Writing

In addition to acting, singing, and producing, Kylie is also a screenwriter and editorial writer,

with numerous bylines across multiple genres, as well as a script reader, punch-up writer, and sensitivity reader.

 
 

SHORT FILM: Third wheel

LOGLINE: After Casey (they/them) gets a text from the girl of their dreams asking them out on a date, they have no idea what the evening has in store for them.

Packaged for Kylie to star and direct as well.

AWARDS: TOP 25% ACROSS ALL PROJECTS ON COVERFLY, Scriptation Showcase Quarterfinalist 2023, Screencraft Short Film Competition Quarterfinalist, 2023, SFIndie Fest Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist, 2023; Coverfly Red List Awardee, January 2023 (Top Ten, Comedy Shorts)

 

short film: The intake

LOGLINE: After their latest stay in inpatient treatment and being released mid-pandemic, Riley meets their latest therapist back in the real world for the first time. Loosely based on true events.

Packaged for Kylie to star and direct as well.

AWARDS: TOP 35% OF ALL PROJECTS ON COVERFLY, SFIndie Fest Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist (top 10%), 2022

 

Television / Digital: out of luck

LOGLINE: Two best friends facing the gig economy and millennial life crises, decide the only way out is failing upward. A single-camera comedy in the vein of Broad City and Difficult People, Out of Luck is packaged as a starring vehicle for Kylie as well.

AWARDS: TOP 25% ACROSS ALL PROJECTS ON COVERFLY, Austin Film Festival Second Round selection (Top 15%), 2019; Screencraft Quarterfinalist (Top 10%), TV Pilots, 2019

 

Digital Series: #RulesofSpringBreak

LOGLINE: Two groups of best friends are on Spring Break in Los Angeles, and in a chance meeting at a club, one of the girls loses her phone. In an interactive scavenger hunt inviting the audience to help, the girls try to track down their new friends using Snapchat posts and clues left behind.

#rulesofspringbreak was commissioned and produced by Astronauts Wanted, a Sony company, and exclusively aired on Snapchat in March of 2016.

 

Feature Screenplay: Mission Hills

Logline: A former child star, coming off a year of recovery from a suicide attempt and a stay in a psychiatric ward, goes home for the first time in five years to attend a funeral and confront the demons in her past. The LGBTQ+ Feminist "Garden State."


AWARDS: Austin Film Festival Second Round selection (top 15%), 2015; Nominee, Top Unproduced Screenplay: Nice International Film Festival and Madrid Film Festival, both 2016; Scriptd.com Staff Pick of the Month, December 2015.

Mission Hills is currently available for option, previously optioned by Pollen Pictures, and is packaged for Kylie to star in as well.

Editorial Work:

Kylie’s editorial work covers topics like sexuality, gender, fashion, and baseball. Selected Works include:

Rewire News Group: Oklahoma Lawmakers Don’t Want My Birth Certificate to Match My Gender Identity

Bitch Media: The Lasting Impact of the “Fleabag” Jumpsuit

Autostraddle: “Tired!” or How I Ran For, And Queered, My Union’s Politics (Autostraddle’s Quarterly Issue: The Power Issue)

Expanded Roster: Regular Columnist, #SparksNotes; Features: Max Muncy, the 2018 Dodgers Cinderella Story; Queering Baseball and others (2018-2020)

Racked (Vox Media): I’m Not The Same Person I Play On TV

Femsplain: The Invisible Doomsday Clock ; Lights, Camera, Bisexual

Ask Me About My Uterus: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My IUD (And The ACA)

Kylie also has bylines in INTO, Ms. In The Biz, LifeIvy, TheVideoInk, and Wonderly.

Kylie was named in the top 10% of writers on Medium for 2016. Their Medium page is here.

SENSITIVITY reader/coverage/punch-up writer & Script doctor:

Kylie is available for punch-up writing/script doctoring for projects (short-form social media narrative to feature film and everything in between) as well as sensitivity reading for LGBTQ+ and gender issues. Please contact for rates/credits for budget and project format. Kylie also has experience with coverage and can provide samples for script reading work.

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