A list of resources compiled from research into the topic of Premise and Logline writing.
Articles
- Master Class - How to ensure your story has a strong premise
- Script Mag - Script Notes: Where Story Begins - Premise
- John August - What is a premise, anyway?
- Master Class - Screenwriting Tips - How to write a Logline
- The Writer - How to structure a premise for stronger stories
- Cracking Yarns - How to write a Logline
- Movie Outline - Introducing The Moral Premise
- Alexandra Sokoloff - What’s your Premise
- Creative Screenwriting - Honor Your Premise
- Inky Squid - So you want to build a story idea to premise
- K.M. Weiland - Story Concept and Story Premise: Do you know the crucial difference?
- Studio Binder - How to write a Logline Producers won’t pass on
- IndieWire - How to write a Perfect Logline
- Script Mag - Beginning Screenwriting: Creating Your Logline and Synopsis
- The Story Department - 5 Reasons Why Loglines Are Incredibly Important
- Sean P Carlin - Foundations of Storytelling, Part 1: The Logline
- Green Light My Movie - Mastering the Logline
Books
- John Truby, The Anatomy of Story
- Lajos Egri, The Art of Dramatic Writing
Video
- John Truby - The biggest reason why writers fail at the premise
- Lessons from the Screenplay - Using Theme to Craft Character
- Lessons from the Screenplay - An Inescapable Premise
- John Truby - The Premise Line, Desire and Weakness
- Smudboy - John Truby -- The Premise, Designing Principle