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The Breakthrough Business Innovation Model (Breakthrough BI) is Legacy Innovation Group's proprietary framework for innovative business design.
We developed this framework to enable the design of new business models that connect businesses and markets at entirely new levels. Breakthrough BI is singularly focused on this one aim.
Pursuing innovation in business design involves a process in which one closely examines the many facets of their business in order to uncover those areas that can be changed to yield new innovation. At stake are the what, where, how, and to whom offerings will be created, delivered, and monetized. The aim is to design a new business model that will yield a meaningful step change in the business, particularly in terms of market engagement and new growth.
These "facets" of the business are known as its domains–of–potential. Each such domain has to be examined in detail when searching for new business innovation opportunities. Breakthrough BI provides the framework for doing precisely that.
Breakthrough BI is structured as a collection of twenty two points–of–differentiation, with select points clustered into these broader domains. The domains are then clustered into either of the two sides of the model — Value Proposition or Value Delivery. By framing out the two key dimensions of Value Proposition ("who" and "what") and Value Delivery ("where" and "how"), we are able to illustrate how all of the domains fit together to create a broad canvas for innovation. This enables us to lead clients through a structured examination of their business in search of key new opportunities to innovate.
The most impactful innovations arise from combinations of differentiators in several of these domains, allowing a business to deliver truly differentiated value to a market. We call these BI designs. As a tool of examination, Breakthrough BI can help evaluate all of the possible designs that might be considered to deliver a particular value or experience. Points–of–differentiation can be considered in any arrangement or combination (designs) until the one best design is found to deliver the type of value required to resonate with a particular market need.
Breakthrough BI is structured into two primary halves — Value Proposition and Value Delivery. To create further definition, each of these captures a particular spectrum with anchor points at either end. Value Proposition captures the spectrum of WHO and WHAT, while Value Delivery captures the spectrum of WHERE and HOW. Centered right in between these is the question of WHY, which — in keeping with good Design Thinking practice — places the matter of customer needs and motivations front and center. This makes for a fifth anchor point, and a very distinguishing attribute of our innovation model (the only such model that inherently incorporates a Design Thinking foundation). These five anchor points reflect the five fundamental questions that any business model must answer.
Generally speaking, each side — Value Proposition and Value Delivery — will have what might be thought of as a Commercial End and a Technical End. The WHO and WHERE represent the "Commercial End" of the business model, in that they deal with monetizing value in the marketplace, while the WHAT and HOW represent the "Technical End" of the business model, in that they deal with creating value from within the organization. The Value Delivery side of the model can be further divided into Value Conception and Go–To–Market Strategy.
Within this conceptualization of the business model, we overlay twenty two distinct points–of–differentiation. These points identify those places where your business has the potential to differentiate the value it brings to market, either by executing them differently than how is done by others or from how has been done in the past (by anyone). It is these twenty two points–of–differentiation that provide the clues to unlocking new value opportunities, particularly when multiple points are designed into an entirely new business model that either breaks through existing market barriers or entirely disrupts the current working model of a particular market. In either case, point–of–differentiation meta–sets are the makings of massively impactful innovation, particularly when used to unlock nascent trends, inflections, and discontinuities.
One will also notice that the very last point–of–differentiation introduces the question of WHEN. This becomes a sixth anchor point the business model must answer, and is a question that is sometimes best left to be pondered closer to the end of the exercise. It is a question that has to be considered in light of timing around particular trends in the marketplace, and in the world at large.
The 22 points–of–differentiation are explained in greater detail below.
TARGET MARKET CLUSTER (pts 1 – 4)
1. New Markets (new segments) — This addresses the question of WHO, and dictates that you deliver value to entirely new markets (new to the world or new to your company – which inherently means new market segments). This requires new Market Development (and potentially Brand Development) work.
2. Adjacent Markets (new segments) — This addresses the question of WHO, and dictates that you deliver value to markets that are adjacent to your current markets… customers that are foreign to you (also representing new market segments for your company). This requires new Market Development (and potentially Brand Development) work, but less so than with New Markets.
3. Existing Markets / Adjacent or New Market Segments — This addresses the question of WHO, and dictates that you deliver value to new or adjacent segments of your current markets… customers who may or may not be foreign to you. This requires new Market Development (and potentially Brand Development) work, but less so than with New or Adjacent Markets.
4. Existing Markets / Market Segments — This addresses the question of WHO, and dictates that you deliver value to your current, existing customers, markets, and market segments. This requires only routine Business Development work.
BRAND DELIVERY CLUSTER (pts 5 – 6)
5. Customer Experience — This addresses the intersection space between the WHO and the WHAT and seeks to find entirely new ways of delivering and managing the Customer Experience so as to create the most impactful possible Moments of Truth that will leave the customer with a top–of–mind, "go–to–source" impression far above those of other options. Often the intention is to leave customers with a good feeling about using your offering. This requires Customer Experience Design work.
6. Brand Promise — This addresses the intersection space between the WHO and the WHAT and seeks to find entirely new ways of communicating and delivering a particular brand promise / essence so as to create resonance with the WHO at a completely new level. This requires Brand Development work.
OFFERING SPACE CLUSTER (pts 7 – 11)
7. New Category — This addresses the question of WHAT, and dictates that you develop and commercialize an entirely new product / service category, which would be aimed at creating an entirely new market. It is typically aimed at the Horizon II or III timeframe (mid to long term). This will require Category Development work, an amalgamation of Product Development, Brand Development, Market Development, and Business Development.
8. Platform / Product Ecosystem — This addresses the question of WHAT, and dictates that you create (define, develop, and commercialize) a new Platform offering. Platforms entail a mixed array of products, services, and experiences that complement one another in a way that creates a comprehensive offering that is compelling because of the holistic value it delivers, rather than the limited value that any one piece alone could deliver. Platforms often involve an ecosystem of different business partners working together synchronously to deliver the overall platform. They are typically aimed at the Horizon II or III timeframe (mid to long term). This requires Platform Development work, which is similar to Category Development but with a flavor that feels more like a new business, and is more complex because of the partnerships that have to be forged. Sometimes formal Joint Ventures or other types of business partnerships are formed to deliver Platform offerings.
9. Technology — This addresses the question of WHAT, and dictates that you develop a new technology (for products) or a new method (for services) and subsequently deliver it inside of new products and/or services. This is typically aimed at Horizon II (mid–term) and core or adjacent markets. It will likely obsolete prior generation products and services because of the improved functionality and design it delivers. In those cases where the technology advance is so great that it yields offerings that deliver substantially better value at substantially lower prices, the new technology can prove disruptive to certain aspects of an industry and can cannibalize sales of other offerings. This requires Technology Development work, the domain of traditional R&D.
10. Product / Service Design — This addresses the question of WHAT, and dictates that you develop and commercialize a new product or service that is generally an extension or evolution of an existing product or service. It freshens and perpetuates the current portfolio of offerings, and is typically aimed at the short–term (Horizon I) and core markets. The incremental changes involved may be focused on design, function, or both. This requires Product Development work.
11. Customer Support — This is the "rest of the offering", and to some degree bridges the space between the WHAT and the HOW. It dictates that you find entirely new ways of delivering Customer Support. Similar to Customer Experience, the intent is to make Customer Support a particularly unique Moment of Truth that clearly distinguishes it from anything else on the market, leaving the customer with a top–of–mind, "go–to–source" impression far above those of other options. This will likely require Customer Experience Design work.
VALUE CREATION CLUSTER (pts 12 – 15)
12. Organization Culture, Structure, & Processes — This addresses the question of HOW, and dictates that you make fundamental changes in the culture, structures, and processes of your business that result in the ability to deliver new, uniquely distinguishing customer value.
13. Growth Engine — This addresses the question of HOW, and dictates that you leverage new vehicles of growth in order to deliver new types of value (sometimes in new places, e.g. adjacent non–core markets). Many of these new growth vehicles will move you away from a purely organic approach, which tends to focus on the short to medium term (for current market conditions), and toward an extended organic and/or inorganic approach, which tend to focus on delivering more long term value for emerging market conditions.
14. Value Network — This addresses the question of HOW, and dictates that you find proprietary new ways of leveraging your business ecosystem – up and down its value chains – to deliver uniquely distinguishing customer value – without necessarily changing other aspects of your business model. As such, the value you are able to extract from your business ecosystem becomes an inherent part of your offering. There are numerous examples of companies who have achieved market leadership through innovations in platform partnerships, logistics, supply chains, and other aspects of their ecosystem. This can also include abandoning existing ecosystems and establishing new ecosystems so as to enable a new value proposition, but does not involve changing the approach to engagement and delivery for the proposition.
15. Production (products) / Delivery (services) — This addresses the question of HOW, and dictates that you establish proprietary new ways of producing your products or delivering your services – ways that enable you to provide uniquely distinguishing customer value. There are numerous examples of companies who offer unique product or service attributes because of proprietary manufacturing technologies and/or delivery methods they possess or have access to. This requires Production System Development or Delivery System Development work.
VALUE CAPTURE CLUSTER (pts 16 – 17)
16. Value Capture — This addresses the intersection space between the HOW and the WHERE, and dictates that you use an entirely different approach to, and means for, generating revenue (monetizing the value). This new means for generating revenue may or may not involve a redefinition of the fundamental value proposition, but it does involve using a completely different approach to engagement and delivery of the proposition and sometimes a completely different business ecosystem for doing so. In some cases it will get around certain government regulations on account of its approach being regulated under different sets of laws. This requires Business Model Design work.
17. Asset Utilization — This bridges the intersection space between the HOW and the WHERE, and addresses the question of where assets are held, who holds them, how the business gains access to them, and how the business ultimately leverages them (via their access) to deliver new value. It was traditionally believed that the deliverer of value had to hold most or all of the assets required in doing so, but newer socioeconomic trends such as the "sharing economy" have proven that to not always be the case. There are in fact ways to access and use assets that are not held directly by the business. Somewhat related to this is the Value Network point–of–differentiation (pt 14), which calls upon a broad network of partners to help fill out the value proposition.
CUSTOMER ACQUISITION CLUSTER (pts 18 – 21)
18. Service Channels — This addresses the WHERE, and dictates that you establish new forms of service presence that allow you to deliver new, distinguishing types of customer value, or expand your service presence so that you can capture new customers. This requires Channel Development work.
19. Sales & Distribution Channels — This addresses the WHERE, and dictates that you establish new sales & distribution channels so as to reach new sets of customers. This is often focused on pursuing a new market, a new segment of your existing market, or a geographic expansion. This requires Channel Development work.
20. Marketing Channels — This addresses the WHERE, and dictates that you establish new marketing channels so as to reach new sets of customers. This is often focused on pursuing a new market, a new segment of your existing market, or a geographic expansion. This requires Channel Development work.
21. Geographic Markets — This bridges the space between the WHERE and the WHO, and dictates that you establish a new geographic presence in one or more new places, so as to reach new markets and new customers that previously had no access to your offerings. In some cases, pursuing geographic expansion will also require using other tools of Customer Acquisition, such as new sales and/or marketing channels. This may require new Channel Development work.
TIME (pt 22)
22. Time — Time is the 21st point–of–differentiation in Breakthrough BI, and is introduced because of its importance in terms of trend timing. When conceiving and delivering a new business innovation design, it is important that it be designed with a particular introduction point in mind for a particular trend–curve. This point of introduction will differ depending on whether one is a first–mover or a fast–follower.
The Breakthrough Business Innovation Model serves as a key tool within a number of our innovation workshops and events. To learn more, please see our Workshops, Events, & Fieldwork page, or to engage us in this capacity, refer to our Discovery Practice Engagement page.
The Breakthrough Business Innovation Model and the Flight Board Innovation Method (together) provide the basis for our Business Innovation training course. To learn more, please see our Business Innovation Training page, or to engage us in this capacity, refer to our Management Practice Engagement page.
The Breakthrough Business Innovation Model ™ and Breakthrough BI ™ are trademarks of Legacy Innovation Group.


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What is Open4G?
Open4G is a WiFi based mobile communication system with wide coverage.
Distinguished feature of Open4G is its coverage being much wider than that of existing public WiFi services. The feature is enabled by a novel wireless backhaul technology.
Our goal is to setup over 3 million access points with the wireless backhaul so that Japanese islands are entirely covered by WiFi umbrella.
Why is Open4G ?
What benefit will you receive through mobile communication?
What value will you gain through mobile communication?
Is the enter-to-network the most important for you?
We believe that it must be not. Variety of services that is provided over internet is the most important for you. Use of those services is the reason to access internet but not just to be online.
In Japan, users pay about $50 every month for services optimized for their handset. If you take benefits from data communication, you have to pay another $60, so $110 in total you have to pay monthly.
Such an expensive charge tightens your purse for pay services over mobile internet. Potential growth of services over mobile internet is prevented from having rapidly progressed due to the expensive charge.
Open4G breaks the restrained game by reducing online charge, and instead it makes users pay more to services provided in mobile internet.
Open4G supports growth of service market in mobile internet.
How we expand network under free online charge ?
In Open4G, configuration and maintenance of network is covered by charge offered to service providers. Service providers receive benefits by using networks, or say they will not be able to distribute their services to users if they have no right to connect network.
In today's mobile internet, since service providers lack a sense of benefit receiver, they tend to insufficiently pay attention of offering excessive traffic, which sometimes causes network congestion.
Open4G introduces a new charge system in which service providers pay network charge being proportional to their traffic, by which the above inconvenience can be avoided. In Open4G, we radically consider how each user feels value through information exchange and proper destination of money as a compensation of the value, and eventually Open4G lets relationship among them be sound.
Open4G changes destination of users' money from network operators to service providers. The change can increase money flow in service market. Service market over mobile internet is one of the most exciting and growing markets. Open4G is a supporter to push the growth by its new charge system.
Why WiFi ?
Because the standard has been penetrated all over the world.
No license is required to use the standard.
If a network adopts WiFi, the network can obtain over one billion potential customers.
WiFi is an only standard that has all the features above. There is no reason to refuse the use of WiFi.
Origin of the name of Open4G
Characteristics of Open4G in users' point of view can be summarized as follows.
- Free of charge
- Free choice of terminal devices
- Free of subscription procedure
|The word "Open" is chosen as a symbol that represents all the three features above.
The word "4G" means the 4th generation mobile communication system.
The 1st generation was to realize wire-free telephone. The 2nd generation was to upgrade the system by digital technologies, and the 3rd generation was to pursue broadband. However, no consensus has been made on the 4th generation even with long term discussions for more than 10 years.
Some 4G proponents claim that super-broadband is 4G but we don't subscribe this as the main objective for 4G. We believe that an objective of 4G should be apart from such a throughput game. Instead, "open" is more important. So, we have given the name to a next generation mobile communication system with the features explained so far, as Open4G.


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Students will:
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2. Exhibit Exemplary Etiquette
- Raise your hand before speaking
- Walk quietly from place to place
- Sit properly in your chairs
3. Come to school prepared to learn.
4. Encourage others with kind words and actions.
5. Allow others to work undisturbed.
"Encourage others with kind words and actions.
1 check : warning
2 checks: recess time out
3 checks: note home
4 checks: phone call to parents
5 checks: child sent to principal
Students will bring home a check slip for you to sign for any above infractions.
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Proverbs 22:6
Verbal praise
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Tesco Mobile is a mobile phone network based in the UK. If you need assistance with your Tesco Mobile device, call the Tesco Mobile helpline on 0843 557 3624.
Tesco Mobile Contact Numbers
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|Customer Services
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|Head Office
|0844 248 2642
|0844 453 0170
Tesco Mobile Head Office Location
|Head Office
|Tesco Mobile Limited
Dumers Lane
Tesco Mobile Helpline Opening Hours
|Opening Hours
|Monday- Friday
Where to buy a Tesco Mobile top up?
What is Tesco Mobile's coverage like in Ireland?
Are Tesco Mobile contract phones locked?
Why would I need to call the Tesco Mobile Helpline?
- To upgrade your current Tesco Mobile device.
- To make a payment on an outstanding balance.
- To add a bolt on to your account.
- To top up a pay as you go mobile.
- To find your nearest Tesco Mobile store.
- To make a complaint about a Tesco Mobile product, service or employee.
Tesco Mobile
Tesco Mobile is a UK-based mobile phone network owned by the supermarket Tesco. Occasionally, you may find that you need assistance with a Tesco Mobile product – to upgrade your device, add a bolt on such as extra data or make a complaint about an aspect of the service that you have been receiving from Tesco Mobile. If you do need to contact Tesco Mobile, the easiest way to do so is by calling the Tesco Mobile helpline on this page.
Tesco Mobile Phones
There are lots of phones available from Tesco Mobile. The selection that you get to choose from depends on whether you opt for a pay monthly phone or for a phone on pay as you go. Some examples of the current phones available from Tesco Mobile include the iPhone 5s/6s/SE/7, HTC Desire 530, Motorola Moto G4, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and the Sony Xperia X.
Tesco Mobile Pay Monthly
There are several contract options available if you wish to pay monthly. The Anytime Upgrade tariff allows you to get the latest smartphone without paying excessive fees to upgrade early. If you do decide to stay with your phone following the contract, your monthly payments will decrease accordingly. You will be given a phone payment which relates to how much you paid upfront for the phone and the value of the phone itself. You'll then choose a usage payment, relating to which package of data, texts and calls you choose. Your data allowance can range from 1GB-20GB depending on how much data you think you'll use. The two payments are then added together to create the total price that you will pay for the phone. When you order a pay monthly phone from the Tesco website, you will get free delivery and your order will be delivered by DPD, which means you can track it easily.
Tesco Mobile SIM Only
If you like the phone that you have, a SIM only tariff could be a great option for you. An SIM-only contract can be as short as a month or can roll on for several months, depending on what is best for you. Contracts can be as long as 18 months. Allowances vary from 250 minutes, 5000 texts and 500mb of data to 5000 minutes, 5000 texts and 12GB of data.
Tesco Mobile Pay As You Go
If you opt for a pay as you go phone, you can get a SIM free of charge. You can choose from Rocket Packs or Triple Credit. Rocket Packs are ideal for 4G data and you can swap to a different pack whenever you wish. You can top up as little as £5 for 100MB, 100 minutes and 100 texts, or up to £20 for 4GB, 2000 minutes and 5000 texts.
Tesco Mobile Coverage
Tesco Mobile has coverage over 99% of the UK because it uses the O2 network. This means that its 4G signal is stronger than some other smaller networks. If you are unsure whether Tesco Mobile covers your area you can use the website to check- just enter your postcode and the website will do the rest for you.
Tesco Mobile App
The Tesco Mobile app is one of the most convenient ways to manage your Tesco Mobile account. If you have an Android phone and you're on pay as you go, you can now use the app to check your balance, top up, find out more about roaming and manage parental controls. If you're a pay monthly customer, the app is available for iPhones, Android phones and Windows phones. You can use the app to keep track of your remaining calls/texts/data, check your bill, add bundles, change your buffer amount which stops you spending and see how much calling/texting will cost you before you travel. You can also get the app on tablets.
Questions people are asking about Tesco Mobile
Where to buy Tesco Mobile top up?
You can purchase a top up for your Tesco Mobile pay as you go phone by calling 4444 from your phone, by purchasing a voucher in a Tesco store, at cash points or by using your account to order an E-top up card and taking it to your nearest shop.
What is Tesco Mobile coverage like in Ireland?
In Ireland, Tesco mobile is estimated to have 99.6% coverage as it uses the Three Ireland network which has a strong presence in the area.
Are Tesco Mobile contract phones locked?
Yes, phones purchased from Tesco Mobile on a contract will be locked to the network. Your phone will be free to unlock after 12 months and to arrange this you should contact Tesco Mobile directly.
About Tesco Mobile
Tesco Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator in the UK, using O2's network. It was established in May 2003 and ventured into Ireland three years later as a joint venture between Tesco Mobile and O2 Ireland. The network also operates in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
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Week 5. I hope you're still hanging in with me for the guest posts from Kristen Lamb's 8 part series on structure. This week it's all about Nailing the Pitch. Oh, dreaded thing. But a strong log-line is not only necessary, but crucial when someone, including agents, asks, "So what's it about?"
Be sure to follow Kristin on facebook, twitter, and her blog. She has many wonderful things to say and is a great resource for writers. Happy learning.
Kristen Lamb is the author of the #1 best-selling books "We Are Not Alone–The Writer's Guide to Social Media" and "Are You There, Blog? It's Me, Writer."Currently Kristen is teaching workshops based off her best-selling book We Are Not Alone–The Writer's Guide to Social Media at various writer conferences across the country. Stay tuned for a workshop in your area.
Kristen worked in international sales before transitioning into a career as an author, freelance editor and speaker, and she takes her years of experience in sales & promotion and merges it with almost a decade as a writer to create a program designed to help authors construct a platform in the new paradigm of publishing. Kristen has guided writers of all levels, from unpublished green peas to NY Times best-selling big fish, how to use social media to create a solid platform and brand. Most importantly, Kristen helps authors of all levels connect to their READERS and then maintain a relationship that grows into a long-term fanbase.
You can find Kristin on her blog: http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/
Structure Part 5
Keeping Focused and Nailing the Pitch — Understanding Your Seed Idea
Today is the start of National Novel Writing Month. Yay! I hope those of you participating will take some time to read these posts on structure to help maximize your chances of success. Normally I blog about craft on Monday, but we had a special guest
interview with Nationally Best-Selling Author James Scott Bell.
interview with Nationally Best-Selling Author James Scott Bell.
So here we are posting on Tuesday. Thank you for your patience. Back to structure!
Welcome to the 5th installation on the topic of structure. As an editor for years, I consider myself an expert in spotting and fixing structural problems. Sadly, over the course of doing this many years, I have run into far too many novels that had plot problems that ran so deep there was no saving the manuscript. Like a building with massive structural flaws, the best course of action was simply implosion. Rebuild. Start from scratch.
I used to try to teach from the perspective of an editor, but I found that my thinking was flawed. Why? Because editors are like building inspectors. We have skills best used on a finished product. We are trained to look for problems. Is that a good skill? Sure. But do building inspectors design buildings? No. Architects do. Architects employ creativity and vision to create a final structure. Hopefully, they will have the necessary skills to create and design a structure that will meet code standards.
Creativity and vision are not enough. Architects need to learn mathematics and physics. They need to understand that a picture window might be real pretty, but if they put that sucker in a load-bearing wall, they won't pass inspection and that they even risk a fatal collapse.
Aestheticism must align with pragmatism.
This made me step back and learn to become an architect. When it comes to plotting, I hope to teach you guys how to have the creative vision of the designer, but with the practical understanding of an inspector. Week one, we discussed plot on a micro-scale. Week two we panned back for an aerial shot, and discussed common plot problems that arise from a flawed structure. Week three we discussed the single most important component to plot, the Big Boss Troublemaker, and last week I gave you a tested method to make sure your core idea was solid enough to be the foundation for an entire novel.
Today I am going to show you how to construct your novel's core—the log-line. I learned this tactic from NY Times Best-Selling Author Bob Mayer. If you can ever get the opportunity to take his novel writing workshop, please do. It will change your entire career.
So what's this log-line thingy?
Basically, you should be able to tell someone (an agent) what your story is about in one sentence. That is called the "log-line." Log-lines are used in Hollywood to pitch movies. In fact, a book that should be in every writer's library is Save the Cat by Blake Snyder. It's a book on screenwriting, but every writer can benefit enormously from Snyder's teaching.
In the world of screenwriting there is a tenet, "Give me the same, but different." This axiom still holds true when it comes to novels. Our story cannot go so far off the deep end that readers cannot relate, but yet our story needs to be different enough that people don't just think it's a retread. We as writers have to negotiate this fine balance of same but different, and that is no easy task.
So let's look at components of a great logline:
Great log-lines are short and clear. I cannot tell you how many writers I talk to and I ask, "So what's your book about?" and they take off rambling for the next ten minutes. Often why writers are so terrified of the pitch session is that they cannot clearly state what their book is about in three sentences or less.
Here is a little insider information. When we cannot whittle our entire story into three sentences that is a clear sign to agents and editors that our story is structurally flawed. Not always, but more often than not. Your goal should be ONE sentence. What is your story about?
A good log-line is ironic. Irony gets attention and hooks interest. Here's an example:
The Green Mile is about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of a black man accused of rape and child murder who has the power of faith healing.
What can be more ironic than a murderer having the power of healing? Think of the complex emotions that one sentence evokes, the moral complications that we just know are going to blossom out of the "seed idea."
A good log-line is emotionally intriguing.
A good log-line tells the entire story. Like a movie, you can almost see the entire story play out in your head.
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.
Didn't you just see the entire movie play out in your head with that ONE sentence? Apparently Steven Spielberg did, too and that's why he took Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park and made it into a blockbuster movie.
A good log-line will interest potential readers.
Good log-lines exude inherent conflict. Conflict is interesting. Blake Snyder talks about taking his log-line with him to Starbucks and asking strangers what they thought about his idea. This is a great exercise for your novel. Pitch to friends, family, and even total strangers and watch their reaction. Did their eyes glaze over? Did the smile seem polite or forced? If you can boil your book down into one sentence that generates excitement for the regular person, then you know you are on a solid path for your novel.
Yet, if your potential audience looks confused or bored or lost, then you know it is time to go back to the drawing board. But the good news is this; you just have to fix ONE sentence. You don't have to go rewrite, revise a novel that is confusing, convoluted, boring, arcane, ridiculous, etc.
Think of your one sentence as your scale-model or your prototype. If the prototype doesn't generate excitement and interest, it is unlikely the real thing will succeed. So revise the prototype until you find something that gets the future audience genuinely excited.
You Have Your Log-Line. Now What?
Your log-line is the core idea of your story. This will be the beacon of light in the darkness so you always know where the shore is versus the open sea. This sentence will keep you grounded in the original story you wanted to tell and keep you from prancing down bunny trails.
Bob Mayer taught me this tactic a few years ago and it WORKS. In my novel writing critique group, every participant has to be able to tell what their story is about in ONE sentence before we ever start plotting. If the writer gets too far off track, then we as his teammates know to do one of two things. 1) Change the plot and get back on track. Remember the core idea. Or 2) Change the original idea.
Fear is probably the most common emotion shared by writers. The newer you are the more fear you will feel. A side-effect of fear is to emotionally distance from the source of our discomfort. The log-line will help you spot that emotional distancing and root it out early. I have seen two behaviors in all my time working with writers.
Either a writer will wander off down the daffodil trail because he is afraid he lacks the skills to tell the story laid out in the log-line, OR the writer will water down the log-line to begin with. Through future plotting the writer will realize hidden strength…then he can go revise the plotting or revise the log-line.
The best way to learn how to write log-lines is to go look at the IMDB. Look up your favorite movies and see how they are described. You can even look up movies that bombed and very often see the log-line was weak and the movie was doomed from the start. Look up movies similar to the story you are writing. Look up movies similar to the story you want to tell.
Solid novel log-lines will have 1) your protagonist 2) active verb 3) active goal 4) antagonist 5) stakes.
Here is a log-line I wrote for Michael Crichton's Prey.
An out-of-work computer programmer (protagonist) must uncover (active verb) the secrets his wife is keeping in order to destroy (active goal) the nano-robotic threat (antagonist) to human-kind's existence (stakes).
Hopefully you can see how this log-line meets all the criteria I set out earlier.
This log-line is ironic. An out-of-work programmer will uncover the robotic threat.
It's emotionally intriguing. The main gatekeeper to the problem is his wife. This spells logistical and emotional complication to me.
It will interest potential readers. Considering it was a best-seller, I think Crichton did well.
So here is an exercise. See if you can state your novel in one sentence. It will not only help add clarity to your writing and keep you on track, but when it comes time to pitch an agent, you will be well-prepared and ready to knock it out of the park. Practice on your favorite movies and books. Work those log-line muscles!


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We are a family run business which is located in Westbourne West Sussex. We specialise in all aspects of plumbing from heating systems to bathrooms. We believe in giving an honest reliable service to all our customers. We will give you all our time till the job is done and you are happy with the finished product.
Lacey and Son
Drainage Care UK
Drainage Care UK offers its services across the whole of Southampton, Bournemouth and Salisbury. We can carry out drain unblocking, cctv drain surveys, drain repairs, septic tank emptying and water pipe replacements. 24/7 Emergency call out service all year round
An easy booking service for local electricians, plumbers and heating engineers. We offer clear, transparent rates, and easy online booking.
Jupe Plumbing and Heating Ltd
The Heating Professionals
The Heating Professionals have been helping home-owners and small businesses get the most from their central heating systems since 1992.
We do all aspects of plumbing , heating, drainage, bathrooms, anything from plumbing a whole house to changing a washer.
G Manning Plumbing & Heating
a comprehensive building and maintenance service at extremely keen price . good quality workmanship with attention to detail.
The home improvers
Small company specialising in property maintenance. We do windows, doors, conservatories, roofing, electrical works, fascias, soffits and guttering.
SN Plumbing & Heating Solutions
Providing quality Plumbing & Heating Services
CS home improvements
We aim to provide an excellent service for an excellent price. Quality is our priority. We can do small repairs to major projects.
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Walder Construction ltd
Walder Construction is a comprehensive company providing all services to complete your project to a high standard with all relevant electrical gas safe and build control certification
AWL Plumbing & Heating
Geo Heating Ltd
Antz Electrical Engineering Services Ltd
A domestic electrician who provides domestic electrical installations, repairs,additions and alterations. To provide engineering services to all properties and businesses in Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Berkshire and surrounding counties To be the best tradesman you employ and go above at beyond for every customer Give 110% at all times due to military sevice About antz electrical engineering services I am ex-military and have trained via City and Guilds Trade Skills 4 U to gain BS 7671 Part P Building Regs Inspection and Testing I learnt my skills in the Army as an Armourer working on weapons and vehicles great and small including working on the electrical side of the firing controls/mechanisms. How Does That Relate To A House? 1.Main incoming power for a house, is a battery input on a vehicle 2.Consumer Unit is a control box with breakers on a vehicle 3. Circuits in a house have their own circuit, same as a vehicle 4.Most houses are red/black and new are brown/blue, same as a vehicle 5. If circuit trips in a house breaker trips, same as a vehicle Antz Electrical provides a full spec of work to all customers Big or small offering a one stop shop for the following: Electrics Plumbing Gas/ Heating Heating Kitchen Fitting Bathroom Fitting Aerial issues TV and Surround sound installations Phone line requirements Painting and Decorating General Maintenance including flat pack DIY/ Garden maintenance including tip runs Advice on almost anything Just about anything you require to have a house, moving in/out and all DIY jobs that you haven't got round to doing yet, or just say I'll do it tomorrow only that tomorrow never turns up. Well with Antz Tomorrow is the new Today We strive to be the best out there, from the smallest screw needing to be replaced, assisting people with every day tasks, to full house rewires. We are the YES Company so put us to the test and you won't be disappointed. Case Study: Mrs R split from her Partner and required the following prior to moving: Remove all TV's, and surround sounds of walls Swap Lights Deplumb Washing Machine Remove waste to Tip Clear shed and Dismantle wooden Play frame All done in 24 hrs. She moved the following week and Antz went in and: Installed TV's on walls Installed surround sound Installed Lights as required Hung mirrors and Pictures as Required Set up BT, Now TV, Apple TV, Netflix and got all rooms wired with Freeview after it was discovered that the aerials were cut. Remodelled a part of the house to a bedroom for 1 child. Got all under floor heating working correctly Disposed of extra waste not required by customer All done inside of 2 days for her and help from local lads when things didn't got according to plan Mrs R has now requested that Antz go back in to stud wall a conversion as a permanent room for her child. Since Antz Started in Late Jan/ Early Feb 2014 6-8 weeks after leaving the Army Antz has built a reputation on assisting with as much as possible for the best competitive price possible, giving 110% and not giving up even when things seem like they are tough going and going to get harder. Antz has been called into to work for big global companies like Honda (the Car Company), Paralogic (London based Telecoms), and working with local tenants and landlords alike.
Master Plumbing Contractors Ltd
15% OFF LABOUR CHARGES We are a team of Central Heating Engineers and Plumbing Contractors and Bathroom Installers based in Milton Keynes We offer a wide range of Central Heating, Bathroom and Plumbing Services. From Boiler Installations to Breakdowns and Servicing. We offer a refreshing service with modern methods but traditional values Why choose us? Free Fixed Price Quotes - No nasty surprises or unexpected bills. High levels of Customer Service - We are Polite, courteous and respectful to you and your Property. Great advice - Practical cost effective solutions to your requirements. Value for Money -We only charge for our labour, no inflated material costs or bogus hidden extras. Top Class Workmanship - All jobs done to the highest of standard
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