Ep 19. It's All Write With Me

Author Peter Stowe, an old college chum of Tom's, is commissioned by Tom to write an article for Tomorrow magazine. Stowe obviously relishes his iconoclastic image and chides Tom about being an "establishment" man. Stowe has a half-finished novel Tom wrote in college and persuades Tom to try finishing it as an acknowledgement of his true calling, writing. At first excited, Tom writes in his spare hours. However, he finds he has little or no time left for Eddie, which dampens his ardor considerably. Eddie is enthused about the project and even does some writing on his own. By the time Stowe finishes his assignment for the magazine, Tom realizes he doesn't have the temperament to be a writer himself. He tells his author friend he can't stand the loneliness of writing, which is why he quit in college. He is quite happy being a magazine editor and feels he can make his best contribution there.