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A Docile Writer By Robert Whitman Essay

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A docile writer being blackmailed for murder drifts between reality and fantasy as he struggles to find a way to stay out of prison. BRIEF SYNOPSIS ROBERT WHITMAN (30’s) is submissive, docile writer struggling to finish a story and find the right plot-point. He suffers from writer’s block. Robert is also consumed with guilt for accidentally killing JASON BAXTER, with his car two years ago. Now, Jason’s brother, WAYNE BAXTER, is blackmailing Robert, threatening to turn him into the police. Unable to come up with the money, Robert is beaten up by a corrupt cop, OFFICER BATES. Struggling to remain free, Robert drifts into writing an action thriller where his hero, OWEN SCHNEIDER, is on the run from his nemesis, OLDMAN, who is after an algorithm that Schneider has in his possession that can be used to decipher and translate any code including a valuable manuscript. Oldman gives Schneider a deadline – the eclipse. The stakes rise for both Robert and his fictional hero, when their freedom is threatened and there appears to be no escape. When Wayne steals Robert’s computer, Robert grabs his gun and storms over to Wayne’s apartment only to find Wayne dead. Someone shot him. Robert grabs his computer, takes it, and leaves. Later, Robert is arrested for the murder of both Jason Baxter and Wayne Baxter. Robert’s estranged father, THOMAS, wants to represent Robert in court. In Robert’s fantasy world, Schneider and AGENT REYNOLDS go after Schneider’s nemesis, Oldman.

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