:07:02
She said she had the whole
day for you Friday.
:07:05
l can't spend the whole day
with her Friday.
:07:08
You're gonna have to come and pick me up
in 45 minutes. Make that a half an hour.
:07:14
On Friday morning, you're
going to leave him at Mrs. Vaughn's.
:07:18
I know-- for half an hour.
:07:21
No. You're never going back,
:07:25
and it'll take him all day
to make his way back home by himself.
:07:30
Mrs. Vaughn won't offer him a ride.
:07:33
l don't expect him back before dark.
:07:36
Ted's gonna be really pissed off.
:07:43
l read your, um-- your story.
:07:46
Oh. l thought you forgot. No. l just
didn't have a chance to get to it before.
:07:52
lt's not very good, is it?
Oh, it's, uh-- it's very heartfelt,
:07:56
very-- very personal.
:07:58
lt's, um--
:08:01
Well, it's just a collection of personal
anecdotes that don't really add up to much.
:08:06
lt's, uh-- l was just tryin' to see if
l could write something that seemed true.
:08:09
Oh, it seems true. lt, uh,
just isn't very interesting.
:08:13
Sort of a--
an emotional outburst, but, uh,
:08:17
it isn't really a story.
:08:21
And that, uh-- the guy, Hank-- you
know, the one who dies at the end? Yeah.
:08:26
You need to prepare a reader
for something like that. Uh--
:08:30
lt just-- lt didn't seem like
the way things happened. Well,
:08:35
you need to let your audience
guess what's gonna happen--
:08:40
you know, anticipate what's gonna
happen-- and then you surprise them.
:08:44
But, um, you have to guide them
through it. You know what l mean? Yeah.
:08:47
There's a part of writing that, uh,
:08:51
involves a certain manipulation.
:08:55
That may seem cold to you, but it is, you know, sort of cold. l
- l guess.