Genre: Contained ThrillerLogline (5th Place): Posted out to a remote nuclear waste dump site in the Australian Outback to secretly assess the mental state of the ex-addict Aboriginal worker who mans the plant, an anxious young female psychiatrist is forced into a fight for survival when they find a mysterious stranger stranded in the desert.About: […]

Genre: Action ComedyLogline (4th place): When a meek and universally abused copy editor is mistaken for the professional killer she accidentally bumped off, she decides to take on this violent new identity until the killer turns out to be not so dead, and very pissed off.About: Welcome to the first annual “First Ten Pages Week.” […]

Genre: DramaLogline (3rd place): When a prison guard falls in love with the wife of a death-row inmate, he’s forced to choose between his love for her or reveal the discovery of crucial evidence that will save her husband’s life.About: Welcome to the first annual “First Ten Pages Week.” What I did was have readers […]

Genre: ActionLogline (2nd place): Hired by Homeland Security to envision terrorist attack scenarios, a skillful ex-soldier turned novelist must battle anarchists when they hijack his nightmare plot to destroy New York.About: Welcome to the first annual “First Ten Pages Week.” What I did was have readers send in loglines then vote on their favorites. The […]

 Ahhhhhh!  I’m so excited!  The 2011 Black List is here (I have no idea what’s going on with their website by the way)!  And I don’t have time to snark today.  So many interesting loglines!  People keep e-mailing to ask me for links.  I have some of these but not nearly all of them.  If […]