Unwritten Obsession

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00:00:00I never want to be the one to pull the trigger on the gun when it's time I'm really good
00:00:18at holding on even when I know it's wrong at least it's my island now
00:00:28always seem to get out of track picking up all the slack I know it doesn't
00:00:35set me
00:00:39a bittersweet
00:00:43distraction
00:00:45making you
00:00:47spending tonight
00:00:50harmful chain reaction
00:00:55I'm beating myself out all the time
00:01:02all the time
00:01:09Maya sat on the edge of the dock
00:01:12her bright blue eyes searching the night sky
00:01:15she wondered if a purpose was something you were born with
00:01:19a calling that tugged at you from deep inside
00:01:22or if it was simply the name you gave to whatever it was you ultimately fell into
00:01:26to lend it an importance it might not deserve
00:01:30she hoped it was the former
00:01:32she liked to believe she was meant for more
00:01:42I'm right here free jacket hello sky
00:01:46I read that publishers had turned away your books for five years before you finally wrote
00:01:51I'm a writer or at least I'm trying to be
00:01:53I was wondering if you could talk for a little bit about how you keep going in the face of rejection
00:01:58prove them wrong
00:02:00make it happen by any means necessary
00:02:04and then forward them your sales numbers anonymously
00:02:08okay next question
00:02:10you here
00:02:12hi
00:02:13hello
00:02:14when are you going to write the sequel
00:02:16there are no plans for a sequel
00:02:19but I have a new book
00:02:21it's called so dark the waves
00:02:23I just finished it
00:02:24I 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
00:02:30you're really going to leave Maya like that
00:02:32she didn't even make it to Albuquerque
00:02:36we grow attached to these characters and their lives
00:02:39and sometimes it's hard to say goodbye to people you love
00:02:43let's see
00:02:46I'm sorry we're all out of time
00:02:48thank you all for coming
00:02:50and let's hear it again for our guest tonight
00:02:52author Sky Chaste
00:03:01I usually get paid as soon as the event ends
00:03:04I'm sorry we don't cut the checks here
00:03:06they go out from the main office
00:03:07but you'll have it in five to ten business stores
00:03:10can't you make an exception
00:03:12I'm sorry it's store policy
00:03:14but please help yourself to anything that's on the table
00:03:18thank you
00:03:48thank you
00:04:18120
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
00:04:57I am done with the tourist 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
00:05:16Maya'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 convoluted nonsense
00:05:31written by a sociopath
00:05:33oh my god
00:05:35that one was off the record just ignore that last one
00:05:39can't we just take it somewhere else
00:05:43that was three different publishers
00:05:45look
00:05:47it's a sophomore slump
00:05:49it happens to the best of them
00:05:51I spent two years on that
00:05:53you can't take it personally
00:05:54I pledged for that book everything 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
00:06:02repetition
00:06:03when you find something that works
00:06:05you 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 kid to the moon for all I care
00:06:14Jesus Christ
00:06:16can you deliver a love interest
00:06:18it's like you don't know your readers at all
00:06:21the guy should be brooding
00:06:24but give him a puppy
00:06:26how about I just make him perpetually shirtless
00:06:28now you think
00:06:30Chelsea
00:06:33I am dead broke
00:06:36I don't know how much longer I can get by
00:06:38you 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
00:07:01did 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 at 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
00:07:22I wanted to say hello last night but I chickened out
00:07:25I'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
00:07:32and I have a million questions
00:07:34do you maybe have a little time to talk
00:07:37I just spent two weeks in ten different cities
00:07:39I am tired and hungry
00:07:41and 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
00:07:46in a selfless dress stamped envelope
00:07:49if you're hungry I could buy you breakfast
00:07:52Holly is that with a Y
00:07:56how else would you spell it
00:07:58there was a woman in Duluth
00:08:00who spelled Catherine with a Q
00:08:02now I always ask
00:08:12the main difference between a cat and a lie
00:08:15is that the cat has only nine lives
00:08:17the main difference between a cat and a lie
00:08:19is that the cat has only nine lives
00:08:22truly yours, Guy Chase
00:08:26isn't that how Mark Twain signed his books
00:08:29yeah
00:08:32but he's dead now so I figure, you know, he's not using it
00:08:43I'm sorry, did you want one
00:08:45that's okay
00:08:55oh, I didn't realize they were selling those
00:08:57oh
00:08:58I, um, I had it made
00:09:02you really are a fan
00:09:04the biggest
00:09:06there's something else I wanted to ask you
00:09:09yeah
00:09:10we're on your dime, ask away
00:09:13I'm a writer
00:09:15well, not like you, but
00:09:18I feel like there's a story I need to tell
00:09:21and I was hoping you could help me
00:09:25I have a book
00:09:26it's almost done, but
00:09:28I'm having trouble writing an ending
00:09:32I'm not really sure what I can do for you
00:09:35you can mentor me
00:09:36give me notes
00:09:39your author's buyer 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
00:09:46you just open yourself up to all kinds of lawsuits
00:09:48give notes on some terrible script
00:09:50next thing you know, you're being sued
00:09:51because yours takes place on the same planet
00:09:54so, no thanks
00:09:56but 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
00:10:05I could pay you
00:10:08it's gonna take a lot more than lunch
00:10:10I have money
00:10:12from what, your paper route?
00:10:14I've saved $2,000
00:10:18but you're currently in possession of $2,000?
00:10:30okay, kid
00:10:32but I do not copy edit, okay?
00:10:34my grammar is terrible
00:10:35thank you so much, really
00:10:37this means the world to me
00:10:43alright, I'm gonna go to the bathroom
00:10:44you settle up the check
00:11:01alright, we'll go to my place
00:11:02I'll read your book
00:11:03I'll give you my notes
00:11:04you pay me, then leave, deal?
00:11:06deal
00:11:12are you okay to drive?
00:11:16I am inviting you into my home
00:11:17this is an exercise in trust for all involved
00:11:21hop in
00:11:33$2,000
00:12:04$2,000
00:12:06okay
00:12:32you coming?
00:12:33yeah
00:12:35guess I just can't believe I'm actually here
00:12:42I'm gonna go unpack and
00:12:43scrub off ten cities worth of filth
00:12:45but
00:12:46you can start here
00:12:50go ahead and print off your draft
00:12:51and we'll take a look at it when I'm out
00:13:04okay
00:13:28all done?
00:13:34yeah
00:14:05what are you doing?
00:14:06oh
00:14:07I was
00:14:08looking for my paper
00:14:11it's not up here
00:14:14paper's under the desk
00:14:20downstairs
00:14:21paper's under the desk
00:14:27downwards
00:14:47if you're gonna be here
00:14:48we need to establish some ground rules
00:14:49The first being, don't touch my stuff.
00:14:50The second being, don't touch my stuff.
00:14:53Who was that in all those pictures?
00:14:55It was 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.
00:15:19All right.
00:15:47Skye, I'm really sorry.
00:15:49It's just, sometimes I'm too curious for my own good.
00:15:51And I just, I have a problem with boundaries.
00:15:54But knowing that I upset you, it makes me feel really bad.
00:15:57OK, stop.
00:16:09I think we could all use a little time out.
00:16:11I haven't dusted these off in forever.
00:16:19Don't get too many visitors out here.
00:16:25Middle of nowhere is great for writing,
00:16:27but terrible for company.
00:16:31And no one can hear you scream.
00:16:34Yeah, let's not do that.
00:16:42So what did I do for fun in, um, uh, where are you from again?
00:16:49Alaska.
00:16:52Your family was OK with you coming all this way
00:16:54just to get a book signed?
00:16:57I don't really have a family.
00:16:59I'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.
00:17:19When I looked at Maya, I saw myself.
00:17:22It 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,
00:17:37I knew I had to meet you.
00:17:40Here.
00:17:50Shoot.
00:18:00Paul is my fiance.
00:18:06We met at a writing retreat I was running.
00:18:10He proposed to me over there under that tree.
00:18:21Six 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, because screw him, right?
00:18:46Okay.
00:18:48No title?
00:18:51I haven't thought of one.
00:18:53Okay.
00:18:54Fantasy?
00:18:55YA?
00:18:56It's sort of a mystery, I guess.
00:19:00How far along are you?
00:19:02There's three chapters left to write.
00:19:05And you're stuck?
00:19:07I don't have a resolution.
00:19:11If it's a mystery, you really need to have the end in mind from the start.
00:19:15Oh.
00:19:16I guess I thought I could just wait and see how it all turned out.
00:19:21That's a bold strategy.
00:19:23No title, no ending.
00:19:25Where are all my damn pens?
00:19:34I'm doing everything wrong, aren't I?
00:19:37Your first novel is supposed to be bad.
00:19:39You need to just get it out of your system.
00:19:42Next one will be good?
00:19:46Uh, no.
00:19:51You have a really beautiful house.
00:19:54Thanks.
00:19:58These are cool.
00:20:00Where'd you get them?
00:20:03Oh, they belonged to the previous owner.
00:20:05He was pretentious.
00:20:08So why'd you keep them up?
00:20:11I am also pretentious.
00:20:15How 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.
00:20:31What's your book about?
00:20:36Huh?
00:20:37The new one that you mentioned at the reading.
00:20:40So Dark?
00:20:42The Waves.
00:20:43So Dark, The Waves.
00:20:45It's about guilt, loss, the intrinsic dishonesty of the human condition.
00:20:53Cool.
00:20:55What'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.
00:21:10Do you not have any ideas?
00:21:11I have a great idea.
00:21:12How about we stop talking about this?
00:21:16Sorry.
00:21:18I'm just a little nervous.
00:21:26All right.
00:21:27Holly with a Y.
00:21:30Let's see what you got.
00:21:56All right.
00:22:16What do you think?
00:22:46It's pretty rough.
00:22:48Oh.
00:23:03But it's not unsolvable.
00:23:06I think with a lot of work we can lift this thing into shape.
00:23:10Yeah?
00:23:12Thank you so much.
00:23:21It's getting pretty late.
00:23:23I should find a motel.
00:23:32Sorry.
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?
00:23:43You know, we can roll up our sleeves and really whip this thing into shape.
00:23:50I only have the 2,000.
00:23:53We 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.
00:24:07Do you have any questions for me before I go to bed, like where the clean towels are?
00:24:11No.
00:24:12Great, because I don't think I have any clean towels, so...
00:24:16Actually, could I stay down here for a while and listen to some of those?
00:24:23Yeah.
00:24:25Knock yourself out.
00:24:28The turntable's on the piano.
00:24:30Thanks.
00:25:00Chelsea, I'm working on something new.
00:25:59Not that one.
00:26:10Just pick another one, okay?
00:26:12Did I do something wrong?
00:26:37Skye?
00:26:53I'm waiting
00:26:55I'm screaming
00:26:58I'm waiting for you
00:27:01To let me go
00:27:04This way
00:27:08Distraction
00:27:10Wicking you
00:27:12Is tending to my
00:27:15Harmful chain reaction
00:27:20I'm beating myself out of time
00:27:51I'm beating myself out of time
00:27:53I'm beating myself out of time
00:27:55I'm beating myself out of time
00:27:57I'm beating myself out of time
00:27:59I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:01I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:03I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:05I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:07I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:09I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:11I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:13I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:16I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:18I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:20I'm beating myself out of time
00:28:28Morning!
00:28:30Hey, can you...
00:28:31Oh, sorry, it's fine.
00:28:34How'd you sleep?
00:28:36Like a log.
00:28:39Glad to hear it.
00:28:42Are we okay?
00:28:44I feel like I keep making these mistakes.
00:28:47It's over. Forget it. I have.
00:28:49You're out of coffee.
00:28:52And eggs.
00:28:55Who needs to eat, right?
00:28:57I found this in the back of the cabinet.
00:28:59I left you some, but there wasn't much left.
00:29:03I have business in town. I can hit the grocery store before I get home, so...
00:29:08Any requests?
00:29:09No. Thank you.
00:29:12When will you be gone?
00:29:15Most of the day.
00:29:17But...
00:29:19this should keep you busy.
00:29:26Take a look. We can talk when I get back.
00:29:29It's a good start.
00:29:31You really think so?
00:29:32Wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it.
00:29:37You think I should add a love interest?
00:29:39Gotta know your audience.
00:29:43You trust me, right?
00:29:46Of course.
00:29:49Has anyone else given you any input on the draft?
00:29:52Oh, no. You're the first person I've shown it to.
00:29:56Perfect.
00:29:58Let's just keep it between the two of us for now.
00:30:02Until it's done.
00:30:06Before I forget, the money you mentioned...
00:30:10Yeah?
00:30:12Could I...
00:30:15have it?
00:30:16Oh, yeah, right. Of course.
00:30:19One sec.
00:30:37Uh, this is all I have on me, but I can get more.
00:30:42This is... fine for now.
00:30:46Do me a favor. Email me your file.
00:30:49I need to reformat it.
00:30:52Reformat?
00:30:54The marketing team is going to be here soon,
00:30:57and I need you to send me a copy of it.
00:31:00Okay.
00:31:03Reformat?
00:31:05The margins are too wide, the font is too big,
00:31:08it's throwing off the page count.
00:31:10It's just the first draft.
00:31:13You want to do this correctly, right?
00:31:16I mean, I thought you said you wanted to be a writer.
00:31:19I do.
00:31:21Well, this is what writers do.
00:31:23You're paying me a lot of money, Holly,
00:31:25but if you'd rather I just mail it in.
00:31:28No, of course not. I'll send it right away.
00:31:31Great.
00:31:36Leave 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,
00:31:44like, uh, Disappear, Anchor,
00:31:47or, I don't know, maybe Fangirl.
00:31:52Good start.
00:31:54Keep thinking.
00:32:02Chelsea?
00:32:04Hey, do you have a minute?
00:32:06I never have a minute.
00:32:08I have a new book for you.
00:32:10I've been working on it a while.
00:32:12I didn't want to jinx it by telling you.
00:32:14You know I hate surprises.
00:32:16You'll like this one.
00:32:18I think it's really something special.
00:32:20Look, no offense,
00:32:22but that was the pitch for your last book,
00:32:24and we all know how that turned out.
00:32:27Look, I'm sending it to you now.
00:32:29Drop whatever you're doing and read it, okay?
00:32:59Okay.
00:33:23Should be all of it.
00:33:25I really appreciate you grabbing this for me.
00:33:27What are you looking for?
00:33:29You might want to read the one from the electric company.
00:33:31It's towards the bottom.
00:33:35I did not go through your mail.
00:33:37It's just the envelope is very bright.
00:33:40Orange.
00:33:42I think it's a final notice.
00:33:44I'll do that.
00:33:46Thanks again. I 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.
00:33:56Oh, look back.
00:33:58Anyway, maybe we can get a few of your autographed books
00:34:02to auction off.
00:34:04I'll pay for them.
00:34:06Sure, okay.
00:34:08Oh, wonderful.
00:34:14Oh, you should look at the gas bill, too.
00:34:19It's just very bright.
00:34:25Jesus.
00:34:27Jesus.
00:34:57Jesus.
00:35:27Fuck.
00:35:58Hey.
00:36:00I made a breakthrough in chapter 21.
00:36:02What are those pictures doing out?
00:36:04Oh, I put them there.
00:36:06Thought it might help.
00:36:08What right do you have to meddle in my personal life?
00:36:10I'm sorry.
00:36:12You're here to fix your book.
00:36:14You're not here to fix me.
00:36:20I didn't mean to upset you.
00:36:22But it's not good to hold on to pain.
00:36:26Locking memories of him in the attic
00:36:28isn't going to help you heal.
00:36:31He'll never be able to move past what happened
00:36:33until you face it head-on.
00:36:36Maybe you wouldn't have to drink this much.
00:36:38I drink because I like it.
00:36:40Seems like you need it.
00:36:45Who 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.
00:36:59How could you say that?
00:37:01Yeah, not so fun, is it?
00:37:03When people make assumptions.
00:37:05Another valuable life lesson free of charge.
00:37:08You're nothing like I thought you'd be.
00:37:10I will never meet your idols, kid.
00:37:15Goddamn.
00:37:17Is it a fuse?
00:37:20No, it's what happens
00:37:22when I check back.
00:37:52♪
00:38:23♪
00:38:34Brought you these.
00:38:36Uh, thanks.
00:38:41Just remember to blow them out before you go to bed.
00:38:44Of course.
00:38:49I'll call the electric company in the morning.
00:38:51Work something out.
00:38:53I have a few more hours left on my computer.
00:38:56I'll just write by the candlelight
00:38:58like the pioneers used to do.
00:39:01You do that.
00:39:13Have you read it yet?
00:39:17Yes, I realize it doesn't have a title.
00:39:19Just, um, I was thinking maybe...
00:39:22Fangirl?
00:39:26Yeah, just, just read it, okay?
00:39:28It's gonna be the book that turns my career around.
00:39:31♪
00:39:50♪
00:40:05How's it going, Captain?
00:40:07Well, I'm having a bit of trouble here.
00:40:10You're not even building it in a bottle?
00:40:13I don't think you think you can do better.
00:40:15I know I can.
00:40:19You just need to have patience.
00:40:24Okay, see that right there?
00:40:26It's not helping my concentration.
00:40:32I think we did it, though.
00:40:34What would you do without me?
00:40:38I don't want to find out.
00:40:44Ha, ha, ha.
00:40:49Ha, ha, ha.
00:40:52Ha, ha.
00:40:55♪
00:41:17Hey, knock it off!
00:41:25Is everything all right?
00:41:30You tell me.
00:41:33Everything's fine.
00:41:38Okay, well, I'm gonna need you to stop whatever it is you're doing in there, then.
00:41:43What I'm doing?
00:41:45The banging. What is with the banging?
00:41:49Huh? I'm not banging anything.
00:41:52Okay, well, then if you're not, then who is? It's not me.
00:41:57I didn't hear anything.
00:42:00Are you serious?
00:42:03What did it sound like?
00:42:06Like banging, loud banging on the wall.
00:42:11Honestly, I haven't been banging anything, and I haven't heard any banging.
00:42:16No, don't even.
00:42:20Maybe it was the wind, or some tree branches.
00:42:25Are you messing with me?
00:42:27What is this?
00:42:29No, no.
00:42:31I'm not doing that.
00:42:37I'm sorry.
00:42:40I'm sorry.
00:42:43I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:42:48Never mind.
00:42:50Just go back to bed.
00:43:13Sigh.
00:43:16Sigh.
00:43:18Sigh.
00:43:42Love in the Western world.
00:43:44Demonstrators.
00:43:48Demonstrators.
00:44:18Demonstrators.
00:44:48Demonstrators.
00:44:51Demonstrators.
00:44:54Demonstrators.
00:44:57Demonstrators.
00:45:18Demonstrators.
00:45:36It's how much?
00:45:39Can't I make a partial payment or get on some kind of plan?
00:45:44Can I speak with the manager?
00:45:48Can I speak with the manager?
00:46:18Who is this girl?
00:46:48Sigh.
00:47:18♪
00:47:28♪
00:47:48♪
00:47:58♪
00:48:08♪
00:48:18♪
00:48:28♪
00:48:38♪
00:48:48Hello?
00:48:51I see you finally got your act together.
00:48:53What?
00:48:54The book.
00:48:58So you like it?
00:49:00I love it.
00:49:02No, it's way better than that other crap you were trying to peddle.
00:49:06Okay, let's not go crazy.
00:49:08No, no, seriously.
00:49:10It's really great.
00:49:11Really inspired stuff.
00:49:14It's not a sequel, but there's a market for this.
00:49:17Is it something you can sell?
00:49:19Are you kidding?
00:49:20I already sent the first few chapters to the publishers.
00:49:23They're all eating crow.
00:49:26We officially have a bidding war.
00:49:28Based on the success of your last book,
00:49:31we're talking six figures, maybe higher.
00:49:35Can you make it conditional?
00:49:38On what?
00:49:41That they publish So Dark the Waves.
00:49:43Sky.
00:49:44It's gotta be both.
00:49:45All right, I will run it by them.
00:49:48How soon before you finish this one?
00:49:52Have you read it yet?
00:49:56Yes, I realize it doesn't have a title.
00:49:59I was thinking maybe...
00:50:02Fangirl.
00:50:05Sky?
00:50:08Just a couple days.
00:50:11There's a few things I need to do first.
00:50:16He's offering.
00:50:18I'm only 18.
00:50:20Oh, I don't tell.
00:50:21Did you ever figure out what that noise was?
00:50:24Yeah, you know, I think you're right.
00:50:26I think it was just a branch.
00:50:29It's still pretty windy.
00:50:34Are you going to the hotel?
00:50:36No, I'm not going to the hotel.
00:50:38I'm not going to the hotel.
00:50:40Hey.
00:50:45Are you going low-tech?
00:50:47Oh, my computer's almost dead.
00:50:50I found this in your office.
00:50:52I hope that's okay.
00:50:53Sure.
00:50:57The power should be back soon.
00:51:01It's really beautiful out here.
00:51:03I can see why you'd be inspired.
00:51:05Yeah.
00:51:06It's easy to write when it's the only thing to do, so...
00:51:13Look, 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.
00:51:22I can be pushy.
00:51:24I know that about myself.
00:51:29And you know a lot about me, too.
00:51:32But 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.
00:51:43You have a boyfriend?
00:51:47Some strapping young moose hunter who is breathlessly awaiting your return?
00:51:52I 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.
00:52:04Well, you know.
00:52:06Happy love has no history and all that.
00:52:12I'd say there's more love in the Western world.
00:52:19I've read it.
00:52:24Oh.
00:52:27What do you do for work?
00:52:31I used to work at a convenience store, but I quit before I came out here.
00:52:36Why?
00:52:38I don't know.
00:52:40There was a couple of reasons.
00:52:45I was ready to move on anyway.
00:52:49When I saw you were going on your book tour, I took it as a sign.
00:52:56Maybe it was time for a fresh start.
00:52:59So you just left?
00:53:03Yeah.
00:53:07That 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. Everybody has friends.
00:53:23I've always been kind of a loner, I guess.
00:53:26There must be someone.
00:53:30Someone who misses you.
00:53:34Not really.
00:53:48Sky?
00:53:49Yeah?
00:53:50I was wondering if you could maybe drive me into town.
00:53:53But you're hitting your stride.
00:53:55You don't want to lose your rhythm.
00:53:57No.
00:53:59It's just I wasn't really planning to be here so long.
00:54:01I feel bad eating your food.
00:54:05You're my guest.
00:54:08If I go into town, I can take out the rest of the money I owe you.
00:54:12I know you're good for it.
00:54:14You're so close to the end. Why stop now?
00:54:20Power's back.
00:54:45It made you some lunch?
00:54:49Thanks.
00:54:55Is this the last chapter?
00:55:01Most of it.
00:55:05Home stretch?
00:55:09Yeah.
00:55:13Keep going until you're done, okay?
00:55:15I don't want to have to tie you to that chair.
00:55:22I'm sorry.
00:55:26It's okay.
00:55:30It's okay.
00:55:34It's okay.
00:55:40It's okay.
00:55:46It's okay.
00:56:16It's okay.
00:56:46It's okay.
00:57:00Damn it.
00:57:30It's okay.
00:58:00It's okay.
00:58:30Can I help you?
00:58:37I brought the books.
00:58:40Oh, you have something on you.
00:58:44Happens to me all the time when I garden.
00:58:47You know, right now's not a really good time.
00:58:49Oh, I'm sorry.
00:58:51Do you have company?
00:58:52No, no, no, it's just me.
00:58:54I'm in the middle of something.
00:58:55It'll only take a minute.
00:58:57I was just so excited that you agreed to help out with the auction.
00:59:00Then I bought off the store.
00:59:02I thought we could get them signed and right up on the website.
00:59:05Okay, sure, yeah, let me see them.
00:59:08Here you go, you're an angel.
00:59:10Okay, do you have a pen?
00:59:15I don't.
00:59:19Okay, go this way.
00:59:38I really do appreciate this.
00:59:40Sure, sure.
00:59:42Oh, could you make that last one out for my daughter, Emily?
00:59:45That'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, I will try to do that.
00:59:59All alone out here by yourself every day.
01:00:01I think I'd go a little stir crazy.
01:00:07You need help with that?
01:00:08I'll go, I'll go.
01:00:09Okay.
01:00:27Who was that?
01:00:28No one.
01:00:30I got one cleaned up.
01:00:53I 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?
01:01:15When I was little, we had a dog named Boots.
01:01:19Well, right what you know, I guess.
01:01:24I'm glad you decided to keep those up.
01:01:30I realized you had a point.
01:01:47What's a lit an oar?
01:01:51Who knows?
01:01:53Who cares?
01:01:55I think you do.
01:01:59You 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.
01:02:12My eyes fall.
01:02:14It was supposed to open the door and not define my career.
01:02:19Is 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.
01:02:50Do you want to hear a story?
01:02:54Always.
01:02:56It's been a while. I might mix up some of the details.
01:02:59I'll keep that in mind.
01:03:03Around 1200 A.D., in a small Chinese village, this man was found dead in a wheat field.
01:03:15He had deep, deep slashes.
01:03:19Here.
01:03:23And here.
01:03:28He bled out in the field.
01:03:33They determined the murder weapon was most likely a hand sickle, but in a village full of wheat farmers, almost everyone had one.
01:03:42There was no obvious suspects, no witnesses.
01:03:47What did they do?
01:03:49The town's magistrate had all the farmers line up their sickles against the wall and leave them out in the hot sun.
01:03:56By the end of the day, one of the sickles was covered in flies.
01:04:03The blood?
01:04:05The blood.
01:04:08And even though the blade had been wiped off, traces still remained.
01:04:13The owner broke down and confessed.
01:04:16I think they hung him.
01:04:19I'm not sure. That part's fuzzy.
01:04:24My dad told me that.
01:04:27That's a hell of a bedtime story.
01:04:31It always stuck with me.
01:04:34It's a good reminder.
01:04:38Of what?
01:04:39That no matter what you do to fight it, the truth always has a way of coming out.
01:04:47So what do you think?
01:04:49About what?
01:04:52The chapter.
01:04:54Does it work?
01:05:00It's getting there.
01:05:03Here, try these.
01:05:09Hmm.
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01:06:42It's over.
01:06:47I finished.
01:06:48That's great.
01:06:50I can't wait for you to read it.
01:06:55Yeah, me neither.
01:07:00I wasn't sure I could do it.
01:07:01But then suddenly the last word was on the page.
01:07:04We should celebrate.
01:07:05How about a game of bocce?
01:07:09Isn't it kind of dark out?
01:07:17I have, uh, floodlights in the backyard.
01:07:21Come on.
01:07:24Can I be rad?
01:07:33I'll even spot your points.
01:07:37You just need to get the set from the garage.
01:07:40How about a drink first?
01:07:45I thought you were too young.
01:07:47It's a special occasion.
01:07:49I think I've earned it.
01:07:56So that's the gruyere toast, right?
01:08:00Can't go wrong with bourbon.
01:08:04This one has a fun label.
01:08:07Will it work?
01:08:08It's all good in my book.
01:08:20You can fill it up more.
01:08:23You're living dangerously, right?
01:08:27All right.
01:08:40To?
01:08:43To your first book?
01:08:46The Sky Chase.
01:08:49You're the reason this is all happening.
01:08:53Jesus.
01:09:05Maybe I should have started with something weaker.
01:09:09Just, uh, one, two, three, and down the hatch.
01:09:14Come on, don't overthink it.
01:09:17After.
01:09:19I 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.
01:09:46Not anymore.
01:09:57What is this?
01:10:00The book.
01:10:03Do you think this is funny?
01:10:06No, I don't.
01:10:11Is everything okay?
01:10:14I'm just, uh...
01:10:19Why did you...
01:10:44I'm sorry.
01:11:14I 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 gonna 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.
01:11:45No screaming, all right?
01:11:55What do you want?
01:11:57Money? I think it's pretty clear I don't have any.
01:12:00I told you at the start of this, I have a few questions.
01:12:03Okay.
01:12:06I want you to tell me what happened to Paul Walsh.
01:12:11Paul?
01:12:14What does he have to do with anything?
01:12:17How did he die?
01:12:21Is this some sick fantasy of yours you want to know every tiny detail of my life?
01:12:27How did he die?
01:12:32I told you how he died.
01:12:34We'll start from the beginning.
01:12:37Paul Walsh bought that 357 and shot himself.
01:12:44Wrong. You killed Paul Walsh.
01:12:50What?
01:12:52No, you shot him and you made it look like a suicide.
01:12:59You're crazy.
01:13:01No, I'm Maya.
01:13:09Maya's not real.
01:13:12You know that, right?
01:13:14She is real. She's me.
01:13:31You didn't put the bullets in.
01:13:43I thought they were in there already.
01:13:46You didn't check first?
01:14:48You didn't check first?
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01:17:06My name is Maya.
01:17:08My name is Maya.
01:17:10My name is Maya.
01:17:12My name is Maya.
01:17:14My name is Maya.
01:17:16My name is Maya.
01:17:18My name is Maya.
01:17:20My name is Maya.
01:17:22My name is Maya.
01:17:24My name is Maya.
01:17:26My name is Maya.
01:17:28My name is Maya.
01:17:30My name is Maya.
01:17:32My name is Maya.
01:17:34He had a whole family until he left us.
01:17:38How do you walk out on a seven-year-old girl?
01:17:40How do you walk out on a seven-year-old girl?
01:17:42What could you possibly have ever done to make you want to leave?
01:17:44What could you possibly have ever done to make you want to leave?
01:17:46At first he sent postcards.
01:17:48At first he sent postcards.
01:17:50I tore them all up.
01:17:52Eventually he stopped writing.
01:17:54Until a few years ago
01:17:56Until a few years ago
01:17:58he sent me an email.
01:18:00The very first draft
01:18:02The very first draft of his very first novel
01:18:06The one he told me I had inspired him to write
01:18:10Maya sat at the edge of the dock
01:18:14Bright blue eyes gazing the night sky
01:18:18Imagine my surprise
01:18:20When I passed the bookstore six months later
01:18:22When I passed the bookstore six months later
01:18:24There in the front display was Maya's fall
01:18:26Only it had a different author's name on the cover
01:18:28Only it had a different author's name on the cover
01:18:30I thought it had to be a coincidence, but it anyway every word was the same
01:19:01There's bullets in it this time I
01:19:08Didn't kill him I
01:19:12Didn't know he was struggling. He never told me he never said a word
01:19:17I don't believe it'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 a
01:19:34future
01:19:35But he did it anyway
01:19:37You're a liar. No wait, please just listen to me
01:19:43When I came home, I found the manuscript what you just took it. Yeah
01:19:50That's his that belongs to him
01:19:54He left me and
01:19:57He left you I
01:19:59Don't owe him a damn thing I
01:20:05Was angry and alone, but I didn't kill him
01:20:15But you were gonna kill me
01:20:24Sign it I said sign
01:20:29It's a confession saying that you didn't write the book that Paul Walsh is the author of Maya's fault
01:20:39Sign it this won't bring him back. Shut up. I
01:20:48Said sign it
01:20:56Now get up and go sit by the way
01:20:59I
01:21:22Happens now you shoot me
01:21:25No, I'm not like you
01:21:42Have a wonderful life
01:21:55I
01:22:25I
01:22:56You
01:23:16Writing is a personal journey
01:23:18We all have stories within us
01:23:21the trick is
01:23:24Finding out how to share them with the world in a way that connects
01:23:29All right. I hope you all have found some inspiration here today
01:23:42Jesse
01:23:44Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I've really enjoyed your workshop
01:23:49Thank You Beatrice
01:23:52The epic fantasy, right? Yeah. Yes, that's me. I think your sample is very good
01:23:59Really
01:24:01Yeah, I wish you had shared it with the group. Oh, no, I couldn't I'm not that confident. I haven't shared it with anyone
01:24:10Well, I hope that changes
01:24:12I
01:24:13Know the workshop is over
01:24:16But I was wondering if you would help me with my book
01:24:22I
01:24:25Don't do private consultations
01:24:28bad experience, please
01:24:31I'm very easy to work with I do anything you say
01:24:40Well, you've twisted my arm walk with me to my car you can tell me all about it
01:24:47You
01:25:04Do you want to hear a story it's been a while I might mix up some of the details
01:25:17You
01:25:47You
01:26:17You
01:26:47You
01:27:17You
01:27:47You