A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.

The lives of Jim and other alcoholics in and outside an AA meeting.

Patti Petalson (Blair) struggles with the pressure of becoming the next important American writer.