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lt's about flowers.
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Okay.
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But it's not only about flowers, right?
You have the crazy plant-nut guy, right?

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He's funny. Right?
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''There's not nearly enough of him
to fill a book.''

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So Orlean ''digresses in long
passages.'' Blah, blah, blah.

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'' No narrative unites these passages.''
New York Times Book Review.

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l can't structure this. lt's that
sprawling New York er shit.

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Man, l'd fuck her up the ass.
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-Sorry.
-The book has no story. There's no story.

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All right. Make one up.
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l mean, nobody in this town
can make up a crazy story like you.

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-You're the king of that.
-No, l didn't want to do that this time.

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lt's someone else's material.
l have a responsibility to Susan--

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Anyway, l wanted to grow as a writer.
l wanted to do something simple.

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Show people how amazing
flowers are.

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Are they amazing?
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l don't know. l think they are.
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-l need you to get me out of this.
-All right.

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Charlie, you've been stringing
them along for months now.

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Not to give them anything at this
point would be a terrible career move.

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Hey, my script's going amazing.
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Right now, l'm working out
an image system.

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Because of my multiple personality
theme, l've chosen a motif...

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...of broken mirrors to show my
protagonist's fragmented self.

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Bob says an image system increases
the complexity of an aesthetic emotion.

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-Bob says--
-You sound like you're in a cult.

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No, it's just good writing technique.
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l made you a copy
of McKee's 1 0 Commandments.

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l posted one over
both our work areas.


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