:47:02
It's about flowers.
:47:05
Okay.
:47:08
But it's not only about flowers, right?
You have the crazy plant-nut guy, right?
:47:12
He's funny. Right?
:47:18
"There's not nearly enough of him
to fill a book."
:47:22
So Orlean "digresses in long
passages." Blah, blah, blah.
:47:26
"No narrative unites these passages."
New York Times Book Review.
:47:29
I can't structure this. It's that
sprawling New Yorker shit.
:47:33
Man, I'd fuck her up the ass.
:47:37
- Sorry.
- The book has no story. There's no story.
:47:40
All right. Make one up.
:47:42
I mean, nobody in this town
can make up a crazy story like you.
:47:46
- You're the king of that.
- No, I didn't want to do that this time.
:47:50
It's someone else's material.
I have a responsibility to Susan...
:47:54
Anyway, I wanted to grow as a writer.
I wanted to do something simple.
:47:59
Show people how amazing
flowers are.
:48:02
Are they amazing?
:48:06
I don't know. I think they are.
:48:13
- I need you to get me out of this.
- All right.
:48:17
Charlie, you've been stringing
them along for months now.
:48:20
Not to give them anything at this
point would be a terrible career move.
:48:32
Hey, my script's going amazing.
:48:35
Right now, I'm working out
an image system.
:48:37
Because of my multiple personality
theme, I've chosen a motif...
:48:40
...of broken mirrors to show my
protagonist's fragmented self.
:48:44
Bob says an image system increases
the complexity of an aesthetic emotion.
:48:48
- Bob says...
- You sound like you're in a cult.
:48:51
No, it's just good writing technique.
:48:54
I made you a copy
of McKee's 10 Commandments.
:48:57
I posted one over
both our work areas.