The Clown Memoirs

by Bill Day and Zeb Millett

COMEDY

LOGLINE
When a teacher plagiarizes the fraudulent work of a student, showcasing a forgotten, reclusive local author, things start to get...weird.


PITCHLINE
Never judge a book by its author.


TAGLINE(S)
A story about failure and the people who do it.

Writing the wrongs....

SHORT SYNOPSIS

Rookie teacher Holt steals a faked interview with delusional, reclusive author, Claude Gale, from a delinquent student. Torn between admitting to plagiarism or taking credit for peddling lies, he jeopardizes his own future while unwittingly unleashing an onslaught of attention that Gale has been secretly craving for decades of reluctant reclusion.

EXCERPT (WGA REG)