Maile happens to sit down at a writing award banquet beside the very person she needed to. We remember why we write, we talk about closed-door and open-door writing, and Shawn talks about how social media is robbing us of writing without an audience. And they emotionally prepare each other for an upcoming episode in which they will talk about jealousy among writing spouses.

Books mentioned:

Stephen King's On Writing

Stephen King's 11/22/63

John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany