Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the “real” world.Īfter a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefĪ teenager discovers he’s the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld. When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.
When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it’s too late.Įthan longs to escape his small Southern town. In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she’s Divergent and won’t fit in. Here are 10 examples of the loglines from YA fantasy movies that instantly convey a high concept. I went to IMDB to read the loglines for these books, which are all now turned into movies, to see if their core premise could be summed up in one or two compelling sentences, or if the plots were too nuanced to draw readers in without a little explanation. I wanted to see if my theory applied to some of the most successful young adult fantasy novels over the past few years. It’s worth taking the time to write a logline to see if your idea pops, if it is THE ONE. You probably have many ideas in your head, and most of them are okay, or just good enough. All the editing in the world can’t make a story more high concept, so it’s the one thing you have to get right from the start. Writing a logline forces you to make sure that this is a path that you want to spend months or years of your life exploring.
It’s impossible to change the fundamental concept – you might as well start over. Once you’re deep into your book (or series), it’s tough to make big changes. If you can’t identify what makes your story different and the emotional impact it will have on the reader at the highest level, it’s time to go back to the drawing board. Though novel-writing is a completely different medium, I think creating a logline for your story is the perfect place to start before you pen your first chapter. Every script had a logline, in which the author summed up the protagonist, conflict, and what made the story unique in one or two crisp sentences. The idea of creating a high concept novel reminded me of a term I learned about in my days writing screenplays.
#BEST LOGLINE EXAMPLES MOVIE#
You find yourself already picturing the movie in your head. (The Writer’s Store does a great job of explaining the concept here.) If you hear a high-concept idea, you know it because it stays with you. Basically, if your story is high concept it has a compelling idea that can be summed up succinctly. In the writing world, there is a lot of talk about creating stories that are high concept, especially if you’re writing YA fantasy, like I am.
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