talking about your project.
Bring your story. Create a compelling logline. Be prepared for “Tell me more.”
You Know Your Story. Now Make Someone Else Want to Know It.
You may have spent months or years developing your project. Explaining it in a single sentence can still feel challenging.
What belongs in that sentence?
What should you leave out?
How do you communicate the character, conflict, stakes, and hook without getting lost in backstory and subplots?
A compelling logline gives you a focused way to introduce your story and spark interest. This clinic will help you identify what matters most and make every word work.
What You’ll Work On
During the clinic, Jennifer will guide you through:
- The essential elements of a compelling logline. Understand how character, goal, conflict, stakes, and your story’s distinctive hook work together.
- Finding the heart of your story. Identify the central story you need to communicate and the details you can leave out.
- Structuring your sentence. Explore practical ways to organize your logline while preserving what makes your project distinctive.
- Drafting and refining. Use guided exercises to create a first draft or strengthen a logline you already have.
- Recognizing common mistakes. Learn to spot vague language, unnecessary detail, unclear stakes, and other choices that weaken a logline.
- Putting your logline to work. Understand how it can support queries, pitches, submissions, treatments, pitch decks, project bibles, and industry conversations.
Dedicated Q&A time is included so you can ask questions about creating, refining, and using loglines. Individual review of your project’s logline is included with the VIP Ticket.
Is This Clinic for You?
This clinic is designed for:
- Novelists and memoir writers who want to describe their stories more effectively.
- Screenwriters developing feature films, television, or episodic streaming projects.
- Writers preparing queries, submissions, pitching materials, or industry meetings.
- Writers who have a promising story but struggle to explain it concisely.
You do not need a completed manuscript or screenplay. Bring a specific story you want to focus on so you can participate in the exercises.
Inside Your 75-Minute Clinic
What Your Logline Needs to Do
Understand the purpose of a logline, where you can use it, and how it differs from a synopsis or promotional description.
Essential Elements, Structures, and Examples
Explore character, goal, conflict, stakes, and hook. Examine examples to understand what makes a logline clear and compelling.
Guided Drafting Exercise
Use Jennifer’s guidance to identify your story’s essential elements and develop a draft of your logline.
Revision Techniques and Guided Refinement
Apply practical techniques to sharpen your wording, clarify your story, and remove unnecessary detail.
Q&A and Next Steps
Ask questions about the logline process and learn how to continue refining and using your sentence.
Choose Your Logline Clinic Experience
Come Ready to Focus on Your Story
Please bring:
- One book, screenplay, or episodic project you want to focus on.
- A brief description of your central story.
- Your current logline, if you have one.
- A notebook or document where you can complete the exercises.
No existing logline? You can begin drafting one during the clinic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a finished manuscript or screenplay?
No. You can participate with a project in development or a completed work. You should have a specific story in mind for the exercises.
Do I need to have a logline before attending?
No. Bring your current logline if you have one. If you do not, you can begin drafting one during the clinic.
Will there be time for questions?
Yes. The 75-minute session includes dedicated Q&A time to address questions about creating, refining, and using loglines.
Will Jennifer review my individual logline during the clinic?
Individual logline review is included with the VIP Ticket and takes place separately from the group clinic. The group clinic includes instruction, examples, guided exercises, and Q&A.
What does the VIP Ticket include?
The $297 VIP Ticket includes everything in the $97 Basic Ticket, plus individual review of the logline you create and a private 30-minute consultation with Jennifer.
Does the VIP consultation take place during the clinic?
No. Your private consultation will be scheduled separately. VIP participants will receive instructions for submitting their logline and scheduling their consultation after registration.
How will I join the clinic?
After registration, you will receive confirmation and instructions for joining the live session on Zoom.
Your Next Opportunity Could Begin with One Question.
“What are you writing?”
Give yourself a compelling way to answer.
Join Jennifer S. Wilkov for Logline Clinic: Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence and develop a clear, focused introduction to your project.
Bring your story. Create a compelling logline. Be prepared for “Tell me more.”