Wishbook

After a serious car crash, a man wakes up in the housewares department of the iconic “Sears” department store on Christmas Eve, 1977. He must change the course of events to prevent his wife's death in the future. Time is only an illusion.

When Frank’s wife was killed in a car accident, his life was turned upside down. After buying boxes of books at an estate sale for his used book store named “Wishbook,” Frank Paradiso loads up his 1977 van. Just as he is about to drive off, the man from the estate sale gives him a box of Wish Book Sears Catalogs. The last thing Frank remembers is driving away from the sale.
Adjusting the heat as it starts to snow, Frank swerves, avoiding hitting a deer and gets into a major van accident.
Frank wakes up in a girls bed display in Jefree Sloane’s housewares department on Christmas Eve,1977, the year Frank was born in the iconic “Sears” department store Jefree has no recollection that he knows Frank from the future.
Frank and Jefree decide that if he could only warn his wife of her impending accident, he can change the future. Being trapped in the past makes him very nostalgic. He remembers all of the endearing times he spent with his wife. After running into the perfume counter lady and realizing it’s his mother-in-law when she was young he faints and wakes up in the future. His wife is not only alive, but she is pregnant with their child.
I believe people will fall in love with the romantic, quirky, relatable characters, and the nostalgic trip back in time.

  • Lisa Penner-Dang
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    111
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Writer Biography - Lisa Penner-Dang


Lisa Penner Dang
Accolades

Second Round Selection International Screenplay Association Fast Track Fellowship. Brigid of Dingle. Spring 2025.

Semi-Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition. Muffin Butt Society. June 2024.

Quarter-Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition. Muffin Butt Society. June
2024.

Second-Round Selection. International Screenplay Association Fast Track Fellowship. Fall 2023.

Official Selection. Oaxaca FilmFest Mexico. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. Winter 2022.

Quarter-Finalist Chicago Screenplay Awards Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. January 2022.

Quarter Finalist. Boston Screenplay Awards.Vampires of the North End TV Pilot. Winter 2022.

Semi-Finalist. NYC International Screenplay Awards. Vampires of the North End TV Pilot.
Winter 2022.

Quarter Finalist. Portland Screenplay Awards. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. Winter 2022.

Second-Round Selection for International Screenwriters Association Fast Track Fellowship.
Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. 2022.

Best TV Pilot Script of the Month Winner. Gothamite Monthly Film Awards. Vampires of the
North End TV Pilot. March 2022.

Quarter Finalist Stage 32 Romantic Comedy Screenwriting Contest. Vampires of the North End.
March 2022.

Quarter Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Drama Competition. Lobo Tren. May 2022. Semi-
Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition. Light Walkers. May 2022.

Semi-Finalist.Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards. Vampires of the North End TV
Pilot. May 2022.

Finalist. Best Screenplay Indiefare International Film Festival.Feral Female Kangaroos. June
2022.

Finalist for Best Screenplay. Delta International Film Festival. Feral Female Kangaroos. July
2022.

Best Screenplay. Delta International Film Festival.Brigid of Dingle. July 2022.Quarter Finalist.

Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle.
Fall 2021.

Quarter Finalist. Portland Screenplay Awards. The Exchange Students. Summer 2021.

Official Selection. Lit Laughs International Comedy Film Festival. Vampires of the North End.
2021.

Finalist. Lit Laughs International Comedy Screenplay Competition. Kings of Cabra. Winter
2020.

Lisa is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, but grew up nationwide. Her passion is
writing quirky and original characters, out of the norm, and celebrating women, LGBTQ, and
diversity. She attended College in London, England, and Los Angeles. graduating with a BA in
Fashion Design and Merchandising. Her first children’s book, My Monster Dyslexia and the
Black Rock Crone of Dingle was released in July 2024 by Pegasus Publishers, Cambridge,
England.
Lisa has written twenty features and two TV Pilot in Dark Comedy, Rom-Com, Horror, Thriller,
and Sci-Fi.

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Writer Statement

I love to write Dark Comedy, Rom Com, Animation and Horror. My characters celebrate diversity.