Screenwriter
JADE SHINE
SCREENWRITER
MOM-COMS
AVAILABLE SCREENPLAYS
BOSSY, DOMESTIC & SKINNY
PALM SPRINGS meets BAD MOMS
An overworked mom secretly clones herself so she can pursue a passion project at work, but when she becomes addicted to making everyone happy (including herself), she needs more clones.
LITTLE TWEAKS
THIS IS 40 meets BRIDESMAIDS
After her number one client gets fired for too many "little tweaks," a perfectionist plastic surgeon must figure out how to reverse the damage before her successful practice gets nip-tucked.
TENNIS LEAGUE
optioned twice, currently available
LEGALLY BLONDE meets DODGEBALL
After imploding her rival’s breast implant with a tennis ball, a naive Wisconsinite takes her place on a “recreational” tennis team but has to serve her way to defeating their skanky rivals or lose her new besties.
LAST TRIP
THE FAREWELL meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
When she discovers her cancer is terminal, a feisty, Texas grandma must hide painful diagnosis (and her weed) as she attempts to reconcile with her uptight, self-centered son while on a family trip to the Grand Canyon.
FLAGS
BOTTOMS meets PRIDE
A fake-woke mom in Texas must join a support group for parents of LGBTQ+ kids or lose her company — a chain of queer-positive gyms.
THROUPLES THERAPY
YOUNG ADULT meets SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE
When a repressed Christian marriage counselor inadvertently takes on a THROUPLE as her client, helping their non-traditional family opens her mind but threatens her patriarchal marriage.
I AM HERE
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
When a meek empty-nester gets dumped by her husband, she has a manic reaction to anti-depressants that sets her on a ridiculous road trip with her estranged mother on a quest to become a backup singer for P!nk.
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WRITE FOR HIRE
CROOKED HOUSE
BASED ON A SHORT STORY BY
FAMED SCI-FI NOVELIST, ROBERT HEINLEIN
When a disgruntled architect sets out on a quest to build an impossible Tesseract home, his desperate need for fame is threatened when people start to die, and the house slowly sinks into another dimension.
OPTIONED
A RENTAL
GIRLS TRIP meets THE PROPOSAL
Determined to get her happily ever after, an ex-child star rushes into a quickie "dream" wedding at a gorgeous rented estate. But her meddling BFFs are set on getting her to call it off because only they know that the groom is also rented...
ALL ABOUT JADE SHINE
Jade Shine writes MOM-COMS to show moms who want anything outside of motherhood and get their ass kicked for it.
She has optioned features, been hired to write one, and has several in pre-production. She has placed in many contests, such as PAGE, Austin, and Cinestory.
Jade was born in San Francisco to hippie parents and then grew up on a farm with her mom and brother in Iowa.
After graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Jade has worked as a pediatric/ neonatal Occupational Therapist. As a writer she transforms her characters like they are her patients – with specific treatment plans designed to heal.
Jade resides and writes in Houston, Texas, but her fantasy is to someday hit the road and be a backup singer for P!nk.
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