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