Hi, everyone! I'm new to Stage 32 -- this is my first Lounge post -- and I'd love to connect with other established and emerging writers, script consultants and storytellers. I'm a NJ native and transplanted New Yorker now living in Florida with my husband and 5-year-old son. (I sometimes miss the s...
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Hello, Miss Valerie, Nice to meet you. Forgive my ignorance, But what is a lede and a logline?
Welcome to Stage 32, Valerie!
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Hi, Bruce. A lede (pronounced "lead") is the paragraph in a news story that answers what readers immediately want to know: who, what, where, when, why and how. (Like this one out of Broward County: "W...
Expand commentHi, Bruce. A lede (pronounced "lead") is the paragraph in a news story that answers what readers immediately want to know: who, what, where, when, why and how. (Like this one out of Broward County: "Wildlife officials have captured a 7-foot alligator found roaming the soccer field at a South Florida elementary school.") It's often the first paragraph, but it can fall later. A logline is one sentence that describes the story in your screenplay, like this for "Silence of the Lambs": A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (That's the description from Internet Movie Database, or IMDB.com. Good resource if you're not familiar with it.)
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Thanks, Jake!
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You're welcome, Valerie!