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If you can't boil down your novel into a logline (or "elevator pitch," which is how I learned it), then you may actually have a problem with your novel. You've provided the structure of your answe...
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2019-12-13T12:00:22Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T03:30:57Z (over 4 years ago)
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If you _can't_ boil down your novel into a logline (or "elevator pitch," which is how I learned it), then you may actually have a problem with your novel. You've provided the structure of your answer in your own question. An elevator pitch must have: - the protagonist - the goal of the protagonist - the antagonist - the stakes of failure So pick those out of your book. Quick example: _Lord of the Rings_: - Protagonists: Nine Walkers - Their Goals: Get the One Ring to Mordor under Sauron's nose - The Antagonist: Sauron and his cronies (Saruman and orcs) - The Stakes: the end of Middle-Earth, the dominion of Sauron Once you have them, then the main job is to reword the sentence until it's a hook. _Nine people from disparate cultures must join together to destroy the magical artifact which will allow the ultimate evil to rule the realm._ Meh. _A mighty wizard leads a reluctant band of men, hobbits, a dwarf, and an elf on a terrifying quest to destroy the One Ring before an ancient evil god becomes manifest and destroys all Middle-Earth._ Now we're getting somewhere.
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2014-05-12T14:31:16Z (almost 10 years ago)
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