Yay for him, but also dammit to hell. I've been working on something similar and I wasn't letting go of it as long as this hadn't sold. Guess I've got to adjust my story.

Emily, I'm sorry to hear this. It's one of the realities of trafficking in mainstream commercial ideas, especially high concept comedies. There are a zillion other writers generating ideas all the time. In fact, there was a comic novel recently published which has almost the same exact premise as a script I've been developing. I'm still debating if my idea can be 'different' enough to continue with it or not.

It sucks. That's one thing you can say. The other thing is this: "Well, at least that shows that you / I am thinking of strong, marketable concepts."

Good luck on yours!

Is just me or could that logline use a cleanup? Ending a sentence with an adverb isn't the most elegant.

"an overprotective Dad is forced to team up with a? high school geek who happens to be in love with her, too" reads as if the Dad is in love with her. Perhaps it could read:

"an overprotective Dad is forced to team up with a? high school geek who is secretly in love with her"

Can anyone else tighten this up?

@David: Your last version works. It's funny tracking projects by loglines. And it reflects the relative quality of script coverage. Some readers have more experience than others, more understanding of story than others, and so on. And the craft of writing loglines is a special one.