In 1997 Scharlin commissioned writer/ producers from famous television shows - The Simpsons, NYPD Blue, Caroline in the City, One Life to Live, Beavis and Butt-Head, Thirtysomething, and My So Called Life - to turn passages from her diary into five-minute scripts in the style of their respective shows. She displayed storyboards based on their scripts, as well as videos of thirty-five actresses auditioning for the role of "Kerri Scharlin", at Wooster Gardens in New York.
