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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
00:03:33I haven't been patterned all right
00:03:41I want to stop you
00:03:41Sometimes, I'll exhaust the ked Value
00:03:41But it's very weird
00:03:41It's a goodSc dancers
00:03:42It's hard for me
00:03:43It's hard for you
00:03:47It's too hard for me
00:03:52Eventually, if you need help yourself
00:04:121.20
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.
00:04:58They won't even put an editor onto it.
00:05:05Pretentious.
00:05:06Convoluted.
00:05:07Nonsense.
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.
00:05:15That 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.
00:05:58How about I just make him perpetually shirtless?
00:06:02Now you think.
00:06:03Chelsea.
00:06:06I am dead broke.
00:06:09I 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.
00:06:43I 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 and 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.
00:07:15In a self-addressed stamped envelope.
00:07:18If you're hungry, I could buy you breakfast.
00:07:25Holly, 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.
00:07:44The main difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.
00:07:51Truly yours, Sky Chase.
00:07:55Isn't that how Mark Twain signed his books?
00:07:58Yeah.
00:08:01But he's dead now, so I figure, you know, he's not using it.
00:08:05Okay.
00:08:12I'm sorry.
00:08:13Did you want one?
00:08:14No.
00:08:14That's okay.
00:08:24Oh, I didn't realize they were selling those.
00:08:26Oh.
00:08:28I, um, I had it made.
00:08:31You really are a fan.
00:08:33The biggest.
00:08:36There's something else I wanted to ask you.
00:08:39Yeah.
00:08:40We're on your dime.
00:08:41Ask away.
00:08:43I'm a writer.
00:08:46And I was hoping you could help me.
00:08:49I have a book.
00:08:51It's almost done, but I'm having trouble writing an ending.
00:08:56Yeah, I'm not really sure what I can do for you.
00:09:00You can mentor me.
00:09:01Give me notes.
00:09:03Your author's buyer 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.
00:09:15Next thing you know, you're being sued because yours takes place on the same planet.
00:09:19So, no thanks.
00:09:21But I can, I can recommend someone.
00:09:23I think I, um, have a number.
00:09:25I don't want their opinion.
00:09:26I want yours.
00:09:30I could pay you.
00:09:36It's going to take a lot more than lunch.
00:09:38I have money.
00:09:39From what?
00:09:40Your paper route?
00:09:41I've saved $2,000.
00:09:46You're currently in possession of $2,000?
00:09:58Okay, kid.
00:10:00But I do not copy edit, okay?
00:10:02My grammar is trash.
00:10:03Thank you so much.
00:10:04Really, this means the world to me.
00:10:07Mm-hmm.
00:10:11All right, I'm going to go to the bathroom.
00:10:12You settle up the check?
00:10:13Okay.
00:10:29All right, we'll go to my place.
00:10:30Yeah.
00:10:36Are you okay to drive?
00:10:40I am inviting you into my home.
00:10:41This is an exercise in trust for all involved.
00:10:45Hop in.
00:10:49Hop in.
00:11:30I don't know.
00:11:53Are you coming?
00:11:55Yeah.
00:11:56I guess I just can't believe I'm actually here.
00:12:04I'm going to go unpack and scrub off ten cities worth of filth, but you can start here.
00:12:12Go ahead and print off your draft, and we'll take a look at it when I'm at...
00:12:45All done?
00:12:47All done.
00:12:49All 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 going to 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 for 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.
00:14:27What happened to him?
00:14:59Hi, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.
00:15:04Sometimes I'm too curious for my own good,
00:15:06and I just have a problem with boundaries,
00:15:08but knowing that I upset you, it makes me feel really bad.
00:15:12Okay, stop.
00:15:24I think we could all use a little time-out.
00:15:32I haven't dusted these off in forever.
00:15:38Don't get too many visitors out here.
00:15:40The middle of nowhere is great for writing, but terrible for company.
00:15:45Yeah, let's not do that.
00:15:53So, what do they do for fun in, um...
00:15:56Uh, 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...
00:16:24It helped me get through them.
00:16:29When I looked at Maya, I saw myself.
00:16:32It was like things finally made sense for me.
00:16:37You've just had such a profound impact on my life,
00:16:40and even if it meant selling everything I owned
00:16:43and leaving everything else behind,
00:16:47I knew I had to meet you.
00:16:59Shoot.
00:17:01Shoot.
00:17:11Paul was my fiancée.
00:17:17We met at a writing retreat I was running.
00:17:23He proposed to me over there under that tree.
00:17:29A living room, a gun, and put a bullet in his head.
00:17:41So I packed up every piece of him and put it in the attic.
00:17:48Because screw him, right?
00:17:54Okay.
00:17:56No title.
00:17:58I haven't thought of one.
00:18:00Okay. Fantasy, 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?
00:18:44You're first novel is supposed to be bad.
00:18:46You need to just get it out of your system.
00:18:49Next one will be good?
00:18:53Uh, no.
00:18:57You have a really beautiful house.
00:19:00Thanks.
00:19:04These are cool.
00:19:07Where'd you get them?
00:19:09Oh, they 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?
00:19:39The new one that you mentioned at the reading?
00:19:42So Dark?
00:19:44The Waves.
00:19:46So Dark the Waves.
00:19:47It's about guilt.
00:19:52Loss.
00:19:53The intrinsic dishonesty of the human condition.
00:19:56Whoa.
00:19:57What'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.
00:20:29All right, Holly with a Y.
00:20:33Let's see what you got.
00:20:58Take care.
00:21:09I'm just a little nervous.
00:21:10Take care.
00:21:12Give me the opportunity.
00:21:12Take care.
00:21:14Bye.
00:21:15Bye.
00:21:16Bye.
00:21:16Bye.
00:21:16Bye.
00:21:21Bye.
00:21:21Bye.
00:21:40What do you think?
00:21:44It's pretty rough.
00:21:46Oh.
00:22:02But it's not unsolvable.
00:22:05I think with a lot of work, we can lift this thing into shape.
00:22:09Kat?
00:22:11Thank you so much.
00:22:20It's getting pretty late.
00:22:22I should find a motel.
00:22:31Sorry.
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.
00:22:48We 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.
00:23:01So, do you have any questions for me before I go to bed, like where the clean towels are, or...
00:23:05No.
00:23:06Great, 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.
00:24:26Here we go.
00:24:51Not that one.
00:25:01Just pick another one, okay? Did I do something wrong?
00:25:28Skye?
00:26:00Distraction, licking your wounds, tending to my harmful chain reaction.
00:26:12I'm bleeding myself out of the-
00:26:28Out the way of being paralyzed to their body,
00:26:30I found some bigànchip that happened in the olden Nietzsche.
00:26:33So, you just didn't have to leave it at all.
00:26:33So, you just want to leave.
00:26:33It's just an interesting item for me.
00:26:35I just want to take the down-the- tails.
00:26:35Show me what the tail is.
00:26:36Take this number, give me your hands up!
00:26:49I don't know.
00:27:15I don't know.
00:27:16Hey, can you...
00:27:17Oh, yeah.
00:27:18Sorry, it's fine.
00:27:21How did you sleep?
00:27:23I go long.
00:27:26Glad 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 law.
00:27:50I have business in town.
00:27:51I can hit the grocery store before I get home, so...
00:27:55Any requests?
00:27:56No.
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.
00:28:41Let's just keep it between the two of us for now.
00:28:44Okay?
00:28:44Until it's done.
00:28:49Before I forget, uh...
00:28:51The money you mentioned...
00:28:53Yeah?
00:28:56Could I...
00:28:58Have it?
00:28:59Oh.
00:29:00Oh.
00:29:00Yeah.
00:29:00Right.
00:29:01Of course.
00:29:02One sec.
00:29:03Uh-huh.
00:29:33This is all I have on me, but I can get more.
00:29:38This is...
00:29:38Fine 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 you 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, Holly,
00:30:04but if you'd rather I 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 I wanted to run by you,
00:30:24like, uh, Disappear or Anchor or, I don't know,
00:30:28maybe fangirl.
00:30:31Good start.
00:30:33Keep thinking.
00:30:35Keep 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.
00:30:58You'll like this one.
00:30:59I think it's really something special.
00:31:02No offense, but that was the pitch for 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 and read it, okay?
00:31:13Okay.
00:31:17Okay.
00:31:45So, let's go.
00:31:58Should be all of it.
00:31:59I really appreciate you grabbing this for me.
00:32:01Oh, what are neighbors for?
00:32:03You might want to read the one from the electric company.
00:32:06It's towards the bottom.
00:32:10I did not go through your mail.
00:32:12It's just the envelope is very bright.
00:32:15orange.
00:32:16I think it's a final notice.
00:32:19I'll do that.
00:32:21Thanks again.
00:32:22I owe you one.
00:32:23Oh, since you offered.
00:32:25We're having a big fundraiser at the end of the month
00:32:28to send the high school football team off to state.
00:32:31Go Wolfpack.
00:32:33Anyway, maybe we could get a few of your autographed books
00:32:36to auction off.
00:32:38I'll pay for them.
00:32:40Sure.
00:32:41Okay.
00:32:43Oh, wonderful.
00:32:49Oh, you should look at the gas bill, too.
00:32:58It's just very bright.
00:33:03Jesus.
00:33:05I don't know.
00:34:32Hey, I made a break with you in chapter 21.
00:34:35What are those pictures doing out?
00:34:37Oh, I put them there.
00:34:39Thought it might help.
00:34:40What right do you have to meddle in my personal life?
00:34:44I'm sorry.
00:34:45You're here to fix your book.
00:34:46You'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.
00:35:01Oh, maybe you wouldn't have to drink as much.
00:35:05I drink because I like it.
00:35:08Seems like you need it.
00:35:12Who are you to say that to me?
00:35:14You've known me two days.
00:35:15I've learned a lot about you.
00:35:18God, I totally get it now.
00:35:21No 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?
00:35:27Yeah, not so fun, is it?
00:35:29When people make assumptions.
00:35:32Another valuable life lesson free of charge.
00:35:35You're nothing like I thought you'd...
00:35:36I will never meet your idols, kid.
00:35:42Dan.
00:35:44Is that a fuse?
00:35:47No, it's what happens when you don't pay the electric bill.
00:36:08I don't know if you're a spouse.
00:36:08I know.
00:36:36I like it.
00:36:58Brought 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 gonna be the book that turns my career around.
00:37:58Oh, yeah.
00:37:59I love you.
00:38:30You're not even building it in a bottle.
00:38:33I don't know. You 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? It's not helping my concentration.
00:38:52Like we did it, though.
00:38:54What would you do without me?
00:38:58I don't want to find out.
00:39:35I don't want to find out.
00:39:36Hey, knock it off!
00:39:48Is everything alright?
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?
00:40:08The 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?
00:40:25Like 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.
00:40:46Or 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.
00:41:27I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:27I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:27I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:28I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:28I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:28I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:29I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:29I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:32I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:41:33I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:42:07Let's go.
00:42:40Let's go.
00:43:12Let'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.
00:43:55Let's go.
00:43:56Let's go.
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00:46:13Let's go.
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.
00:47:26We officially have a bidding war.
00:47:28Based on the success of your last book,
00:47:31we're talking six figures, maybe higher.
00:47:35Can you make it conditional?
00:47:38On what?
00:47:41That they publish So Dark the Waves.
00:47:43Sky.
00:47:44It's gotta be both.
00:47:45All right, I will run it by them.
00:47:48How soon before you finish this one?
00:47:57Have you, have you ready yet?
00:48:01Yes, I realize it doesn't have a title.
00:48:04I was thinking maybe, um...
00:48:07Damn, girl.
00:48:10Sky?
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.
00:48:40Still pretty windy.
00:48:45Are you going low-tech?
00:48:48Oh, uh...
00:48:49My computer's almost dead.
00:48:50I...
00:48:51I 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.
00:49:01Yeah, it's easy to write when it's the only thing to do.
00:49:04So...
00:49:09Look, I've had a rough couple of days.
00:49:10I...
00:49:11I didn't mean to take it out on you.
00:49:13No, it's okay.
00:49:15I 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
00:49:46who is breathlessly awaiting your return?
00:49:49I had a boyfriend in high school,
00:49:50but we broke up, uh...
00:49:52when 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 Deirouge Monk.
00:50:11Love in the Western world.
00:50:15I've read it.
00:50:21So...
00:50:24What do you do for work?
00:50:28I used to work at a convenience store,
00:50:30but I quit before I came out here.
00:50:33Why?
00:50:35I don't know.
00:50:37There was a couple of reasons.
00:50:42It's ready to move on anyway.
00:50:44Took 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.
00:51:14You'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.
00:51:46But you're hitting your stride.
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.
00:52:05I know you're good for it.
00:52:07You're so close to the end.
00:52:09Why stop now?
00:52:12Ah.
00:52:14Power'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.
00:53:01Homestretch?
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.
00:53:17Here we go.
00:53:57Here we go.
00:54:13Here we go.
00:54:13Here we go.
00:54:43Here we go.
00:55:32Here we go.
00:55:35Here we go.
00:56:25Here we go.
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00:57:01Here we go.
00:57:01Here we go.
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00:57:30Here we go.
00:57:41Here we go.
00:57:44Here we go.
00:57:50Here we go.
00:58:03Here we go.
00:58:06Here we go.
00:58:08Here we go.
00:58:16Here we go.
00:58:23Here we go.
00:58:48Here we go.
00:58:54Here we go.
00:58:57Here we go.
00:59:00Here we go.
00:59:01who decided to keep those up.
00:59:07I realized you had a point.
00:59:24What's the lip and oar?
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?
01:00:11Sure.
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 here and here.
01:01:01He bled out in the field.
01:01:04Makes sense.
01:01:06They determined the murder weapon
01:01:08was 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 the 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?
01:02:28It's getting...
01:02:31Here, try these.
01:02:38Hmm.
01:02:40Hmm.
01:02:43Hmm.
01:02:52Hmm.
01:02:55Hmm.
01:02:56Hmm.
01:02:58Let's go.
01:03:32Let's go.
01:04:03Let's go.
01:04:09It's over.
01:04:11I...
01:04:13I 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.
01:04:29We should celebrate.
01:04:32How about a game of bocce?
01:04:37Isn't it kind of dark out?
01:04:42I have, uh, 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.
01:05:08It'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?
01:05:47Right.
01:06:01To...
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...
01:06:35I really can't wait any longer.
01:06:38I want to show you what I've done.
01:06:53Ta-da!
01:06:57Alright, it's a big moment.
01:06:58You nervous?
01:07:01No.
01:07:02Not anymore.
01:07:13What...
01:07:14What is this?
01:07:17The book.
01:07:20Do you think this is funny?
01:07:22No.
01:07:23I don't.
01:07:25Oh.
01:07:28Is everything okay?
01:07:29Uh...
01:07:31I'm just, uh...
01:07:36What did you...
01:07:55we went with and with some Catholics we sent home.
01:07:56I just sat by the word.
01:07:57Who might come from?
01:07:57No.
01:08:03I was so scared.
01:08:03How could I live?
01:08:26Sorry. I didn't think you'd be out 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 going to sit in here with you and wait.
01:08:38That would be weird, right?
01:08:41Found 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.
01:08:57No screaming, all right?
01:09:08What do you want?
01:09:10Money? I 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 you 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.
01:09:50Paul Walsh
01:09:53bought that .357
01:09:55and shot himself.
01:09:58Wrong.
01:09:59You killed Paul.
01:10:00No.
01:10:01You shot him and you made it look like a suicide.
01:10:07You're crazy.
01:10:08You're crazy.
01:10:09You'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.
01:10:25She's real.
01:10:28She'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?
01:10:58Ella.
01:10:59Ellie.
01:10:59Totally.
01:11:15She's real.
01:11:16I'm so scared.
01:11:16She was terrified when she was outside.
01:11:16She's the one who's on the ground.
01:11:17She's the one who was in there.
01:11:18She's the two who was in there.
01:11:20She's the one who was in there.
01:11:35I don't know.
01:12:03I don't know.
01:12:29I don't know.
01:13:03I don't know.
01:13:10I don't know.
01:13:11I don't know.
01:13:35I don't know.
01:13:42I don't know.
01:14:12I don't know.
01:14:50I don't know.
01:15:20I don't know.
01:15:31I don't know.
01:15:35I don't know.
01:15:36I don't know.
01:15:54I don't know.
01:15:57I don't know.
01:15:58I don't know.
01:16:45I don't know.
01:16:45I don't know.
01:16:55I don't know.
01:16:58I don't know.
01:16:58I don't know.
01:17:08I don't know.
01:17:09I don't know.
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
01:17:36shut up
01:17:41I said sign it
01:17:50now get up and go sit by the window
01:18:15what happens now
01:18:18you shoot me
01:18:21no, I'm not like you
01:18:38have a wonderful life
01:19:18I'm not like 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'd 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 might mix up some of the details.
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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