June 2005, California, USA
“Olive,” Greg Kinnear said. “Your Grandpa would’ve been really proud of you.” He loaded a few bags into the boot space of the minibus—the same boot space where Grandpa’s corpse had been stuffed not long ago.
“Yeah, you were great,” Toni Collette added, ...
2024-11-29 21:19:39 +0000 UTC
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Tier 1: Chapter 120
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2024-11-27 20:33:44 +0000 UTC
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June, 2005, Arizona, USA
I couldn't help but curse my luck as soon as I ran into the living room. The lively atmosphere on set had been immediately dampened by Toni's scream. Everyone was gathered around Alan Arkin, who was lying flat on the floor with his eyes closed. Toni Collette was hovering over hi...
2024-11-27 20:32:38 +0000 UTC
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Tier 1: Chapter 119
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2024-11-26 17:36:16 +0000 UTC
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“Troy, what was the name of that restaurant we went to last time here?”
I silently kept reading the screenplay in the back of our car.
“Do you remember when we snorkeled on that island we booked a few years ago? That was fun, wasn’t it?”
I shot a deadpan stare at my mother, only to receive a mischi...
2024-11-26 17:33:47 +0000 UTC
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2024-11-24 19:40:50 +0000 UTC
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The three men sitting in front of me, all wearing confident grins, made it clear that this negotiation wouldn’t be easy.
“I think half a million would be the perfect remuneration for you,” David Friendly, the man on the far left, said. He was in his fifties, with a stocky build and a round face.
“Absolutel...
2024-11-24 19:38:25 +0000 UTC
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2024-11-22 20:23:21 +0000 UTC
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AN: Shoutout to AbbyR for correctly guessing who the email was from.
Also, I haven't edited the chapter because I have a headache and need to sleep. So if you find some mistakes, be it grammatical or factual, do write a comment so I can correct it later on.
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Hi Troy,
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2024-11-22 20:21:05 +0000 UTC
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2024-11-20 19:33:14 +0000 UTC
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May 2005, London
Evan was excited. It was the last day of filming his very first film. True, he hadn’t directed the film himself as he wanted to, but he’d written the script and directed a few songs for it. For now, that was more than enough. Usually, he didn’t skip classes to go to the set, but t...
2024-11-20 19:31:11 +0000 UTC
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Tier 1: Chapter 115
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2024-11-19 16:11:18 +0000 UTC
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“I just want to talk to her, Jackie,” Troy said emphatically.
“And I told you that she is studying for her mock exams,” Emma’s mother retorted. “Why can’t you come back in a few weeks when she’s done with all her exams rather than disturbing her right now with…whatever this is?”
From what Emma ...
2024-11-19 16:09:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello, my lovely patrons!
I made a big mistake in posting of chapters. Before I went on a break, I had planned the events of Chapter 123 as I have just posted now. I had even written part of the chapter. Somehow, I remembered that I had already posted that chapter so I avoided its events. A reader pointed out that som...
2024-11-17 17:03:07 +0000 UTC
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2024-11-15 18:04:11 +0000 UTC
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April 2005, London
The ride back home was tense and filled with silence. I wanted to say so much to Emily, but the words wouldn’t come. What could I even say to her? I had no idea. From the way she kept glancing at me out of the corner of her eye, I knew she had sensed that something had shifted betwe...
2024-11-15 18:00:37 +0000 UTC
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First of all, let me clarify that the upload schedule of Dreams of Stardom will not change at all. I will still release four chapters a week.
You may think, why is he even thinking about a new story and why not write more chapters per week for the current one? And you would be correct. The problem is that I am human as ...
2024-11-14 14:32:53 +0000 UTC
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Tier 1: Chapter 112
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2024-11-13 21:00:45 +0000 UTC
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The shooting for the day was yet to begin, and since we were filming outdoors, I decided to check some of my financials in the meantime. The report from my business manager, Andrew Cohen, had been more than encouraging. Thanks to my active involvement in Crocs, their business was booming. The 2004 revenue had already reached ...
2024-11-13 20:58:23 +0000 UTC
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2024-11-11 19:59:54 +0000 UTC
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March 2005, Kloves Residence, London
“I swear, I’m not producing another movie for years to come,” I said with utmost seriousness. “At least not with so much of my direct involvement in the process. I don’t know what I would have done had you not helped me with this, Dad.”
“Now you...
2024-11-11 19:56:50 +0000 UTC
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Benji Cooper felt more than pumped to see Troy’s new film. While he had been in contact with Troy, it was difficult to talk to him regularly because they were in different time zones. It didn’t help that Troy was super busy most of the time and could hardly spare more than a few minutes to chat. Seeing Troy’s first non-...
2024-11-11 16:55:00 +0000 UTC
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Tier 1: Chapter 110
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2024-11-10 21:33:18 +0000 UTC
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“Don’t be nervous,” Tobias said gently as Diana held his arm tightly. “This is something most people go through sooner or later. Believe me, everything will be alright. Honestly, I thought you’d get married way after me, but hey, life has its surprises, right?”
Diana took a deep breath, trying to calm her ne...
2024-11-10 21:29:32 +0000 UTC
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Hello dear readers!
The title says it all. I'm back here after a month long hiatus due to my exams, and now I'll be posting regular updates again. I had planned to release three back to back chapters, but a few friends of mine are dragging my hermit self on a weekend long holiday. I only have two advanced chapters writt...
2024-11-08 11:35:00 +0000 UTC
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“And the Grand Jury Prize for a Dramatic film goes to [Brick],” announced Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Film Festival.
A wave of elation filled me the moment I heard the verdict. The entire cast and crew of [Brick] and I leapt to our feet, applauding as our director, Rian Johnson, took the stage to accept ...
2024-11-08 11:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi!
It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that I'll be pausing this page's subscription for a month. As you probably already know from one of my previous posts, I am a student who has exams coming up next month.
Unfortunately, Patreon doesn't give me the option to pause membership for a part of the mont...
2024-10-06 14:16:53 +0000 UTC
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Rod Meyer was excited. While he wouldn’t say it out loud, his favorite actor’s film had its premiere at Sundance. He had fought tooth and nail to be the one sent from his office to see the movie and write a review about it.
He still remembered the first time he was completely enchanted by Troy Armitage when he saw [...
2024-10-06 13:54:32 +0000 UTC
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January 2005, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah
“My question is for you, Rian,” a middle-aged lady spoke into the mic. “How does it feel being part of one of the world’s biggest film franchises after a small indie film like [Brick]?”
“I still can’t believe they’re letting me ...
2024-10-04 18:14:31 +0000 UTC
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Emily felt overdressed. Looking down at her beautiful floor-length royal blue dress, she couldn’t help but feel like an impostor. She couldn’t have afforded that dress even in her dreams. Her mom had talked to a designer friend to rent a dress for a few days, but even that was costing more than what Emily received for sho...
2024-10-02 20:52:39 +0000 UTC
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