Write On: 'Candy Cane Lane' Writer Kelly Younger

Eddie Murphy’s new holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane pokes fun
at the idea of being super competitive during the Christmas
decorating season. Kelly Younger sat down with Final
Draft’s Write On podcast to talk about writing the spec
script that became a reality in our latest episode.





















“My manager who I've had for
years always sort of keeping
track of my projects, and we put
some under when he calls the
three Ps: passion, propel, and
paycheck. Write something that's
a passion project, something that
can propel your career and
something that’s just a
paycheck!” says Younger about
writing his passion project Candy
Cane Lane on spec.


“I feel extremely lucky to have
been on set for every single day
and night of the shoot and that
is what the director, Reggie
Hudland, wanted. We would talk
through the scenes with each
other we would talk it through
with the actors in the moment I
was able to pitch alternate
lines,” Younger says of the
process of filming the holiday
movie. Click below to hear
more in the full episode.


Candy Cane Lane comes out on
Amazon December 1.