Screenwriter Emma Wheeler prepares dinner with her father, whom she cares for because he was partially paralyzed in a camping accident 10 years earlier. Her sister Sylvie is coming to their home in Texas tonight, having just graduated college. Sylvie will be starting a prestigious internship, even though their initial plan was for her to take care of their father after graduation. Emma receives a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan Scott, a famous Hollywood manager who feels guilty about how they broke up in high school, so he sends her screenwriting work. Logan tells Emma he has a job for her to work with her favorite screenwriter, Charlie Yates. Though Charlie has written screenplays in various genres to great acclaim, he has signed a deal with a studio to write a mafia screenplay he is passionate about, but only if he also writes a romantic comedy.

Emma is surprised to learn that Charlie has been Logan’s client for three years. Logan says that Charlie’s rom-com draft is terrible. Emma’s favorite writing genre is rom-com, while Charlie prefers every other one. Logan wants Emma to do a full rewrite of Charlie’s screenplay.