No Need to Read:

A Chunky Memoir of San Francisco Circa 1991

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Act 1

Episodes (3 posted per week)
Preface
Preface

Good writing requires creating "the need to read"

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Intro
Intro

…an aspiring screenwriter followed a dream…

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1 - Valencialand
1 - Valencialand

the streets are braided with grated youth

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2 - Pre-Cali: Chasing the Dream
2 - Pre-Cali: Chasing the Dream

And then a familiar goofy face pulled up in a white Jetta

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3 - Hitchhiking the Southwest
3 - Hitchhiking the Southwest

"Get out of L.A. as fast as you can."

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4 - Pep Talk
4 - Pep Talk

Zack wants to be a movie director. Way to keep it real, man.

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5 - Crunchy Town Gets Crunched
5 - Crunchy Town Gets Crunched

An hour after the first rattle, I realize I'm still clenching a napkin.

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6 - Ice Cream Amour
6 - Ice Cream Amour

On my mind — all the youngsters selling 6-figure movie scripts.

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7 - Paradise
7 - Paradise

Green Day lays down the welcome mat

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