2018 Black List Word Cloud Logline Challenge: Winners!

Some inventive loglines based on key words from 2018 Black List scripts.

The challenge started with a word cloud based on the loglines for the 2018 Black List scripts, all 73 of them:

[You can see the entire set of 2018 Black List loglines here.]

You can read all the entries in this year’s challenge here.

The prizes:

• 5 Semifinal Winners: 1 free Craft class I will be teaching next year through Screenwriting Master Class. Each winner gets their choice of one class.
• 3 Finalist Winners: Free 1 script read + 1 month script hosting via the Black List website + 1 free Craft class.
• 1 Grand Prize winner: Free 2 script reads + 2 months script hosting via the Black List website + 2 free Craft classes.

However, infused by the holiday spirit and inspired by each writer’s creativity, I am expanding the slate to 10 Semifinal Winners:

Biju B
Susan Burch
Lorenzo Colonna
Daruke Eye
Mohit Gautam
Lena
Waghela Mahendra
Adam Pachter
Stacey Wright
Victoria Wu

Semifinal winners receive one free Craft class I will be teaching in 2019.

The 2018 Black List Word Cloud Logline Challenge finalist winners are:

Roo Black
Frankie
Justin Olson

The Finalists win 1 free script read + 1 free month script hosting via the Black List website, plus 1 free Craft class in 2019.

And the Grand Prize Winner is:

Denise G

While all of the entries demonstrated inventive ways to tie together word cloud words into some semblance of a logline, this one actually reads like it could be a movie:

BILL risks his LIFE to FIND a WAY to turn his WIFE BACK into the GIRL he knew in HIGH SCHOOL but then LOSES her to a NEW YOUNG MAN.

A possible spin on Big meets Back to the Future.

Denise wins 2 free script reads + 2 free months script hosting via the Black List website, plus 2 free Craft classes I will be teaching in 2019.

Here is the roster of my one-week Craft classes for 2019:

January 7, 2019 —Pixar and the Craft of Storytelling
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January 21, 2019 — Story Summaries — From Loglines to Beat Sheets
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February 4, 2019 —Handling Exposition
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February 18, 2019 —Scene Description Spotlight
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March 4, 2019 —Character Development Keys
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March 18, 2019 —Create a Compelling Protagonist
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April 1, 2019 —Write a Worthy Nemesis
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April 15, 2019 — Scene-Writing Workshop
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April 29, 2019 — Dialogue-Writing Workshop
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May 13, 2019 — The Coen Brothers and the Craft of Storytelling
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Winners, please email me for details. Thanks to all for participating! Let’s do this again next year!

Onward!