Oh, its very heartfelt. Very personal. Well, its just a collection of personal anecdotes...
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Ted Cole:
[discussing Eddie's first story]
Oh, its very heartfelt. Very personal. Well, its just a collection of personal anecdotes that don't really add up to much.
Eddie O'Hare:
I was just trying to see if could write something that seemed true.
Ted Cole:
Oh, it seems true. It just isn't very interesting. It sort of an emotional outburst, but it really isn't a story.
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- It's not very good, is it?
- Oh, it’s, uh-- it's very heartfelt,
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very-- very personal.
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It’s, um--
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Well, it's just a collection
of personal anecdotes
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- It’s, uh--
- I was just tryin' to see if I could
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Oh, it seems true. It, uh,
just isn't very interesting.
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Sort of a--
an emotional outburst, but, uh,
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it isn't really a story.
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- And that, uh-- the guy, Hank--
you know, the one who dies at the end?
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You need to prepare a reader
for something like that. Uh--
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- It just-- It didn't seem like
the way things happened.
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you need to let your audience
guess what's gonna happen--
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you know, anticipate
what's gonna happen--
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But, you have to guide them through it.
You know what I mean?
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There's a part of writing that, uh,
Clip duration: 63 seconds
Views: 152
Timestamp in movie: 01h 05m 10s
Uploaded: 11 September, 2021
Genres: comedy, drama
Summary: A writer's young assistant becomes both pawn and catalyst in his boss's disintegrating household.
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