"Cancel Me" will be my first time producing one of my own screenplays. I've had a good amount of success in various screenwriting contests, even winning one. This particular story has placed as a semifinalist in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Competition and the International Screenwriting Associations Emerging Screenwriters contest.

I need help raising funds to pay for camera, sound, and feeding the cast crew. I am putting 2000 of my own money into this, and hoping to raise another 2000 from crowdfunding. If you can contribute any amount, it is incredibly helpful. But also, please share this with others!

EDIT: I am blown away and incredibly grateful, I never dreamed I'd hit the 2000 dollar goal in a single day! Because of everyones incredible support, I am increasing the goal so that I can pay (and feed) people what they are worth and avoid cutting corners. I will not be keeping any of it, and will be putting (at least) $2000 of my money into this. Thankyou so much to everyone who has shared and contributed.

Cancel Me synopsis:

America’s most popular home renovation tv host tries to get her own show cancelled without getting blamed, but not if her biggest fan and newest intern Missy can stop her.

The show follows the cynical Kat, a once aspiring theatre actress who took the job hosting “Break it or Buy It” as a temporary gig, only for it to become a hit, ruining her ability to get cast in anything else.

She’s helped by Chris, a lazy, sleazy, womanizing producer who hates the show, and Matt, her husband, a lovable nerd who created the show but supports Kat’s desire to see it end. However, no matter how stupid or annoying they make it, the ratings go through the roof. For example: in the 99th episode they include a 5 minute segment of actual grass growing, hoping that will bore the pants off their audience, but instead, it goes viral in the meditation community and becomes their most popular online segment. To make matters worse, the network sends them a young bright eyed intern, named Missy.

She’s a smart, cheerful, type A idealist who loves the show and dreams of hosting it one day. Missy’s idealism can sometimes make her oblivious, and she often unintentionally rubs people the wrong way. She works very hard to improve the show, unintentionally foiling Kat's plans to get the show cancelled.

The pilot builds to a climax when the extremely boring couple that Kat cast, start tanking the live 100th episode. Missy steps in to try and save it,  and gives a speech about her belief in so called "spirit colors." While trying to  expresses her dislike for the color black and the gloomy people who decorate with it, she accidentally says “I don’t like black people,”creating an uproar with the studio audience, who literally chase her around the set, while Kat and co beam.

Unfortunately for Kat, this outrageous, controversial segment, gets great ratings.

Cancel Me is a show about frustrated intentions.The desire to fail leads to success, while the desire to help others leads to catastrophe.

In Cancel Me, as in Life, the plans people make are completely inverted, raising the question: how much do intentions matter?  Cancel Me pokes fun at the entertainment industry, particularly certain reality shows, but also the so called “cancel culture” that is less interested in helping people than in condemning others.

In a world where everyone is trying to avoid offending people in order to succeed, Cancel Me succeeds by being offensive and trying to fail.