Writing Portfolio

PRODUCED

Ways to Fly

Genre: Family Short
Logline: When her barrettes mess up her pirouettes, an excitable, hyper-focused Black girl must power through the distractions to fly like the ballerinas do.
Placements: Pan African Film Festival - Official Selection; Panavision New Filmmaker Program - Grant Recipient, #11 Family Short on Coverfly Red List and Top 6% of Family Shorts

 
 
 

PILOT SAMPLES

The UnLoveables

Genre: Drama, Coming-of-Age
Logline: In a world where everyone has a way to find their guaranteed romantic soulmates, a risk-averse lesbian must work with her non-binary best friend to navigate the daunting possibility that they’re unworthy of the fairy tale futures that they’ve been promised.
Comps: Love Life (HBO), Heartstopper (Netflix)

 

Home Visits

Genre: Drama, Medical, Family
Logline: HOME VISITS follows the interweaving personal and professional lives of nurses and nurse’s aides at a home healthcare agency, as they strive to find a healthy balance between their own lives and the intimate home lives of their patients.
Comps: Six Feet Under, The Pitt (Max/HBO), Station 19 (ABC), The Rookie (ABC)

Will They Cheat

Genre: Relationship Dramedy, Soapy/Pulpy
Logline: A people-pleasing romantic must resist betraying her morals and hooking up with fellow contestants as she joins a reality show run by an apathetic producer hellbent on tearing couples apart. 
Comps: The Big Leap (Fox), Single Drunk Female (Freeform), UnREAL (Lifetime/Hulu), The Ultimatum (Netflix)

 

Taking My Own Advice

Genre: Drama, Coming-of-Age, Casual Magic
Logline: With the help of a magical advice box, an impatient, mid-twenties lesbian coaches and goads her closeted high school self into becoming the leading lady, whether she's ready for it or not.
Comps: 13 Going on 30, Lake House, Russian Doll (Netflix)
Placements: ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition 2023 - Quarterfinalist

What people are saying.

Samples are available on request, or on CoverFly.

“The world of [THE UN-LOVEABLES] is very magical and audacious. It’s double-dutch storytelling where we’re promised this modern-day teenage rom-com in a different world. We see the main character go through this romantic comedy, and within each character, we also see them doing it their own way.”

“TAKING MY OWN ADVICE is a great piece that showcases a great combo of relevancy and whimsy. It feels fresh, relatable, engaging, and entertaining/stressfully addictive.”

 

“Soapy, pulpy, and lots of conflict! [WILL THEY CHEAT] reminds me of UnREAL but feels super fresh and modern. Kirby is fantastic at juggling multiple elements on the page.”

“There’s an edge here that’s unexpected. [WILL THEY CHEAT] is giving what Freeform used to give, hitting right in your target demo.”

“Kirby has an absolute style, an ear for dialogue, and a great sense of pace/structure. Above all, she creates characters with three-dimensional minds and hearts. I love them immediately.”

“As a writer, Kirby takes these supernatural concepts and grounds them in reality. They become slice of life and lived in and Kaufman-esque .”