Conversations with Television Writers, Chapter XXVII

10:28 a.m.

Ring. Ring. Ring. Machine.
"Hey. Read the notes. Whoa."

Wait.
12:18 p.m.

Ring. Ring. Ring. "YOU ARE RELENTLESS!"
"Ha. Knew you were home."

"I'M WRITING..!"

"Good for you. So...these notes...."

TIME CUT TO:

2 minutes later.

"So, now I've got you on the phone. You have to help me with a story problem."

"Okay. Shoot."

"I need an activity for [Main Character of show.] There's a [detail of secondary character and relationship] and it has to be really annoying."
"Paintball?"

"They did paintball."
"What about a hike?"

"They did that. I was thinking spinning."
"Spinning's good. Like that really needed that extra bit of marketing."

"Riding a stationary bike, not good enough."
"Exactly."

"I used to think spinning was, actually, like, spinning."
"Yeah, like breakdancing without the music."

"That would be pretty funny."
"Yeah."

"Okay. I gotta write this. I'm two days behind."
"Fine, okay."

"Right. Go fuck yourself."
"You too."

CLICK.

"Damn. I wanted to tell him I was going to go see Borat this afternoon. Heh heh."