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Unwritten Obsession (2017) - Full Movie Uncut
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00:00:00I never want to be the one, to pull the trigger on the gun, when it's time
00:00:12I'm really good at holding on, even when I know it's wrong
00:00:22At least it's my island, I always seem to get all of track, picking up all the slack
00:00:32I know it doesn't, sadly, bittersweet, distraction, making you, standing to my, harmful
00:00:51Change reaction, I'm beating myself out all the time
00:00:59Maya sat on the edge of the dock, her bright blue eyes searching the night sky
00:01:14She wondered if a purpose was something you were born with
00:01:18A calling that tugged at you from deep inside
00:01:21Or if it was simply the name you gave to whatever it was you ultimately fell into
00:01:25To lend it an importance it might not deserve
00:01:28She hoped it was the former, she liked to believe she was meant for more
00:01:34Um, right here, green jacket
00:01:43Uh, hello Sky, um, I read that publishers had turned away your books for five years before
00:01:49you finally wrote Maya's Ball
00:01:50I'm a writer, or at least I'm trying to be
00:01:52I was wondering if you could talk for a little bit about how you keep going in the face of
00:01:56Projection
00:01:57Prove them wrong, make it happen by any means necessary
00:02:02And then forward them your sales numbers anonymously
00:02:06Okay, next question
00:02:09Um, you here, lady
00:02:11Hi
00:02:12Hello
00:02:13When are you going to write the sequel?
00:02:15There are no plans for a sequel
00:02:17But, uh, I have a new book
00:02:21It's called So Dark the Waves
00:02:22I just finished it
00:02:24Uh, I really hope you'll give it a shot
00:02:26It is the best thing I've ever done
00:02:28So it just ends there?
00:02:29You're really going to leave Maya like that?
00:02:32She didn't even make it to Albuquerque
00:02:34Um, we grow attached to these characters and their lives
00:02:39And sometimes it's hard to say goodbye to people you love
00:02:41Um, let's see
00:02:44Ah, I'm sorry, we're all out of time
00:02:47Thank you all for coming
00:02:49And let's hear it again for our guest tonight
00:02:51Author Sky Chased
00:02:52I usually get paid as soon as the event ends
00:03:03Oh, I'm sorry, we don't cut the checks here
00:03:05They go out from the main office
00:03:07But you'll have it in five to ten business stores
00:03:08Can't you make an exception?
00:03:11I'm sorry, it's store policy
00:03:13But please, um, help yourself to anything that's on the table
00:03:33I'm sorry, it's store policy
00:03:44I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's store policy
00:04:201.20.
00:04:38I was barely here eight hours.
00:04:42Ma'am, we don't do hourly rates.
00:04:44We're not that type of establishment.
00:04:50I am done with the tours, Chelsea.
00:04:59I barely break even.
00:05:01So dark the waves, let's just set up a virtual session.
00:05:06They're passing.
00:05:10What do you mean?
00:05:12They didn't like it.
00:05:13Maya's fall made them a lot of money.
00:05:19I know.
00:05:20They won't even put an editor onto it?
00:05:27Pretentious.
00:05:28Convoluted.
00:05:29Nonsense.
00:05:31Written by a sociopath.
00:05:33Oh, my God.
00:05:34That one was off the record.
00:05:36Just ignore that last one.
00:05:37Can't we just take it somewhere else?
00:05:43That was three different publishers.
00:05:46Look.
00:05:48It's a sophomore slump.
00:05:49It happens to the best of them.
00:05:51I spent two years on that.
00:05:52You can't take it personally.
00:05:54I bled for that book.
00:05:55Everything on those pages is me.
00:05:57How am I not supposed to take this personally?
00:05:59Look, there's one recipe for continued success.
00:06:03Repetition.
00:06:03When you find something that works, you need to give them more of the same.
00:06:07You mean a sequel.
00:06:08Or better yet, a trilogy.
00:06:10Maya's return.
00:06:11Maya's revenge.
00:06:12Send the kids to the moon for all I care.
00:06:14And Jesus Christ, can you deliver a love interest?
00:06:18It's like you don't know your readers at all.
00:06:20Look, the guy should be brooding.
00:06:24But give him a puppy.
00:06:25How about I just make him perpetually shirtless?
00:06:28Now you think.
00:06:30Chelsea.
00:06:30Chelsea.
00:06:33I am dead broke.
00:06:36I don't know how much longer I can get by.
00:06:39You need money?
00:06:40Get me something that will sell.
00:06:42Simple as that.
00:06:57Sorry.
00:06:58I didn't mean to scare you.
00:07:03Did you need something?
00:07:05I thought maybe you'd recognize me.
00:07:08Can't say that I do.
00:07:10I was at the reading last night.
00:07:11At the bookmark.
00:07:14Did you follow me here?
00:07:17No, no.
00:07:18I was just walking and I saw you.
00:07:20I'm a really big fan.
00:07:21I wanted to say hello last night, but I chickened out.
00:07:24I'm not great with crowds.
00:07:28Don't beat yourself up over it.
00:07:30It's just I traveled a really long way to see you and I have a million questions.
00:07:34Do you maybe have a little time to talk?
00:07:35I just spent two weeks in ten different cities.
00:07:39I am tired and hungry and I just want to get home.
00:07:43There's an address on my website.
00:07:44You can send any questions you have there in a self-assressed stamped envelope.
00:07:48If you're hungry, I can buy you breakfast.
00:07:56Holly, is that with a Y?
00:08:00How else would you spell it?
00:08:02There was a woman in Duluth who spelled Catherine with a Q.
00:08:06Now I always ask.
00:08:07The main difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.
00:08:21Truly yours, Sky Chase.
00:08:25Isn't that how Mark Twain signed his books?
00:08:28Yeah.
00:08:31But he's dead now, so I figure, you know, he's not using it.
00:08:37I'm sorry, did you want one?
00:08:44No, that's okay.
00:08:54Oh, I didn't realize they were selling those.
00:08:57Oh.
00:08:58I, um, I had it made.
00:09:01You really are a fan.
00:09:03The biggest.
00:09:04There's something else I wanted to ask you.
00:09:09Yeah.
00:09:10We're on your dime.
00:09:11Ask away.
00:09:13I'm a writer.
00:09:15Well, not like you, but...
00:09:17I feel like there's a story I need to tell.
00:09:20And I was hoping you could help me.
00:09:24I have a book.
00:09:26It's almost done, but...
00:09:28I'm having trouble writing an ending.
00:09:31Yeah, I'm not really sure what I can do for you.
00:09:33You can mentor me.
00:09:36Give me notes.
00:09:38Your author's bio said you used to run writer's workshops.
00:09:41I don't do that anymore.
00:09:44Plus, once you start publishing your own stuff, you just open yourself up to all kinds of lawsuits.
00:09:48Give notes on some terrible script.
00:09:49Next thing you know, you're being sued because yours takes place on the same planet.
00:09:53So, no thanks.
00:09:55But I can, I can recommend someone.
00:09:57I think I, um, have a number.
00:09:59I don't want their opinion.
00:10:01I want yours.
00:10:02I could pay you.
00:10:10It's going to take a lot more than lunch.
00:10:12I have money.
00:10:14From what?
00:10:14Your paper route?
00:10:16I've saved $2,000.
00:10:17But you're currently in possession of $2,000.
00:10:32Okay, kid.
00:10:34But I do not copy edit, okay?
00:10:36My grammar is trash.
00:10:37Thank you so much.
00:10:39Really.
00:10:39This means the world to me.
00:10:40All right, I'm going to go to the bathroom.
00:10:46You settle up the check.
00:10:47All right, we'll go to my place.
00:11:04I'll read your book.
00:11:05I'll give you my notes.
00:11:06You pay me, then leave.
00:11:08Deal?
00:11:09Deal.
00:11:09Deal.
00:11:09Are you okay to drive?
00:11:18I am inviting you into my home.
00:11:20This is an exercise of trust for all involved.
00:11:24Hop in.
00:11:25Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
00:11:54Go, go, go, go, go.
00:12:24Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
00:12:34Guess I just can't believe I'm actually here.
00:12:41I'm going to go unpack and scarp off 10 cities' worth of filth, but you can start here.
00:12:49Go ahead and print off the draft and we'll take a look at it when I'm out.
00:13:24All done?
00:13:54What are you doing?
00:14:13Oh, I was looking for my paper.
00:14:16Oh, it's not up here.
00:14:21Paper's under the desk.
00:14:27Downstairs.
00:14:28Oh, I was looking for my paper.
00:14:46If you're going to be here, we need to establish some ground rules.
00:14:49The first being, don't touch my stuff.
00:14:51The second being, don't touch my stuff.
00:14:54Who was that in all those pictures?
00:14:55It's Paul.
00:14:56Paul Walsh.
00:14:59How do you know that name?
00:15:01From the dedication in the front of the book?
00:15:04For Paul Walsh with blood?
00:15:05Right.
00:15:08What happened to him?
00:15:09That's none of your business.
00:15:12Bring it out when it's ready.
00:15:13Okay.
00:15:30Skye, I'm really sorry.
00:15:47I didn't mean to upset you.
00:15:50Sometimes I'm too curious for my own good,
00:15:52and I just have a problem with boundaries,
00:15:54but knowing that I upset you, it makes me feel really bad.
00:15:58Okay, stop.
00:16:00I think we could all use a little time out.
00:16:18I haven't dusted these off in forever.
00:16:23Don't get too many visitors out here.
00:16:26Middle of Nowhere is great for writing,
00:16:28but terrible for company.
00:16:30And no one can hear you scream.
00:16:35Yeah, let's not do that.
00:16:37So, what do they do for fun, and, um, uh, where are you from again?
00:16:49Alaska.
00:16:52Your family was okay with you coming all this way just to get a book signed?
00:16:55I don't really have a family.
00:16:58I've been on my own for a while now.
00:17:02It's been a hard couple of years.
00:17:05My mom died, and my dad died shortly after.
00:17:10Damn.
00:17:12Finding the book, it helped me get through them.
00:17:16When I looked at Maya, it was like things finally made sense for me.
00:17:27You've just had such a profound impact on my life,
00:17:30and even if it meant selling everything I owned
00:17:33and leaving everything else behind,
00:17:35I knew I had to meet you.
00:17:39Shoot.
00:17:51Shoot.
00:17:52Paul is my fiancée.
00:18:06We met at a writing retreat I was running.
00:18:12He proposed to me over there under that tree.
00:18:15Six months later, he walked into our living room with a gun and put a bullet in his head.
00:18:36So I packed up every piece of him and put it in the attic.
00:18:42You gotta screw him, right?
00:18:48Okay.
00:18:50No title.
00:18:52I haven't thought of one.
00:18:54Okay.
00:18:55Fantasy, YA.
00:18:58It's sort of a mystery, I guess.
00:19:01How far along are you?
00:19:04There's three chapters left to write.
00:19:06And you're stuck?
00:19:07I don't have a resolution.
00:19:09If it's a mystery, you really need to have the end of mine from the start.
00:19:15Oh.
00:19:17I guess I thought I could just wait and see how it all turned out.
00:19:22That's a bold strategy.
00:19:24No title, no ending.
00:19:26Where are all my damn pens?
00:19:27I'm doing everything wrong, aren't I?
00:19:38Your first novel is supposed to be bad.
00:19:40You need to just get it out of your system.
00:19:43The next one will be good?
00:19:46Uh, no.
00:19:51You have a really beautiful house.
00:19:53Thanks.
00:19:58These are cool.
00:20:00Where'd you get them?
00:20:03Oh.
00:20:04They belong to the previous owner.
00:20:05He was pretentious.
00:20:08So why'd you keep them up?
00:20:11I am also pretentious.
00:20:12How long have you lived here?
00:20:18A few years.
00:20:20Was it hard to stay after Paul killed himself?
00:20:25Sharing time is over.
00:20:26That subject is officially off limits.
00:20:32What's your book about?
00:20:36Huh?
00:20:38The new one that you mentioned at the reading?
00:20:41So Dark?
00:20:41The Waves.
00:20:44So Dark, The Waves.
00:20:45It's about guilt, loss, the intrinsic dishonesty of the human condition.
00:20:54Well, what's that mean?
00:21:00I'm trying something different.
00:21:03Is there a reason you don't want to write another Maya book?
00:21:06There are a lot of reasons.
00:21:07Do you not have any ideas?
00:21:11I have a great idea.
00:21:13How about we stop talking about this?
00:21:16Sorry.
00:21:18I'm just a little nervous.
00:21:19All right.
00:21:28Holly with a Y.
00:21:30Let's see what you got.
00:21:31Let's see what you got.
00:21:31I.
00:21:32Come on.
00:21:33Let's see what you got!
00:21:35Let's get there.
00:21:40Amen.
00:21:42Wow.
00:21:44Amen.
00:21:45Amen.
00:21:49Amen.
00:21:50Amen.
00:21:52Amen.
00:21:52Amen.
00:21:53Amen.
00:21:54what you got.
00:21:54Amen.
00:21:55Evan Pies.
00:21:55Amen.
00:21:56Amen.
00:21:56Amen.
00:21:56Amen.
00:21:56Amen.
00:21:56Amen.
00:21:57Amen.
00:21:58Amen.
00:21:59Amen.
00:21:59Amen.
00:22:30What do you think?
00:22:46It's pretty rough.
00:22:48Oh.
00:23:00But it's not unsolvable.
00:23:07I think with a lot of work, we can lift this thing into shape.
00:23:11Yeah?
00:23:12Thank you so much.
00:23:13It's getting pretty late.
00:23:23I should find a motel.
00:23:28Sorry.
00:23:34It's just, um...
00:23:37Yeah, it is getting late.
00:23:39So why don't you just stay here for a few days?
00:23:44You know, we can roll up our sleeves and really whip this thing into shape.
00:23:50I only have the 2,000.
00:23:52Oh.
00:23:54We can figure something out.
00:23:57That's very generous of you.
00:24:02The guest bedroom is upstairs, the first door on the right.
00:24:07So, do you have any questions for me before I go to bed?
00:24:09Like where the clean towels are or...
00:24:11No.
00:24:12Great, because I don't think I have any clean towels, so...
00:24:15Actually, could I stay down here for a while and listen to some of those?
00:24:24Yeah.
00:24:25Knock yourself out.
00:24:28The turntable's on the piano.
00:24:29Thanks.
00:24:31Thanks.
00:24:31Thanks.
00:24:59Chelsea, I'm working on something new.
00:25:29Chelsea, I'm working on something new.
00:25:59Chelsea, I'm working on something new.
00:26:23Skye?
00:26:53I'm bleeding, I'm screaming, I'm waiting for you to let me go
00:27:04This week, distraction, waking you, standing to my, I'm coaching reaction
00:27:19I'm cleaning myself out all the time
00:27:49Oh, yeah, I'm swelling you, standing to my, I'm chinging, I'm lifting you
00:27:54Oh, my God
00:27:58I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding, I'm burning
00:28:05Oh, my God
00:28:11morning hey can you oh sorry it's fine how did you sleep I go log glad to hear it
00:28:41are we okay I feel like I keep making these mistakes it's over forget it I have you're
00:28:49out of coffee and eggs needs to eat right I found this in the back of the cabinet I left you some
00:29:00but there wasn't much left I have business in town I can hit the grocery store before I get home so
00:29:07any requests no thank you how long will you be gone most of the day but this should keep you busy
00:29:22take a look we can talk when I get back it's a good start you really think so I wouldn't say it if I
00:29:33didn't mean it you think I should add a love interest got to know your audience you trust me
00:29:44right of course has anyone else given you any input on the draft oh no you're the first person I've
00:29:54shown it to perfect let's just keep it between the two of us for now until it's done
00:30:02before I forget uh the money you mentioned yeah could I have it oh oh yeah right of course
00:30:18one second
00:30:19one second
00:30:20uh
00:30:50This is all I have on me, but I can get more.
00:30:54This is fine for now.
00:30:58Do me a favor.
00:30:59Email me your file.
00:31:01I need to reformat it.
00:31:04Reformat?
00:31:06The margins are too wide.
00:31:07The font is too big.
00:31:09It's throwing off the page count.
00:31:11It's just the first draft.
00:31:14You want to do this correctly, right?
00:31:17I mean, I thought you said you wanted to be a writer.
00:31:19I do.
00:31:20Well, this is what writers do.
00:31:24You're paying me a lot of money, Holly,
00:31:26but if you'd rather I just mail it in.
00:31:29No, of course not.
00:31:30I'll send it right away.
00:31:32Great.
00:31:37Leave off the title page for now
00:31:39until we can think of something catchy.
00:31:41Well, actually, I had some ideas I wanted to run by you,
00:31:45like Disappear or Anchor or, I don't know, maybe Fangirl.
00:31:50Well, good start.
00:31:53Keep thinking.
00:31:55Keep thinking.
00:32:07Chelsea.
00:32:08Hey, do you have a minute?
00:32:10I never have a minute.
00:32:11I have a new book for you.
00:32:14I've been working on it a while.
00:32:15I didn't want to jinx it by telling you.
00:32:17You know I hate surprises.
00:32:19You'll like this one.
00:32:20I think it's really something special.
00:32:21No offense, but that was the pitch for your last book,
00:32:26and we all know how that turned out.
00:32:30Look, I'm sending it to you now.
00:32:31Drop whatever you're doing and read it, okay?
00:32:33Okay.
00:32:33I don't know.
00:33:03Should be all of it.
00:33:25I really appreciate you grabbing this for me.
00:33:27Oh, what are neighbors for?
00:33:28You might want to read the one from the electric company.
00:33:31It's towards the bottom.
00:33:33I did not go through your mail.
00:33:37It's just the envelope is very bright.
00:33:40Orange.
00:33:41I think it's a final notice.
00:33:44I'll do that.
00:33:46Thanks again.
00:33:47I owe you one.
00:33:48Oh, since you offered.
00:33:50We're having a big fundraiser at the end of the month
00:33:53to send the high school football team off to state.
00:33:56Go Wolfpack.
00:33:57Anyway, maybe we could get a few of your autographed books to auction off.
00:34:03I'll pay for them.
00:34:05Sure.
00:34:06Okay.
00:34:06Oh, wonderful.
00:34:13Oh.
00:34:15You should look at the gas bill, too.
00:34:23It's just very bright.
00:34:24Right.
00:34:25Right.
00:34:29Jesus.
00:34:29Jesus.
00:34:29Let's go.
00:34:59Let's go.
00:35:29Let's go.
00:35:59Hey, I made a breakthrough in Chapter 21.
00:36:04What are those pictures doing out?
00:36:05Oh, I put them there.
00:36:08I thought it might help.
00:36:09What right do you have to meddle in my personal life?
00:36:13I'm sorry.
00:36:14You're here to fix your book.
00:36:15You're not here to fix me.
00:36:21I didn't mean to upset you, but it's not good to hold on to pain.
00:36:27Locking memories of him in the attic isn't going to help you heal.
00:36:30I'll never be able to move past what happened until you face it, Hal.
00:36:34Mom, maybe you wouldn't have to drink as much.
00:36:39I drink because I like it.
00:36:41Seems like you need it.
00:36:42Who are you to say that to me?
00:36:47You've known me two days.
00:36:49I've learned a lot about you.
00:36:51God, I totally get it now.
00:36:54No wonder you don't have any family.
00:36:56They probably couldn't get away from you fast enough.
00:36:57How could you say that?
00:37:01Yeah, not so fun, is it?
00:37:02When people make assumptions.
00:37:05Another valuable life lesson free of charge.
00:37:08You're nothing like I thought you'd be.
00:37:09I will never meet your idols, kid.
00:37:14Oh, damn.
00:37:17Is that a fuse?
00:37:20No, it's what happens when you don't pay the electric bill.
00:37:27No, it's what happens when you don't pay the electric bill.
00:37:57No, it's what happens when you don't pay the electric bill.
00:38:27I brought you these.
00:38:36Uh, thanks.
00:38:42Just remember to blow them out before you go to bed.
00:38:44Of course.
00:38:45I'll call the electric company in the morning.
00:38:52Work something out.
00:38:54I have a few more hours left on my computer.
00:38:57I'll just write by the candlelight like the pioneers used to do.
00:39:01You do that.
00:39:02Have you read it yet?
00:39:18Yes, I realize it doesn't have a title.
00:39:20Just, um, I was thinking maybe fangirl.
00:39:23Yeah, just, just me, okay?
00:39:29It's gonna be the book that turns my career around.
00:39:31Okay.
00:39:31It says, okay.
00:40:00how's it going captain
00:40:07having a bit of trouble here
00:40:10you're not even building it in a bottle
00:40:13I don't think you can do better
00:40:16I know I can
00:40:17just need to have patience
00:40:21see that right there
00:40:26it's not helping my concentration
00:40:28like we did it though
00:40:34what would you do without me
00:40:36I don't want to find out
00:40:58hey knock it off
00:41:18is everything all right
00:41:30you tell me
00:41:34everything's fine
00:41:37okay well I'm gonna need you to stop whatever it is you're doing in there then
00:41:44what I'm doing
00:41:47the banging what is with the banging
00:41:50huh I'm not banging anything
00:41:54okay well then if you're not then who is it's not me
00:41:59I didn't hear anything
00:42:02are you serious
00:42:05what did it sound like
00:42:08banging loud banging on the wall
00:42:12honestly I haven't been banging anything
00:42:17I haven't heard any banging
00:42:19no don't even
00:42:26maybe it was the wind
00:42:30or some tree branches
00:42:32are you messing with me
00:42:35what is this
00:42:37no
00:42:38no
00:42:39I'm not doing that
00:42:41I'm
00:42:46not really sure what you want me to say
00:42:48never mind
00:42:51just go back to bed
00:42:54just go back to bed
00:42:54I
00:43:08I
00:43:08I
00:43:10I
00:43:14I
00:43:15I
00:43:16I
00:43:18I
00:43:18I
00:43:23Love in the Western world.
00:43:44Love in the Western world.
00:44:14Love in the Western world.
00:44:44Love in the Western world.
00:45:14Love in the Western world.
00:45:44Love in the Western world.
00:45:46Love in the Western world.
00:45:48Love in the Western world.
00:45:54Love in the Western world.
00:45:58Love in the Western world.
00:46:00Love in the Western world.
00:46:02Love in the Western world.
00:46:10Who is this girl?
00:46:40Who is this girl?
00:47:10Who is this girl?
00:47:40Who is this girl?
00:48:09Who is this girl?
00:48:39Who is this girl?
00:49:09Who is this girl?
00:49:11Who is this girl?
00:49:13Who is this girl?
00:49:15Who is this girl?
00:49:17Who is this girl?
00:49:19Who is this girl?
00:49:21Who is this girl?
00:49:23Who is this girl?
00:49:25Who is this girl?
00:49:27Who is this girl?
00:49:29Who is this girl?
00:49:31Who is this girl?
00:49:33Who is this girl?
00:49:35Who is this girl?
00:49:37Who is this girl?
00:49:39Who is this girl?
00:49:41Who is this girl?
00:49:43Skye.
00:49:44It's got to be both.
00:49:46All right.
00:49:46I will run it by them.
00:49:49How soon before you finish this one?
00:49:58Have you ready yet?
00:50:02Yes.
00:50:02I realize it doesn't have a title.
00:50:04I was thinking maybe, um,
00:50:07Fangirl.
00:50:10Skye?
00:50:10It's just a couple days.
00:50:15There's a few things I need to do first.
00:50:27He's offering.
00:50:29I'm only 18.
00:50:31Oh, I don't tell.
00:50:32Did you ever figure out what that noise was?
00:50:35Yeah, you know, I think you're right.
00:50:36I think it was just a branch.
00:50:37It's still pretty windy.
00:50:44Are you going low tech?
00:50:47Oh, wow.
00:50:48My computer's almost dead.
00:50:50I found this in your office.
00:50:52I hope it's okay.
00:50:53Sure.
00:50:57The power should be back soon.
00:50:58It's really beautiful out here.
00:51:02Mm-hmm.
00:51:03I can see why you'd be inspired.
00:51:05Yeah.
00:51:06You know, it's easy to write when it's the only thing to do, so...
00:51:10Look, I've had a rough couple of days.
00:51:15I didn't mean to take it out on you.
00:51:18No, it's okay.
00:51:20I understand.
00:51:21I can be pushy.
00:51:24I know that about myself.
00:51:29And you know a lot about me, too.
00:51:33But I feel like I hardly know anything about you.
00:51:37There's not much to tell.
00:51:39I'm sure that's not true.
00:51:41You have a boyfriend?
00:51:48Some strapping young moose hunter who is breathlessly awaiting your return.
00:51:53I had a boyfriend in high school, but we broke up when his family moved away.
00:51:58Oh, man.
00:52:00That's too bad.
00:52:05Well, you know, happy love has no history and all that.
00:52:11It's de Rougemont.
00:52:15Love in the Western world.
00:52:19I've read it.
00:52:24So.
00:52:28What do you do for work?
00:52:32I used to work at a convenience store, but I quit before I came out here.
00:52:37Why?
00:52:39I don't know.
00:52:40Well, there was a couple of reasons.
00:52:46I was ready to move on anyway.
00:52:48Mm-hmm.
00:52:49When I saw you were going on your book tour,
00:52:52I took it as a sign.
00:52:56Maybe it was time for a fresh start.
00:53:00So you just left?
00:53:03Yeah.
00:53:03That must have been hard.
00:53:11Leaving the place that you grew up.
00:53:14Leaving all of your friends.
00:53:17I don't have any friends.
00:53:19Oh, come on.
00:53:20Everybody has friends.
00:53:23You've always been kind of a loner, I guess.
00:53:25There must be someone.
00:53:27There must be someone.
00:53:28Hmm?
00:53:30Someone who misses you.
00:53:32Not really.
00:53:35Okay.
00:53:49Skye?
00:53:50Yeah?
00:53:50I was wondering if you could maybe drive me into town.
00:53:54But you're hitting your stride.
00:53:56You don't want to lose your rhythm.
00:53:58No.
00:53:58It's just I wasn't really planning to be here so long.
00:54:02I feel bad eating your food.
00:54:05You're my guest.
00:54:08If I go into town,
00:54:09I can take out the rest of the money I owe you.
00:54:12I know you're good for it.
00:54:15You're so close to the end.
00:54:16Why stop now?
00:54:17Power's back.
00:54:47It made you some lunch?
00:54:58Thanks.
00:54:59Yeah.
00:55:05Is this the last chapter?
00:55:10Most of it.
00:55:13Home's rich?
00:55:16Yeah.
00:55:17Keep going until you're done, okay?
00:55:22Don't want to have to tie you to that chair.
00:55:25Don't you?
00:55:38Don't want to have to had more.
00:58:42It happens to me all the time when I garden.
00:58:47You know, right now is not a really good time.
00:58:49Oh, I'm sorry.
00:58:51Do you have company?
00:58:52No, no, no.
00:58:53It's just me.
00:58:54I'm in the middle of something.
00:58:56It'll only take a minute.
00:58:57I was just so excited that you agreed to help out with the auction that I brought off the store.
00:59:02I thought we could get him signing right up on the website.
00:59:06Okay.
00:59:07Sure.
00:59:07Yeah, let me see that.
00:59:08Here you go.
00:59:09You're an angel.
00:59:10Okay, do you have a pen?
00:59:11I don't.
00:59:20Okay.
00:59:20Go.
00:59:20I really do appreciate this.
00:59:36I really do appreciate this.
00:59:41Sure, sure.
00:59:41Sure.
00:59:41Sure.
00:59:41Sure.
00:59:41Sure.
00:59:41Sure.
00:59:41Sure.
00:59:42Sure.
00:59:42Sure.
00:59:42Sure.
00:59:42Sure.
00:59:42Sure.
00:59:42Sure.
00:59:43Oh, could you make that last one out for my daughter, Emily?
00:59:46That's with two E's and two M's.
00:59:48What a beautiful name.
00:59:50You know, you really should come into town more often.
00:59:52We'd love to have you at the event.
00:59:54We're getting a band from San Dimas.
00:59:57Thanks.
00:59:57I will try to do that.
00:59:59All alone out here by yourself every day.
01:00:02I think I'd go a little stir-crazy.
01:00:07You need help with that?
01:00:08No, no.
01:00:09Go ahead.
01:00:20Who is that?
01:00:29No one.
01:00:30I've got one clean up.
01:00:50I have something for you to look at.
01:00:58This is great.
01:01:01I was a little reluctant about the love interest suggestion, but I think it worked.
01:01:06It's a crowd pleaser.
01:01:09The puppy was a fun addition.
01:01:11I named him Boots.
01:01:13Why Boots?
01:01:16When I was little, we had a dog named Boots.
01:01:18Well, write what you know, I guess.
01:01:24I'm glad you decided to keep those up.
01:01:30I realized you had a point.
01:01:32What's the lip and o'er?
01:01:51Who knows?
01:01:53Who cares?
01:01:55I think you do.
01:01:56You act like it doesn't affect you, but I think it matters to you what people think.
01:02:06You've got me all figured out.
01:02:10Seems like you resent it.
01:02:12Maya's fault.
01:02:14It was supposed to open the door and not define my career.
01:02:18Is it really so bad if it does?
01:02:22I mean, it's touched so many people.
01:02:26No one wants to be a one-hit wonder.
01:02:36Can I?
01:02:39Sure.
01:02:40Sure.
01:02:40Sure.
01:02:48Do you want to hear a story?
01:02:54Always.
01:02:56It's been a while.
01:02:57I might mix up some of the details.
01:02:59I'll keep that in mind.
01:03:03Around 1200 A.D.
01:03:06In a small Chinese village,
01:03:09this man was found dead in a wheat field.
01:03:11He had deep, deep slashes.
01:03:19Here.
01:03:23And here.
01:03:28He bled out in the field.
01:03:32Makes sense.
01:03:33They determined the murder weapon was most likely a hand sickle,
01:03:36but in a village full of wheat farmers,
01:03:40almost everyone had one.
01:03:42There was no obvious suspects,
01:03:44no witnesses.
01:03:47What did they do?
01:03:49The town's magistrate had all the farmers
01:03:51line up their sickles against the wall
01:03:52and leave them out in the hot sun.
01:03:56By the end of the day,
01:03:58one of the sickles was covered in flies.
01:04:03The blood?
01:04:06The blood.
01:04:06And even though the blade had been wiped off,
01:04:10Tracy still remained.
01:04:13The owner broke down and confessed.
01:04:17I think they hung him.
01:04:19I'm not sure.
01:04:21That part's fuzzy.
01:04:24My dad told me that.
01:04:28That's a hell of a bedtime story.
01:04:31It always stuck with me.
01:04:35It's a good reminder.
01:04:36It's a good reminder.
01:04:38Of what?
01:04:40That no matter what you do to fight it,
01:04:43the truth always has a way of coming out.
01:04:45So what do you think?
01:04:49About what?
01:04:52The chapter.
01:04:54Does it work?
01:04:55It's getting there.
01:04:56It's getting there.
01:05:00It's getting there.
01:05:03Here, try these.
01:05:04It's getting there.
01:05:05It's getting there.
01:05:05It's getting there.
01:05:06It's getting there.
01:05:06It's getting there.
01:05:07It's getting there.
01:05:07It's getting there.
01:05:07It's getting there.
01:05:08It's getting there.
01:05:09It's getting there.
01:05:09It's getting there.
01:05:09It's getting there.
01:05:10It's getting there.
01:05:10It's getting there.
01:05:10It's getting there.
01:05:11It's getting there.
01:05:11It's getting there.
01:05:11It's getting there.
01:05:12It's getting there.
01:05:13It's getting there.
01:05:13It's getting there.
01:05:14It's getting there.
01:05:15It's getting there.
01:05:16It's getting there.
01:05:17It's getting there.
01:05:18It's getting there.
01:05:19It's getting there.
01:05:19It's getting there.
01:05:20It's getting there.
01:05:21It's getting there.
01:05:22It's getting there.
01:06:53I can't wait for you to read it.
01:06:58Yeah, me neither.
01:06:58I wasn't sure I could do it, but then suddenly the last word was on the page.
01:07:05We should celebrate.
01:07:07How about a game of bocce?
01:07:09Isn't it kind of dark out?
01:07:13I have, uh, floodlights in the backyard.
01:07:23Come on.
01:07:24Can I be rad?
01:07:33I'll even spot your points.
01:07:36We just need to get the set from the garage.
01:07:39How about a drink first?
01:07:42I thought you were too young.
01:07:47It's a special occasion.
01:07:49I think I've earned it.
01:07:50What's the best sucker to toast with?
01:08:00Can't go wrong with bourbon.
01:08:04This one has a fun label.
01:08:07Will it work?
01:08:08Yeah, it's all good in my book.
01:08:20You can, you can fill it up more.
01:08:23You're living dangerously, right?
01:08:25All right.
01:08:26All right.
01:08:40To...
01:08:41To your first book.
01:08:46This guy, Chase.
01:08:49You're the reason this is all happening.
01:08:50Maybe I should have started with something weaker.
01:09:08Just, uh, one, two, three, and down the hatch.
01:09:14Come on, don't overthink it.
01:09:17After.
01:09:17I, I really can't wait any longer.
01:09:22I want to show you what I've done.
01:09:37Ta-da!
01:09:41All right, it's a big moment.
01:09:42You nervous?
01:09:44No.
01:09:45Not anymore.
01:09:47What is this?
01:10:00The book.
01:10:03Do you think this is funny?
01:10:06No.
01:10:07I don't.
01:10:09Oh.
01:10:11Is everything okay?
01:10:14I'm just, uh...
01:10:15What is here?
01:10:21What is here?
01:10:37I...
01:10:39I...
01:10:40I...
01:10:41I don't know.
01:11:11Sorry, I didn't think you'd be out this fast.
01:11:17The back of the bottle didn't say how long you'd be out, so I wasn't sure.
01:11:22I wasn't just going to sit in here with you and wait.
01:11:25That would be weird, right?
01:11:28Found the key to the garage in your purse.
01:11:31Seemed like a good place to talk.
01:11:34Although I suspect you had another use of mine.
01:11:38I found this, too.
01:11:41No screaming, all right?
01:11:55What do you want?
01:11:57Money?
01:11:58I think it's pretty clear I don't have any.
01:12:00I told you at the start of this.
01:12:02I have a few questions.
01:12:03Okay.
01:12:03I want you to tell me what happened to Paul Walsh.
01:12:11Paul?
01:12:13What does he have to do with anything?
01:12:15How did he die?
01:12:21This is some sick fantasy of yours.
01:12:23You want to know every tiny detail of my life?
01:12:27How did he die?
01:12:28I told you how he died.
01:12:34We'll start from the beginning.
01:12:37Paul Walsh
01:12:38bought that .357
01:12:42and shot himself.
01:12:44Wrong.
01:12:45You killed Paul Walsh.
01:12:49What?
01:12:52No.
01:12:52You shot him
01:12:53and you made it look like a suicide.
01:12:58You're crazy.
01:13:00No.
01:13:01I'm Maya.
01:13:08Maya's not real.
01:13:12You know that, right?
01:13:14She is real.
01:13:15She's me.
01:13:16She's me.
01:13:16You already didn't put the bullets in?
01:13:44I thought they were in there already.
01:13:45You didn't check first?
01:13:47I didn't check first.
01:13:48You didn't check first.
01:14:15I didn't check.
01:14:17I didn't check first.
01:14:18You fixed me?
01:14:19I don't know.
01:14:32We were in there.
01:14:33But model?
01:14:34What the?
01:14:35When, when?
01:14:37I took the pen.
01:14:39That's the thing.
01:17:10She's a character in a book I wrote.
01:17:13No.
01:17:14She's a character in a book he wrote.
01:17:18But you thought you had it all figured out.
01:17:20Steal a dead man's book no one would ever know.
01:17:22How could you possibly know that?
01:17:27Because Paul Walsh was my father.
01:17:32He didn't have any children.
01:17:35He had a whole family until he left us.
01:17:37How do you walk out on a seven-year-old girl?
01:17:41What could you possibly have ever done to make you want to leave?
01:17:45At first he sent postcards.
01:17:49At first he sent postcards.
01:17:50I tore them all up.
01:17:53Eventually stopped writing.
01:17:56Until a few years ago, he sent me an email.
01:18:00The very first draft of his very first novel.
01:18:06The one he told me I had inspired him to write.
01:18:09Mice sat at the edge of the dock, bright blue eyes gazing the night sky.
01:18:19Imagine my surprise when I passed the bookstore six months later.
01:18:24There in the front display was Mice's fault.
01:18:28Only it had a different author's name on the cover.
01:18:31I thought it had to be a coincidence.
01:18:34I thought it anyway.
01:18:38Every word was the same.
01:18:45Ow!
01:18:46Don't!
01:18:47Ow!
01:18:52Ow!
01:18:54Don't move.
01:19:01There's bullets in it this time.
01:19:07I...
01:19:07I didn't kill him.
01:19:11I didn't know he was struggling.
01:19:14He never told me.
01:19:15He never said a word.
01:19:17I don't believe you.
01:19:19It's the truth.
01:19:21He killed himself with the gun you're holding.
01:19:24He told me he loved me.
01:19:27Yeah, he told me he loved me too.
01:19:31We had a plan.
01:19:33A future.
01:19:35But he did it anyway.
01:19:38You're a liar.
01:19:39No, wait, please.
01:19:40Just listen to me.
01:19:42When I came home, I found the manuscript.
01:19:46What?
01:19:47So you just took it?
01:19:48Yeah.
01:19:50That's his.
01:19:51That belongs to him.
01:19:54He left me.
01:19:56And he left you.
01:19:59I don't owe him a damn thing.
01:20:02I was angry and alone.
01:20:09But I didn't kill him.
01:20:15But you were gonna kill me?
01:20:16Sign it.
01:20:26I said sign it.
01:20:30It's a confession.
01:20:32Saying that you didn't write the book.
01:20:34And that Paul Walsh is the author of Maya's fault.
01:20:39Sign it.
01:20:40This won't bring him back.
01:20:43Shut up.
01:20:48I said sign it.
01:20:56Now get up and go sit by the window.
01:20:58What happens now?
01:21:24You shoot me.
01:21:25You shoot me.
01:21:28No.
01:21:29I'm not like you.
01:21:45Have a wonderful life.
01:21:58I'm not like you.
01:21:59I'm not like you.
01:22:00I'm not like you.
01:22:01I'm not like you.
01:22:01I'm not like you.
01:22:02I'm not like you.
01:22:03I'm not like you.
01:22:04I'm not like you.
01:22:05I'm not like you.
01:22:06I'm not like you.
01:22:07I'm not like you.
01:22:08I'm not like you.
01:22:09I'm not like you.
01:22:10I'm not like you.
01:22:11I'm not like you.
01:22:12I'm not like you.
01:22:13I'm not like you.
01:22:14I'm not like you.
01:22:15I'm not like you.
01:22:16I'm not like you.
01:22:17I'm not like you.
01:22:18I'm not like you.
01:22:19I'm not like you.
01:22:20I'm not like you.
01:22:21I'm not like you.
01:22:22I'm like you.
01:22:23I'm like you.
01:22:24I'm like you.
01:22:25Oh, my God.
01:22:55Oh, my God.
01:23:25How to share them with the world in a way that connects.
01:23:29All right?
01:23:30I hope you all have found some inspiration here today.
01:23:35Oh, thank you.
01:23:36Oh, my God.
01:23:42Jesse?
01:23:44Hi.
01:23:45I just wanted to tell you that I've really enjoyed your workshop.
01:23:49Oh, thank you, Beatrice.
01:23:52The Epic Fantasy, right?
01:23:54Yeah.
01:23:55Yes, that's me.
01:23:56I think your sample's very good.
01:24:00Really?
01:24:01Yeah, I wish you had shared it with the group.
01:24:03Oh, no, I couldn't.
01:24:05I'm not that confident.
01:24:07I haven't shared it with anyone.
01:24:08Well, I hope that changes my way.
01:24:13I know the workshop is over, but I was wondering if you would help me with my book.
01:24:20I don't do private consultations.
01:24:28It's a bad experience.
01:24:30Please?
01:24:31I'm very easy to work with.
01:24:33I do anything you say.
01:24:41Well, you've twisted my arm.
01:24:44Walk with me to my car.
01:24:46You can tell me all about it.
01:24:47Do you want to hear a story?
01:25:08It's been a while.
01:25:09I might mix up some of the details.
01:25:17I might mix up some of the details.
01:25:48Yes, sir.
01:26:13Amen.
01:26:13Amen.
01:26:14Amen.
01:26:16Amen.
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