Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Birthday Fun #2 -- THE FAKE LOGLINE CONTEST

I know how much you all LOVE TO WRITE LOGLINES!

Now's your chance to compete for some critterly prizes.  (I've got a bunch of query and first chapter critiques to give away, courtesy of my beloved MSFV Success Stories Top Secret Society.)

Here's the deal:
  • Write a FAKE LOGLINE!  Your fake story HAS TO BE about AUTHORESS or THE BLOG or SOMETHING RELATING TO AUTHORESS OR THE BLOG.
  • Just because it's fake doesn't mean it doesn't follow logline rules. WRITE YOUR LOGLINE THE CORRECT WAY.
  • Your logline can be funny or intriguing or incredibly clever.  But it has to BE A LOGLINE.
  • Use THE WEB FORM to submit your logline.
  • Maximum word count: 60 (shorter is better)
  • Submissions will open at 8:00 EDT on Thursday, March 28 and will close at 8:00 EDT on Friday, March 29
  • A maximum of 75 entries will be allowed.  If that maximum is reached before the end of the submission window, the window will close.
  • 2 alternates will be chosen, in the event that there are entries that do not meet the requirements (in which case, an alternate will take the place of the disqualified entry).
  • All 75 entries will post on the blog on Tuesday, April 2.
  • Round One:  Blog readers may vote YES or NO on each entry, to determine whether the entry is good enough to go on to Round Two.
  • Round Two: The top 30 loglines will be judged by Holly Bodger, our Logline Queen!
  • A plethora of prizes will be disbursed.
  • One Very Unique Prize will be awarded to a deserving Browncoat among the contestants. That's all I'm saying right now.
Roll up your sleeves and churn out your fake logline!  Questions below.

8 comments:

  1. Love this! Already have mine ready!

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  2. What is a log line?

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  3. Do you need a completed manuscript for the prizes?

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  4. A logline is like a pitch; a one or two sentence blurb the describes a book.

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  5. After this we should post the Beat Sheet...

    I already have mine :)

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  6. Sounds like fun! Already my little brain is ticking!

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  7. Hi, i haven´t been here in a while. Im wondering about the monthly contests. Do they have fixed dates? And how does one go about participating?

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  8. Ok, just for the record, I am the same clara2768 that posted above. Sorry, i had forgotten my "name".

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