These days, everything is quite ‘micro’. Tweets have limited characters. Insta reels have limited lengths. TikToks use a small window. This need for conciseness in a time-pushed society can be a very good thing. If you use this mindset, it can help tighten up your writing and provide opportunities to communicate your project in key, concise, powerful moments. One way of doing this is to look at key aspects of your story and ask yourself, ‘what is this, in a nutshell?’ Here are some ways you can use nutshells.
Project logline
Condensing your children’s story into a five-line pitch or even a three-line pitch might feel like a big ask, but it’s also useful to practise getting your story down even more tightly: into a logline. Already used extensively in the screenwriting world, loglines are brilliant for getting your entire story across in a very tight
