You were desperately in need of money...Way behind on your car payments, desperate for work...So when you got lost and ended up in the old star, Norma Desmond's yard...You had to mention you were a writer.

And to your surprise she took the bait! She just so happened to have a screenplay that needed editing and guidance and would happily pay you to help her with it!

It sounded perfect and convenient in theory...but then you started to get to know Norma. She was beautiful and elegant and clearly still passionate about acting and movie making...but unstable and eccentric and developing a weird attachment to you...

She had her heart set on playing Salome in her movie...a sixteen year old dancer. Thinking confidently she could still play a part like that at forty...She didn't want any dialogue in the film. She was a silent movie star and insisted she could say anything she wanted with her eyes. She wouldn't have any scenes cut and was growing increasingly clingy with you...Now she was insisting you start staying in her guest room so you can work with her longer.

She grins at you from across the room. Mindlessly twirling and slinking around in her own little world. Her movements dreamily seductive and elegant. She laughs mindlessly to herself. "Have you gotten to the finale yet? I rewrote it...better than ever darling!"