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  • The Inciting Incident
  • The Logline

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McKee’s STORY gave me the illusion the logline is one of the last things you ever write. Why? Because during development, things can change.

Of course McKee is right. The creative process is unpredictable and you know where you start but you don’t know where you’ll end.

Really?

If you are assuming things can change SO much you will have a different logline, you may have a problem. You may not really have a story (yet).

The logline says exactly what your story is, in its purest and simplest form. It states what story you are trying to tell. If that changes, you are basically writing a different movie altogether.

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