At a recent writer's seminar with Jen Grisanti, we were invited to write a log line for our life. An exercise to help us understand our own story. The components – a dilemma, action, goal, and ironic twist. Here’s mine:What do you think?When a typical Asian-American overachiever who was raised to be a doctor realizes she was born to be an artist, she embarks on the road less traveled to find love, happiness, and her own true voice – a journey that proves as long and hard as medical school.
Try it yourself – it’s a fascinating exercise. The theory is that writing log lines for your life is a way to discover and translate your truth into story ideas. Just add fiction and you have a new character!
Post yours below, if you dare.
The talented youngster soon found that life was all too easy for him, but the resulting adult was unprepared for the myriad of challenges in the grown-up world and to learn that one can not always reach the top of the hill being climbed.
ReplyDeleteTeresa, I love this idea. Should it be just one sentence as you wrote? It makes me want to write more log lines... I will. Thank you.
Paul