00:08I. T. It.
00:14Sometimes we writers can take hours finding exactly the right word.
00:21It. It. It. It.
00:25It was a dark and stormy morning.
00:28Oh, pat, flat, trite.
00:37It was a dark and stormy evening.
00:40It was a dark and stormy night. Night? Right.
00:44When suddenly a shot was heard. A shot was fired.
00:48When suddenly a shot rang out. Rang out? Inspired.
00:53A door slammed. The maids screamed.
00:55Building suspense. When suddenly a pirate ship appears on the horizon.
01:03Here's... appeared.
01:06Past tense.
01:07While millions of people were starving.
01:10While millions of people were starving.
01:12While millions of people were starving.
01:14What?
01:14The king lives in luxury.
01:29Now to thicken the plot.
01:35Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas.
01:41A boy was growing up.
01:47Masterful old pup.
01:49Brilliantly done.
01:53You son of a gun.
01:57Writing is fun.
01:59End of part one.
02:05What's that wonderful smell?
02:08Don't tell me.
02:10Let me guess.
02:11Smells like money.
02:12Dipped in honey.
02:14Yes.
02:14The smell of success.
02:16Take a good whiff.
02:18Take a good sniff.
02:19Baby, you're long past due.
02:21Fame and fortune.
02:23Fortune and fame.
02:24And now...
02:25For part two.
02:29A light snow was falling.
02:32And the little girl...
02:34Small?
02:35No, little.
02:36No, small.
02:37No.
02:37The little girl...
02:40With a tattered shawl.
02:42Had not sold a flower all day.
02:45Should she be selling matches?
02:49No, flowers.
02:50A violet, let's say.
02:53She had not sold a violet all day.
03:06At that very moment, a young intern was making an important discovery.
03:10The mysterious patient in room 23 had suddenly awakened.
03:14She moaned softly.
03:16Could it be...
03:20That she was the sister of the boy in Kansas.
03:24Who loved the girl with the tattered shawl.
03:26Who was the daughter of the maid.
03:28Who had escaped from the pirates.
03:30The intern frowned.
03:32That has a good ring to it.
03:34See how neatly it all fits together.
03:37What about the king?
03:46Stampede the foreman shouted.
03:48And 40,000 head of cattle thunder down the tiny ramp.
03:51Two men rolled on the ground.
03:54Grappling beneath the murderous hooves.
03:57A left and a right.
03:59A left and another left and a right.
04:01Isn't this exciting?
04:02And an uppercut to the jaw.
04:04The fight was over.
04:07And so the ranch was saved.
04:11Sometimes when you're a great writer, the words come so fast you can hardly put them down on paper.
04:18There's that wonderful smell called odour.
04:22Happiness smells like money dipped in honey.
04:26Yes, the smell of success.
04:29Take a good whiff.
04:30Take a good sniff.
04:31Why stop at one beer roof?
04:34Fame and fortune.
04:35Fortune and fame.
04:36And now...
04:38To conclude...
04:41The young intern sat by himself in the corner of the coffee shop.
04:46Now zing in the moral, old friend.
04:50He had learned about medicine.
04:55But more important is...
04:57He had learned about life.
05:04The, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, oh, the end.
05:26Dear Contributor, we are returning your stupid story.
05:30Give up.
05:31You are a terrible writer.
05:33Why do you bother us?
05:35We wouldn't use one of your stories if you paid us.
05:38Drop dead.
05:39Never send us another story.
05:41Get lost.
05:43Signed, the editors.
05:46It's just a Xerox form.
05:48Tomorrow we start on the trilogy.
05:53There are a lot of things that the round-headed kid and his friends do that I don't quite understand.
05:58I noticed lately that he and the one they call Peppermint Patty spend a lot of time sitting under that
06:05tree over there.
06:06I wonder what they talk about.
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