:09:00
Everything in fiction is a tool:
pain, betrayal,
:09:07
even death.
:09:09
These are, you know--
:09:12
These are like, uh, different colors on
a painter's palette. You need to use them.
:09:23
Also, the details--
they could be more specific, you know?
:09:28
Specific details, they--
they create whole scenes in a reader's mind.
:09:36
Not being specific, that's just sloppy.
lt's sloppy thinking.
:09:40
S- Specific details?
Yeah--
:09:43
smells, taste-- details.
:09:49
But l'll tell ya, for a, uh--
:09:52
for a first effort, it's not that bad.
:09:55
You know, the, uh--
Thanks.
:09:57
the prose is a little purple, a little
pretentious. Thanks. Thanks anyway for reading it.
:10:02
You're welcome.
:10:08
You ever think about getting
a computer?
:10:12
Be easier to do your own revisions that
way, so you wouldn't need an assistant.
:10:24
Maybe the next book.
Yeah.
:10:36
Oh, boy.
Uh, you better wait for me.
:10:42
l'm not gonna last
a half hour with this woman.
:10:45
Twenty minutes tops,
maybe 10.