Hey guys, I'm discovering more and more that agents and producers are looking to our social media to determine our credibility as professionals. A good friend of mine got told by a publisher that he needed 1000 followers on twitter to 'demonstrate an audience for you as a writer'. With that in mind,...
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I am trying to perfect my log lines If you critique mine I will critique yours. This is from a romantic comedy I wrote: "Is a sea monster living in a Canadian lake? That question draws out a successful lawyer from her big city practice and into a hilarious search for her true calling." I wrestled with using the term hilarious.
Immediately I want to know the nature of the "sinister interest". One might initially think it carnal - but I think it's something darker still. And I like 'young homeless girl' better than as written. Keep writing.
thanks Simon. I like ur tight editing of it. @ G.Leo. The story is dramatic, with twists and turns, and the finale leaves u wanting book 2, which still wont answer ur question on his sinister intentio...
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Hi Kris! Thank you for your request, much appreciated.
Paul: I taught a screenwriting workshop and have been a judge for 3 international screenwriting competitions. There are three basic formulas for loglines. They're all pretty simple, but they contain "...
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this is really good and I do like Blake Snyder's addition of irony to the LL if and when possible.
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Just followed you on Twitter and found you on FB. You can find me here: @AprilALunaWrite FB: My Adult Fiction Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAprilALuna/ FB: My YA/NA Author page is: https...
Expand commentJust followed you on Twitter and found you on FB. You can find me here: @AprilALunaWrite FB: My Adult Fiction Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAprilALuna/ FB: My YA/NA Author page is: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleLDeLaGarza/ (I tend to not promote this one as much but should). The other thing you can do is start a newsletter. NOTE: I followed the Twitter handles listed.
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Hello Victor, I went down the list and added those I could find active on Twitter and FB. Note: the thread started three-years-ago.
I'm not sure how many of them are still working with Social Media because many had less than 200 followers.
Ok, cool. So this was 5 years ago. Nick Bain you didn't get 1000 yet on Twitter, but hey, I'm still under 100 there so who am I to talk? More @rpentasis followers welcome!!!
I added you on Facebook. How are things? My Twitter is https://twitter.com/lookman_