[John Guerrero]

“What I’ve learned doing this assignment is…?”
Refining my story will eventually reveal the essence of it on one page. A skill I need to be successful. This logline structure is a little different from the high concept that was created in the Fearless Class. I feel more comfortable with that concept than this one, but I’m keeping an open mind.

Subject: John’s concept and basic structure!

Title: The Last Descendant

Logline: A seventeen-year-old atheist is haunted by Satan’s disciples, because she is the last modern day descendant of biblical Job and must die in order to defeat them.

Ava’s grandmother, Lin, paints ominous biblical portraits in distress, because of nightmares. Lin raises her, because Ava’s mother, Sara, is an abusive alcoholic. Ava visits Sara, unaware that Satan’s disciples stalk her as her mother rejects her and commands her to go home. When Ava arrives home, Lin presents her portraits as visuals to explain the story of Job. This confuses Ava, because she’s an atheist.

When Ava discovers they are his last descendants, she faces Satan’s disciples and their leader, an Evil Man. Ava not only endures his attack, she witnesses her grandmother’s torture as a sacrifice. Archangel Raphael interferes, hurls Evil Man into hell, but it is too late — Ava’s memory of the incident blurs and she is oblivious of the evil chimera blood inside her body. Now, she lives with her abusive alcoholic mother and has blackouts, because Evil Man possesses her which causes her pain and suffering. When Ava realizes the truth of the evil inside her she seeks religious help, but fails, and ends up in a hospital for drug abuse.

In hospital, she experiences more cruelty and constantly fails against the evil forces that converge around her. Finally, Ava asks God for help. Archangel Raphael meets her, explains, the evil inside her survives on hate. Therefore, God grants her a short reprieve from its torture to avert the battle ahead. Her task, she must forgive her mother or she will sacrifice something greater for any last descendant to bear alone. The opportunity arises to complete her task. Unfortunately, her jaundiced skinned sickly mother beats her, then sets her free. Ava’s refuge is her boyfriend Eric.

When Ava’s time expires, Evil Man brutalizes her until she dies. Ava’s soul transports to a living/dead plane. There, Ava forgives her mother, Sara, and heals, just in time to help Ava defeat Evil Man. Once Ava wakes up into the realm of the living, she believes her tribulation is over. She enjoys life, marries Eric in church and becomes pregnant.

Evil Man returns, kills Eric, but Archangel Raphael briefly defeats him to save Ava. The final battle begins when Evil Man tries to consume Ava’s soul along with unborn baby. Ava decides she will sacrifice themselves first, only to wake up in bed as Eric dotes over her. Archangel Raphael, invisible to Eric, speaks to Ava in her head, “Your sacrifice has purpose.” Ava questions, when her face changes to shock, her baby is not just one, but twins who also speak in her head. A twelve-year-old boy and a girl tell her, Archangel Raphael speaks to them, because they absorbed Evil Man’s blood to live.

[John Guerrero]

1. John G. Guerrero

2. “I agree to the terms of this release form.”

3. Please leave the entire text below to confirm what you agree to.

GROUP RELEASE FORM

As a member of this group, I agree to the following:

1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.

2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.

I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.

3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.

4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.

5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.

6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.

This completes the Group Release Form for the class.

[John Guerrero]

Tell us the following:

1. Name? John G. Guerrero

2. How many scripts you’ve written? Three (For this class — Genre: Horror)

3. What you hope to get out of the class? Elevate my scripts during the first draft and knowing what I’m writing is correct in format, structure, etc.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I used to sleep walk, but now I have night terrors from time to time.

[John Guerrero]

Tell us the following:

1. Name? John G. Guerrero

2. How many scripts you’ve written? Three (For this class — Genre: Horror)

3. What you hope to get out of the class? Elevate my scripts during the first draft and knowing what I’m writing is correct in format, structure, etc.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I used to sleep walk, but now I have night terrors from time to time.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by  John Guerrero. Reason: Listened to Audio Recording of Hal to advise class which Genre I will be working on in this class

[John Guerrero]

1. John G. Guerrero

2. “I agree to the terms of this release form.”

3. Please leave the entire text below to confirm what you agree to.

GROUP RELEASE FORM

As a member of this group, I agree to the following:

1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.

2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.

I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.

3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.

4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.

5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.

6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.

This completes the Group Release Form for the class.