Below are two sample script loglines for romance and mystery scripts
Script logline:
Sophie is an investigative journalist who frequents a local coffee shop every morning for work. There is something strange happening with her barista. Something otherworldly about his eyes, she just can’t understand. Sophie vows to uncover this mystery and bring the truth to light, no matter the cost.
Summary:
Sophie moves to a small, shrouded town on the coast of Maine to escape the bustle of city life. She gets a job writing for the local newspaper and also runs a blog on her favorite occult novels. Most mornings begin with a trip to the local coffee shop, “Beanery” on the way to the office. There she meets mysterious barista Blake, who’s always working the early morning shift under the cover of clouds. Soon after moving, Sophie begins noticing Blake’s strange behavior. Comments about his disdain for bright summer days, his avoidance of pictures and modern technology, and the strange flask he carries with him at work. Sophie can’t let it go and must have answers. She visits the coffee shop each morning, trying to learn the truth until she finally confronts Blake for the truth.
Logline: Caroline’s life couldn’t be worse. Her relationship is falling apart, family hounding her, and worst of all, she has a mysterious new editor-in-chief who’s decided to make her life a living hell for some unknown reason. Now spending even more time at work, she must work to try and fix her relationship or finally call it quits and give something new and unexpected a try.
Summary:
Caroline works at a big-time publishing firm focusing on publishing self-help and health-oriented books. She lives with her long-time partner, Owen. Despite their many ups and downs in their relationship and many protests about Owen from her best friend Lilly, Caroline has stuck it out through it all. But it seems Owen has had one too many chances when Caroline finds him in her bed with another woman. Now couch surfing at her friend’s home, Caroline is facing a non-stop barrage of phone calls: Owen begging for another chance, her parents trying to convince her to move back home, and an endless number of clients calling about their books. Caroline takes a day to collect herself and heads into work Tuesday morning to see a mysterious new man in the Editor-in-Chief’s office. He is tall, dark-haired, and she’s heard from others that he has a mean streak, already firing two editors and one of her coworkers in marketing. When she gets called into his office, she thinks her job is finished, but is surprised to be given a new manuscript for a poetry book. The new chief introduces himself as Warren and instructs her to go over the manuscript and present a way to market this book by the end of the month, or both their jobs could be at risk. Caroline is baffled because her firm does not publish poetry, and this is sure to be a sinking ship. The chief explains that the board of directors wants this company to take a new direction and that he heard she was the best. He informs her she will now be his right hand in this project, and that means there will be a lot of long hours pulled in the office. As the month progresses, we get to know Warren while he is working long shifts with Caroline, editing and coming up with a plan to sell this book. We find out the two have a lot more in common than it seems. The marketing plan passes the preliminary round of review, and to celebrate, Caroline and Warren go out drinking, where they run into Owen, who begins to hurl abuse at Caroline. Warren steps in on her behalf. Eventually, the two become closer romantically, and the book passes the final round of review and hits the market successfully
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