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What Makes a Strong Premise?

What Makes a Strong Premise?

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Scott Dikkers
Nov 30, 2023
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A premise is a way to describe a piece of entertainment, big or small. You can have a premise for a novel, movie, or TV series. You can also have a premise for a joke.

A premise for a novel, movie, or TV series is a simple summation of what the story is about, or what makes it unique from other stories of its genre. If you have something like a logline b…

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