Genre: Romantic Comedy
Logline: A shy young woman piles lies upon lies in order to impress her crush, a handsome young motorcycle repairman.
I wrote this in one weekend for the challenge #2 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge (2010). The writers in my heat had to write a romantic comedy short featuring fake eyelashes. The location for the short: a motorcycle repair shop.
Can I tell you how much I dread rom coms? I can write horror all day. Fantasy, sci-fi, thriller… THESE are my genres. Romantic comedy remains a mystery to me.
Imagine my surprise when I churned out this script.
Nobody’s Perfect holds true to the genre, while still managing to bring a fresh feel to the story. It’s got twists, slapstick, tenderness, a montage… all in the course of 5 pages.
I’m not the biggest fan of rom coms, but I dig Nobody’s Perfect.
Download screenplay: Nobodys_Perfect
