Original subtitles

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you theyes before

me I am high in

energy living up to my dreams I believe

a fantasy

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hi honey how's it going hey Mom do you

think the sunflower should be spread

across out or sort of gather in the

center well given that they're

sunflowers I think front and center let

them command the attention they

deserve

yes that's it I'm going to finish this

in a minute I just got to write

something down really quick oh okay I'll

finish

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up

okay she commanded

attention in every room she

hello Lisa hi so nice to see you what

can I get started for you well yes I'm

actually looking for someone might you

happen to know where I could find the

Miss Sophie wood accomplished author

extraordinaire H I'll uh let me go check

on that for you

oh yes I'm Sophie wood multi at florist

author a

pleasure

sweetie I remember when you were just a

little girl sweeping up rose petals now

look at

you

Lisa is Sophie taking care of you just

popped in to shower her with praise well

good she's her own worst critic it was

actually published by Tales of Inc you

know that Indie publishing house just

down the street well aren't they lucky

to have such Talent I'm not even

exaggerating when I tell you I could not

put it down in fact I'm grabbing this

extra copy for my book swap the more

readers the better right thank you so

much that means a lot and please enjoy

on the house oh so

sweet and this is on the house just for

you oh have a good one ladies and

congrats again doll amazing work thanks

Lisa

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so the best seller list comes out today

so when do you keep track of that since

I had my own horse in the

race think I have to win a few more

races before I make it to the

derby number

three wait

what number three look right here in

black and

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white this this can't be real you

what oh my gosh this is

huge oh it's

Janice take it hi

Janice yeah I'm just seeing it

now yes I can come in I can come in

right now sure okay yeah I'll see you

soon bye

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can you believe

it

honestly I'm struggling with the fact

that I'm even awake right now I mean of

course it shouldn't be a surprise based

on your talent alone you wrote an

absolutely incredible story but 20 years

in this industry and I've never seen a

splash like this for an indie author let

alone a first timer which is exactly why

I'm convinced my alarm is going to go

off any second well don't wake up just

yet guess who I got a call from this

morning I don't know Santa Claus better

Meredith

mcevans no from Grapevine publishing

that's the one she's eyeing you for a

three book deal oh my gosh this is

career altering life changing every

writer's Wildest

Dream

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yeah

morning good morning Emma Daniel you're

early today yeah I'm actually meeting

Janice Kilner this morning secretly

switching agents scandalous tell me

everything

no no juicy scandals

unfortunately just doing Janice a favor

after she helped set up that initial

meeting for the web series all right

how's that going it's going it's a work

in progress but we'll get there I'm sure

it'll be great thanks so for the book

tour we have you in Boston Chicago

La kind of a coast to coast action yes

and the kickoff for the tour will be an

event here in the city sponsored by pen

and paper bookstore it'll be media only

interview hosted by Olivia Winters wait

the Olivia Winters I grew up watching

her show with my mom yeah the queen of

late night is a big fan of your book wow

okay no more news for today my brain is

about

to oh great marith mckevin just got back

to me she'll be in the audience that

evening and wants to take you out to

dinner after to discuss the book deal

perfect

perfect come in morning Janice oh Daniel

welcome have a

seat you must be Sophie Daniel Burke

looking forward to working together

Sophie wood nice to meet you Sophie and

I were just going through the details of

her book tour and I was about to get to

your role in all this just in time nice

you know I'm actually surprised you two

haven't met yet Daniel's another client

at the agency and he's working on a web

series with the rebel Lifestyles if

you've heard of them oh yeah yeah I've

watched a lot of that content um

congrats thanks and congratulations on

the book amazing news thank you so um

Sophie for book tours we always hire a

public speaking coach to help authors

prepare and since Daniel is a thought

leader on the subject and a client at

the agency I figured he'd be a natural

fit to help with the book tour oh that

won't be necessary honestly I'm totally

good to go consider my bags packed

no offense and and thank you for the

offer yeah no problem are you sure

Sophie speaking prep is pretty standard

my clients always Rave about how helpful

it is oh I'm I'm sure it is um and

Daniel's been working hard on his web

series scripts so I was thinking maybe

in return for his help with the coaching

you could help him with some editing

well actually the the scripts there oh

yeah I'll totally help with the editing

anytime no thank you but uh yeah my uh

my friend is intervie them for me he's a

real stickler for grammar

and

words well it's uh just about 1:00 so I

better go check to see if the reporters

are here oh great yeah I should head

back to the flower shop on Wednesdays we

ice the orchids so actually they're here

to see you Sophie sorry yes I called a

mini press conference as soon as we got

the news this

morning

great that sounds fantastic and Daniel

I'd still love you to observe sure hey

it'd be great to see one of these press

conferences in case you ever need my

help for any other

clients

great so these are reporters from some

of the top lit magazines here to get the

scoop on your book everyone Sophie

Sophie everyone Hi there all right if

everyone can take a seat we can get

started thank you w so much for taking

the time to stop by I think I speak for

both Sophie and myself when I say that

we are just blown away by the massive

early success of Walking on Air so rare

for a new author I can't say I'm too

surprised ever since the first time I

read her work I knew that Sophie had a

gift but enough for me Sophie I'll let

you go ahead and introduce

yourself uh hi everyone I'm Sophie oh

whoops

um Sophie Uh Wood Sophie wood I'm the uh

author of the

novel uh maybe you can start by telling

us a bit about your writing process yeah

uh right um yeah I've never really um

done this before uh so to start I um

I I talk to my

characters not in the mirror that would

be

weird uh I uh I like to talk to my

character on the um page the page I like

to talk to my character on the

page you know I've noticed while working

with Sophie that her Talent lies in her

ability to be diligent without letting

the rigidity of deadlines or

deliverables squash or creativity

Sophie is an Everyday Writer who will

produce draft after draft until she can

feel it s I'm just grab okay there

okay well uh uh thank you all for

coming I'll uh see you with the media G

in a few

weeks thank you

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I'm sorry for springing that on you no

no I'm sorry I didn't bring my aame not

a problem but can we uh reconvene

tomorrow I want to chat a bit more about

the book tour since it uh it is coming

up fast absolutely same time if you can

yes great see you soon yeah

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what was

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that hey Mom H when was last time you

watered the

ferns o last week sometime something

like that I think okay they actually

weren't Do fur watering until this week

so I'm going to make a note for another

watering in 2 weeks okay these ones are

very fussy and they looked a bit drowned

okay well the plants can wait until

tomorrow to be fosted over why don't you

call it quits and bask in the glory of

your big

day oh look look look great reads

magazine

wow that was

fast oh your father would be so

happy he always knew his little girl

would make it

someday I have a funny feeling he pulled

a couple strings from me up

there I'm going to get a hard copy of

this tomorrow and frame it nice maybe

you can put it over my sixth grade

school

photo oh oh look there are Reader

reviews at the bottom of this article my

favorite book of the Year oh this one

has every color of heart emoji at the

end of

it I love that you know what emojis are

oh yeah I text

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is

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so what do you

think uh yeah yeah I mean it's obvious

you've done a lot of work on this and um

I'm not trying to be harsh in any way

but uh these episodes seem a little

dry yeah I felt that while I was writing

them right they're just like missing the

the the sparkle that makes you good at

what you do well Tom you think I Sparkle

man not these scripts you don't okay

point taken no but seriously man I mean

I know how challenging the writing

process can be and if I could write

these things for you I would but you're

the expert they're paying the big bucks

for and I'm just the young and dashingly

handsome producer trying to get his own

career off the

ground well

questionable okay but hear me up for a

second this whole series is based on

public speaking right and I believe that

the real sparkle behind any great

speaker is the ability to embrace

spontaneity okay

so what if we just send an outline of

all the key points I plan to touch on

and then just tell them that part of my

process is simply being in the moment

when the camera's on okay believe me I

would love to save us both that kind of

time and sure you can Embrace

spontaneity all you want once we get

into filming great

but Revel specifically ask us for full

episode scripts before we can even move

into

production see if I can squeeze in

another pass in the next week if I can

fit it

in the deadline's

Friday

remember

yesik Friday's not a fast yeah it's

right after Thursday

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I'm sorry Janice I know I messed up

yesterday but no need to apologize to

start let's just zoom out a bit and

agree that no one really likes public

speaking

okay no offense none taken I know for

while that enjoying it is a little

bizarre I actually enjoy it too

look I was off yesterday okay I know

that but it was a fluke and it won't

happen again I promise you have a lot

writing on this interview Sophie and if

yesterday was intimidating just imagine

being in the hot seat with Olivia

Winters Janice I can assure you that's

exactly what I need

Assurance it's my job to set you up for

success and I can't just sit back and

let you miss out on this book deal with

great fine I don't say that to scare you

but these big Publishers want to work

with writers who are not only talented

but also capable of upholding a certain

public Prestige that goes along with

their

brand and if Meredith mcevans decides to

pull the plug on the deal because she

feels you aren't ready it'll be really

hard for us to bounce back I totally

understand but I think I'm fully capable

of I know you are capable but in order

to prevent any Jitters from getting in

the way I'm going to insist that you

work with Daniel to

prepare just think of it as taking out

an insurance policy on your dream

career I was thinking maybe we can go

for a business launch talk to the coam

see regr

at

sure a business lunch that's a great

idea

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Sophie

Hi

hey sorry about that I didn't see you at

first I thought I would just uh run a

quick errant all good thank you for

meeting with me I'm excited to dive into

the coaching with you yeah listen Daniel

I don't want to underplay your

qualifications I looked you up by the

way I hope that's not weird as long as

it isn't weird if I looked you up too

the fact that it's not weird makes it

weird you know sign of the times for

sure mhm but I have to say I was really

impressed by your work I'm sure it works

wonders for people who who need it yeah

well that's the goal yeah I just um I

just don't think I'm one of those people

you know and I don't want to take time

from your busy schedule and your scripts

I'm still available for edits if you you

need me yeah thanks maybe down the line

sure

thing anyway um I know we just met but

do I really seem like that shy of a

person to you no not at all but

effective public speaking doesn't always

hinge on whether a person is shy or not

I mean there have been plenty of

outgoing people throughout history that

have been terrible public speakers even

presidents so how about this I could do

a quick assessment right here see where

you are at and if I agree that you don't

need the coaching then I'll tell Janice

you have my official stamp of approval H

deal cool going to walk us through a

quick visualization shoot I left my

Crystals at

home it'll only work if you take it

seriously you did say you wanted to be

off the hook didn't

you

okay all right we'll start by having you

exhale close your eyes place your hands

on my

Palms okay we'll use the interview as

the example in the

scenario picture yourself at pen and

paper bookstore there's Olivia Winters

getting ready to introduce you to a full

audience you look out and there's

Meredith mcons taking a seat in the

middle row no no no no no no nope I'm

terrified okay I despise public speaking

hey let me help help you I use a

skill-based five-step method the

interview is in 10 days right don't

remind me the coaching won't take too

long if you give it a try and decide

it's not for you we part ways no hard

feelings well if you help me pull this

thing off you might just be an expert in

Magic by the time we're done

hey hey welcome I didn't know this place

was here it's beautiful isn't it my

friend Tom and I use it as a work space

all the time and it's entirely donation

based and maintained by the artists that

use it very

cool and um why exactly am I wearing

athletic gear please tell me we're not

running don't worry running is not on

the docket good I used to run every day

in college but these days I prefer a

brisk walk yeah I saw that two-time

track champion at n's College how did

you know

right well it was actually cross country

and I came in third both years but I

like your spin on it well you're time as

a runner might actually help you with

what we're working on today step one in

the coaching program is breath

work did you know that if you can

control your breath you can actually

trick your nervous system into calmness

I did not M May makes sense public

speaking and forgetting how to breathe

seem to go hand inand for me you are not

alone it's very

common oh

wow this is

lovely Hey Brother how's it

going all

right

yoga I've been meaning to get into yoga

so if I pull a hammy on the first try

you're going to have to carry me down

for flights of stairs the risk is low

but I got your back either

way we're going to start with some

warm-ups a big breath

in and melt all the way

down come on what you look like one of

those inflatable tube men at a car

dealership yeah yeah you ever noticed

that Tube Man seems like a pretty

Carefree guy he's not out there wearing

a about what anyone else thinks he sure

isn't right let him inspire you commit

to your inner tube

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man the singular most important thing

you can do when trying to control your

breath is to breathe from your diaphragm

H I've heard some of my favorite pop

stars talk about

that funny I had you pegged as more of a

jazz

fan because I'm a

novelist yeah which is a pretty bad case

of stereotyping when I say it out loud

and you're probably into house

music because I have a lot of energy and

essentially make a living as a glorified

hyp man mhm wow well I'll have you know

yeah that's exactly

right okay DJ Daniel are you going to

teach me how to breathe or have I lost

you to your inner Dance Floor wait for

it here comes the beat drop boom

all right so one hand on your chest that

on your stomach and then exhale fully

and then simply let the air re-enter

your body it should feel like you have a

balloon inflating underneath your

ribs in through your nose and

out in through your

nose and out

if I practice real hard what's the

likelihood that I end up like one of

these pop stars well I don't know let's

he a few

notes yes I walked right into that one

didn't I sure

did and

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out oh my mom needs me to cover at the

flower shop for a few hours can we pick

back up tomorrow sorry she's not always

so good with schedules no worries we're

just about done for today why don't I

walk you you can wrap up quickly at the

shop I have to head that direction

anyway you don't mind no I love a bris

walk

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myself there you go nice to see

you thank you hey Mom oh this is Daniel

the one I was telling you about yes

Daniel Hi I'm Evelyn nice to to meet you

and I'm so sorry to interrupt your

session but I completely forgot about an

appointment I have this afternoon no

trouble at all it's a pleasure to meet

you Evelyn yeah yeah and oh thanks so

much Sophie and I'll see you later

tonight yeah funny how you uh forgot

about your appointment but you didn't

forget about pasta night huh priorities

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priorities your mom seems awesome must

have been a lot of fun growing up oh

yeah never a dull moment so step two is

memorization and it comes with some

homework Romeo and Juliet mhm these two

are nothing but trouble whenever you

have to speak in front of an audience it

can always be helpful to memorize some

sort of text a safety net to fall back

on when the nerves take over so if I

freak out in front of Olivia and

Meredith I'm supposed to start reciting

a Shakespearean monologue I would pay

big bucks to see that but no the

monologue will be for step five the

trial run in a few days you'll recite

the monologue in front of a group of

friends incorporating all the new skills

you've learned the story is stresses me

out not a big

romantic I have no problem with romance

I just don't believe that love should be

as hard as it's made out to be in

stories I get that then again love can

be pretty hard in real life well not if

you keep your head on straight yeah but

who's ever kept their head on straight

when they fallen in love me I've never

totally lost my head for someone oh is

it possible you've never actually been

in

love

uh hello let me know if you need any

help with

anything okay Mr uh speech and debate

co- Captain oh wow you did a deep dive

huh I'm thorough now before we even get

to the trial run we have to tackle step

three facing your

fears okay we could do that or we could

I don't know not do that all right so

I'm going to have you write down some of

your other fears and I'm going to set a

20 second timer so that you can go with

your gut instinct and not overthink it

okay but what if go oh okay

um and

time let me

see interesting he we can definitely

knock off a few of these tomorrow you in

do I have a choice oh we always have a

choice to be chicken you did not just

chicken me oh I did you let me know the

time in place and I'll be there you got

it how did go with the master of the

stage today seemed like a nice guy well

he's uh a

character I still think it might be a

waste of time but he did share with me a

couple tips to keep in my back pocket

well that's great here let me take taste

this what do you think M you measured

everything right yes I followed the

recipe exactly yeah well this recipe is

more of a suggestion than a than a rule

right I mean little dash of

this pinch of that just go with the

flow Cheers Cheers

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hi did you hear really have to pick the

tallest building in the

neighborhood couldn't we have started

with something smaller like climb a tree

or check out the fire escape of a

two-story building or see a movie that

takes place on a plane well I do have to

admit I did have a double Moto for

picking this

place my dad actually brought me here

for the first time when I was a

kid I come back once a year to get a

picture from the top for him a where

does he live He's Upstate but he's a

city guy at heart just doesn't make it

out this way as much as you'd like to

anymore well if I have to do it for Dad

I guess I have to do it for

Dad chickens first

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hey my legs are jell my legs are jell

come on I I mean I feel Brave we can go

now you got this come on we're just

going to head over to the ledge check

out the view take a picture and then

we're going to head back down okay I

can't look down I can't look until we

get there so just make sure I don't

almost there you got it you got this

come

on all right all right almost there okay

and the last few steps are all you oh

come on almost there what you got it

come

on there you go I'm going to count it

down and when you look up you're going

to see the city like you've never seen

it before I

promise okay go go go all right three 2

1

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what this is like a totally different

City from here it's incredible

right I think that's why I think that's

my first apartment over

there my roommate was so sweet but so

messy

H my high school was just past that

intersection there it's a pizza shop and

a bakery right across from each other

best smelling Corner in the city oh yeah

I recognize that area my dad's auto shop

was there wait I know that place does he

still work there oh no he passed away

when I was

nine oh I'm sorry to hear that

thanks he was the best

it's getting windy up here um I should

take that picture of you

yes

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okay got it these are

great one more for good luck yeah come

in okay oh all right all right you good

side ready

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got it good yeah would you have to go

back down to the ground yes please let's

go

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right I can't you do it come on buddy

you'll be fine just hit send do you

really think the change has helped you

know what I do I mean I'm sure we'll get

some notes back but that's to be

expected we can handle notes you're

right and a deadline's a deadline right

there's not much else we can do okay

here we

go done add a boy and now we

wait and now we

wait just hurry up and wait

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so now that you've uh conquered your

fear of

height would you water the uh plants on

the top shelf up

there very clever segue but I actually

have to leave in a minute to go meet

Daniel at the park oh what's on the

docket for you two

today another Fair challenge I just

don't know the details

yet of all the the fears I listed I

didn't think you were going to be able

to get your hands on roller blades so

quickly seems like skating is really

making a comeback few of the bike rental

shops in the city have expanded their

Horizons into skate rentals goes hand

inand with the '90s

fashion speaking of the90s that was

probably the last time I put on a pair

of these bad boys oo me

too your Horror Story first and then

mine well I used to be pretty good until

I took a huge fall and had to get knee

surgery oh I can spare you the show and

tell unless I'm good are you

squeamish uh maybe a little squeamish

little just don't want to jinx it fair

your turn oh join me up here and I will

tell you a story of young heartbreak

that would make Romeo and Julia look

like Child's

Play I bet it all started when you lost

your head for a girl big time it was the

sixth grade and I was madly in love with

my girlfriend Colleen

shine let me guess her smile could light

up a room you know it we dated for 3

months which means we talk like once a

month during lunch

period see that's why I waited to have

my first boyfriend until I was a grown

mature eighth grader we talked every day

if you count passing notes in class as

talking so it was the end of the year

field trip and we were at skate town

this big roller ranking Jersey

lights come down disco ball starts to

spin and my favorite R&B song comes on

uhoh I think I know where this is going

yeah I look over at Colleen and she's

slow skating with Steve Sherman no not

Steve Sherman Steve Sherman I was so

crushed I never hit the rink again after

that you win your emotional scar is much

more gnarly than my surgery scar

are you good I'm good I'm good so how

did it end with pen pal boy well he said

he wanted to take things off the page

and meet face to face I didn't feel

ready so I dumped him with a hi

cou sheesh ruthless with the pen even as

a youth

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you know that wasn't that bad I might

have to stick with it for the cardio

yeah that was a lot more fun than I

remember so what next matching tattoos

couple fears

conquered we had time to stop and reward

ourselves cheers to that if we break now

we can head back to The Loft space and

run through step

four which is

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body language the goal here is to use

your physicality to send a signal of

confidence not only to the audience but

to your own brain make eye contact

especially if you know someone in the

audience you could even make eye contact

with Meredith if you're feeling brave

okay baby steps let's see give it a

try that's it chin up shoulders

back that there is certainly shoulders

back and chin

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up okay are you taking this seriously do

you want to learn obviously all right

I'm going to come show you I know how to

walk I can see that come ready okay

so shoulders chin and we

walk that's the one

and as horny as it might

sound

smile there it

is don't tell me don't tell me should I

fall let it be with grace

and grace

and levity levity of spirit shoot okay

let's start again

but you were almost done can't we just

pick it up from here no I have to get it

right I have to get it perfect I'm no

improviser when the heat is on won't you

have to improvise the answers during the

interview I mean you don't always know

what questions they're going to ask

regardless I'm not there yet the point

is to get this monologue memorized and

down pat so I can work on the other

skills I've learned with Daniel do you

think you might be giving this silly

fear of yours a little too much power

mom I get what you're saying but doesn't

feel so silly when I'm up there and

fight or flight mode no no I know I I

don't mean to downplay it it's just

that I think if you just went into it

freely without all this buildup you

might find some levity of

spirit I wish I could you can head home

if you're tired but I'm going to stay

here and get this

perfect you really are your father's

daughter aren't

you now I've always said the two of you

were sent to teach me a thing or two

about

diligence

so from the

top

okay should I fall let it be with Grace

and levity of spirit there you

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go thank you guys for coming I'm a

little nervous

but sorry for the delay Tom was supposed

to be here with the speaker Mike already

oh no I guess we should reschedule how

about uh

never no no hey guys okay there he is

great sorry I'm

late hi you must be Sophie I'm Tom

Daniel's friend in personal tech

department I paid him to add in the

friend bit well it's nice to meet you

Tom definitely thanks for coming through

dud yeah absolutely man feel free to

stick around and help us fill in this

little crowd we got here well dude let

me uh just get all set up and I'll be

back out

here

okay okay testing testing oo whoops

sorry about that everyone but that's why

we

test testing testing testing sounds

great whenever you're

ready all yours okay okay

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testing I can't

I can't I can't I'm I'm sorry

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I hey folks just wanted to let everyone

know about the food trucks that you'll

find if you walk down that

way yep just keep walking that way for

New York's best food on Wheels not here

over

there sorry man thanks

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thank

you just doesn't make any

sense last time I couldn't stop babbling

and this

time I forget how to speak

entirely how am I supposed to fix a

problem if my reaction is different

every

time I know you have it in you you work

through the coaching steps just as well

if not better than some of my strongest

clients and I still

failed why don't we try again later no

I'm spent I get that no you don't

sorry no I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap

I just there's no way that you could

possibly understand what I'm going

through because cuz you've always been a

natural public speaking has always come

naturally to me sure but I got my own

fear a big one for me

actually

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writing yeah I know what you do mhm I

recognize that look in your eyes every

time someone mentions your

scripts some might even call it the

chicken stare

so you caught me huh I sure

did seriously though let me know when

you get those notes back in your

scripts I'd love to return the favor and

help

out and I promise to be as patient with

you as you have been with

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me thank you

really and I will definitely take you up

on that when I hear

back

cool but getting back to you I think we

can try a few more creative ways to

tackle this fear that's still blocking

if you'll keep me on that is oh you're

not jumping ship

now good wouldn't

want to face on our

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fears let's

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go I know exactly when everything went

downhill for fourth grade science fair

and it was my turn to present my diarama

oh I forgot about those you make them

out of shoe boxes right yeah mine was a

deciduous forest scene I used the

trimmings from the plants at my mom's

shop to make the

trees it had been about a month since my

dad passed and I guess I was determined

to prove to everyone that I was back to

being a normal kid whatever that meant

sure there a lot for you to be going

through at such a young

age so there I was at the front of the

room ready to

go and all of a sudden my mind went

blank I started getting really hot and

the walls seem like they were closing in

on

me and the next thing I know

I'm sobbing uncontrollably and the

teachers had to rush me to the bathroom

no poor little Sophie exactly that's the

part that still sticks with me those

teachers looking at me with such deep

pity I felt

pathetic and now that I say it out loud

maybe that's the

fear it's not so much the act of

speaking in front of everyone

but the idea that I could be perceived

is

weak yeah that's deep

all the good

news you can never look weak because

you're

not you're talented articulate self

assured

beautiful beautiful

huh sorry uh I I mean

you hey

Janice

uh which podcast is that

again um sure yeah I think I can make

that

work okay

great yeah I'll be

there thanks

Janice I'm going to be on the tailored

to the page podcast tomorrow at 9:00

a.m. help is that the one where they try

and imagine what fashion designers the

characters in the books are wearing

that's one segment yes my protagonist is

a tight RPP Walker

I don't know any famous leotard

designers is that even a thing this is

actually the perfect warm-up you get to

work on your interview skills without

actually having a crowd less

pressure aren't you proud of me look at

me living life on the edge all the way

up here all the way it's the fourth

floor still counts I'm facing my fears

actually you know what there's one more

fear I want to try to conquer before the

podcast it wasn't on your list then how

do you know it's a

fear thought I'd have a curveball

challenge handy the other day so I

contacted a local expert in all things

Sophie

oh Tom hey not who I was referring to

but hey Tom H sorry d interrupt but um

can I steal you for a bit to talk about

the project something sort of just um

came up uh yeah

definitely hey if you're free later can

I meet you at the flower shop oh Mom's

the expert of course uh yeah I'll be at

the flower shop this evening to help her

close up perfect see you then sounds

good nice to see you Tom likewise take

care

Sophie Rebel hated the script didn't

they let's just say they didn't land

well at

all I'm really sorry Tom I didn't think

we were this off the Mark I know me

either luckily they're going to give us

another shot all we got to do is go in

there and give them something totally

fresh yeah yeah great let's let's do it

all right great uh let's get started

with uh trying to focus on nailing down

a Brand New Concept for the the pilot

episode that's a good idea yeah if we

could sell them on whatever New

Direction that we're heading in then we

can build from there

definitely Brand New

Concept

hey what about Sophie yeah she actually

offered to help with the edits which

would be great no no no no I mean I

think she would be a really great case

study to focus on for the pilot episode

honestly I I don't know about that Tom

hear me out buddy

okay Rebel said they wanted something

more tangible less hypothetical right

yeah but I think Sophie's real life

story about overcoming her own stage

fright could be really inspiring plus

she's a rising name so by the time the

series comes out audiences will already

be familiar with her it's kind of a

win-win on the publicity

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front but we were going to use her as a

subject in an episode I would have

wanted to ask at the start of the

coaching all right asking Midway through

feels

Shifty and I don't want her thinking

that I have some ulterior motive for

helping her no no no I I get that but

you do take notes on all your clients

right I assume you have some notes on

Sophie yes for my own

use okay how about this we play around

with sketching out an episode about

Sophie based on the notes you already

have and then if she Nails the interview

and you think it's appropriate we can

pitch the con conep to her at that

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point fine but if she isn't absolutely

thrilled with how this interview goes we

scrap this idea and we're back to square

one totally scrap it but for now let's

just see what notes you already have

maybe we can get a rough draft going

it's worth a

shot producers

really you told him I'm afraid of small

spaces well I admit it was a bit selfish

on my part but um well look the closet

is due for reorganization and I just

thought it could be maybe your last

project in the shop before you become

rich and famous all right let's not get

too ahead of ourselves just speaking get

into

existence oh and um if you two get

locked in there just be sure to scream

real loud not

helping see I'm perfectly fine wait what

if we get

traps we could either walk

out or we can scream for Evelyn which

would be my vote please don't get her

going here we go just like everything

else start with the

breath instead of focusing on the size

of the space try focusing on what's

inside the space sweet Aromas beautiful

flowers you ready

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four this thing

on Welcome to the inside florry podcast

I'm your host Daniel Burke and today I'm

joined by a very special guest

bestselling author aspiring Daredevil

and master florist Sophie wood how's it

going Sophie well I'm currently cooped

up in a closet with a man who's

imagining things but other than that I'm

hanging in there little imagination

never Hur anyone in fact our listeners

are going to use their imaginations

right now for those of you who can't see

me which is everyone I am currently

selecting a bunch of flowers and forming

a small bouquet in a moment Sophie is

going to tell us a little bit about each

flower that she's going to rate my

bouquet on a scale of 1 to 10 here you

are my lady oh I thank you kind sir

they're absolutely

lovely oh sorry kids um customer just

called with a last minute order oh

Daniel you're tall would you mind

reaching up into the corner getting that

planter for me sure

thing

sorry there lovely thank

you wasn't so bad was

it

bouquet yeah i' give it a solid8 out of

10 not bad for a rookie I'll give you a

15 out of 10 for enduring a whole 5

minutes with a podcaster in a cramp

space all you got to do tomorrow is wake

up and repeat it'll be a piece of cake

you know what maybe you're right there

you go right on

baby a here you go this will ensure you

both get a decent night's sleep just put

it under your pillow we do thank you

I'll see you tomorrow around 8:45 yeah

I'll be there at 8:30 but no rush and uh

text me if you want coffee it's a

pleasure seeing you Evelyn you too see

you

soon yeah looks like the two of you are

getting along very

well yeah

he's been um he's been great

actually I just hope it all works

out you know the tour and the interview

and

everything H I have a funny feeling

it'll all work out just

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fine that came fast uh I'll be right

back Mom

oh

Daniel hey did I forget something no but

I ordered this for you and it just came

in me yes this is one of my favorite

writing journals it has a daily prompt

on each page and it's what I always use

whenever I'm going through writer's

block it helps get the creative juices

flowing which is more romantic sunrise

or sunet and

why I guess I'd have to say sunet oh no

no got to write it down

right I guess I'll have to Noodle on

this one when I get home

then thank you Sophie this was really

thoughtful it's the least I could

do get home safe okay you too good night

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okay

morning sorry sorry I didn't want to

disturb your reading don't worry I'll

get you back one of these days when you

least expect it I'm sure you will so how

you feeling

ready I'm good think you're good I

know Sophie oh it is so nice to meet you

Georgia it's a pleasure please call me

Gigi this is my friend Daniel Daniel

nice to meet you likewise all right

right this way

okay all right so we're going to have

you over

here

okay thank you so much for coming in

last minute oh of course big fan of the

show oh I'm a big fan of the book

seriously I finished it all in one day

really M it's amazing it was seriously

such a treat o I almost forgot about our

lightning round questions for

later uh lightning round I don't

remember that being part of the segment

of the episodes I studied I mean listen

to oh well you're going to be the very

first guest we try this with the

producer just thought it would be a

really fun way to wrap up the show oh um

is there any sort of uh hint as as to

type of questions in this lightning

round well that would be cheating but um

I promise you they're all really fun so

just don't even worry about it yeah I'm

sure okay so just a couple moments here

we will be good to

go all righty you ready y yep oh my gosh

do you need some water I should oh no no

no no I'm okay thank you trust

me hydration is key you would not

believe how much these mics will pick up

on a scratchy voice thank you scratchy

voice head cold I swear the more

recording I do the more I feel like

these mics are just a window to the

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soul uh wow that's uh so when I press

this button here the recording will

start are you ready

ready hello all you Bookworm

fashionistas I am Georgia Marx and this

is tailored to the page Our Guest today

is an icon in the making not only is her

very first novel walking on air an

instant bestseller but you will also

have to believe me when I tell you you

her style is

immaculate welcome Sophie wood and thank

you for bringing your book and your look

today hi thanks for thanks for having me

okay so we will get to talking about

your incredible novel in just a moment

but first I must know where did you get

this jacket it is so Sleek all of you

listeners don't worry I will post a

photo on my

Ig uh I I got got it

um I think I got it online actually

um are you

okay can we

stop is everything okay oh yeah um sorry

I'm actually I think I I actually might

be coming down with something oh no yeah

I woke up today feeling a little but I

wanted to power through um but I don't

want to leave you with a with a bad

recording is there any chance that I

could reschedule once I'm feeling better

of course don't even worry about it let

me grab you a ginger

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ra okay thank you all right I I will

walk you out um

that was good feel winter soon Sophie I

will have our producers reach out to

your people again next week to see about

a redo if that sounds good it sounds

great uh thank you so much for

understanding um sorry again for all the

trouble oh please don't apologize

seriously just rest up

right what happened I'll tell you later

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so I'm guessing you're not actually no

I'm not actually

sick but that microphone up there saw

directly into my soul and it wasn't

pretty

huh can we go back to the loft maybe you

can try to hypnotize me whatever we can

do to fix my brain in the next 48 hours

my expert advice write this off as a

bump in the road and try and relax for

the next few days good one okay I know

you're still going to practice and St

over it up until the big event

so how about we pencil in a mandatory

dinner break tonight for little rest and

Recovery coach's

orders guess I do need to eat at some

point

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let me guess dear diary Daniel's running

late and I can't wait to tease him about

it it's more like dear diary remind me

to ask Daniel if he knows any body

doubles that can stand in for me at the

interview we have tried tried a lot of

creative techniques but that would

definitely push us in a bold new

direction thank you cheers

cheers so what are you really writing in

there just some notes for my next novel

already on to the next one manifesting

that three book deal the truth is I'd

still be working on my next Noel even if

I knew I'd never get paid

again why do you

write well for one thing I love the

comfort of knowing that a book has a

solid beginning middle and end where is

really life a bit more

unpredictable very true indeed right one

moment you're quietly drawing up plots

and characters between flower orders and

the next you're going on tour

but I think more than anything writing

is like breathing to me like it allows

me to tap into this power that doesn't

exist for me in the real world that's

exactly how I feel on stage it's like

tuned all the way in or something

yes and I think I want to pay it

forward there were certain books and

stories that stitched me back together

when I was going through some of my

darkest hours and

the thought of being able to touch even

just one person in that same

way is what keeps me

going well consider me one touched

reader among

many you read my book I did I did full

disclosure I started it with the goal of

trying to get some Clues into your

psyche oh and what do you think what's

the verdict the only concrete conclusion

that I could come up

with the world needs your voice and your

story

Sophie oh it's very sweet no no I'm not

saying that to be

sweet what I read in your book are the

words of someone who believes in

Hope bravery and

tenacity and wouldn't it be a shame for

that same person to let anything stun

her into

silence much less a little stage

fright I'm aware of the brutal irony

yes why don't you try thinking of this

book tour as just another way to share

your words with the

world because what you have to say

matters

Sophie and nothing can take that from

you thank

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you well you've certainly had a day for

the books I'll give you that that is so

true

such a

classic

Hotel

feeling EMP

stairs and out the fire

escap escap

wow pulling out all the big moves

feeling inspired what can I

say thank you

Daniel for

everything and thank you for taking the

chance and trusting

me well I can't really take all the

credit for that Janice did have to force

me into it

I'm glad she

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did a song on the other hand um a sure

then I have to agree to disagree on that

one I like that move what was that yes

yes special to oh yeah that's your

that's your signature the one

[Applause]

okay my ride should be here in 2 minutes

I meant to ask you have you heard back

on those scripts yet yeah we are back at

square one unfortunately oh no I'm so

sorry well why don't you send me what

you have now and I'll see if I can help

come up with some fresh story ideas yeah

I was thinking I'd send you a few

examples after your interview is out of

the way oh no just go ahead and send

them tonight I mean I'll be up

practicing anyway and I'm sure a

distraction will come in handy at some

point what about getting some rest who

needs rest

oh that's me it's just around the corner

there oh uh here here you uh you take

this what are you going to do I I will

be fine are you sure I will be fine I'm

sure yeah yeah well thank you all right

Sophie go to bed yeah yeah I

will that's a great question Olivia uh

no don't don't say that just answer the

question start

over well of course I've always dreamt

of this kind of response

and you know

don't go

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Sophie it's Daniel I come bearing

coffees in a good luck

gift um now not really a good time oh

you okay I thought we were meeting at

The Loft at our usual

times did you just wake

up guilty is

charged anything else you want to take

note of is everything

okay so tell

me what's your final

hypothesis will I get through the

interview tomorrow or well the most

complex case you've ever encountered end

in total

disaster hey Sophie I didn't mean to

send me the episode you writing about me

behind my back yeah I

figured it is not what it looks like we

just thought that we could I didn't even

want your help to begin with and yet

somehow here we

are was this your plan the whole time to

treat me like some sort of lab rat no no

it's not that at all okay Tom just

thought you know the worst part of it is

I was actually starting to believe that

maybe I could do

it maybe I could just go out there and

forget what anyone thinks you can and

you will look I promise that I can

explain Sor I I just don't have time for

this right now wait Sophie wait I can

explain um I don't know what's going to

happen tomorrow but your services will

no longer be needed I guess you'll have

to find a new Muse fine but if I can

leave you with just one last piece of

advice I've had my fill on advice

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thanks step out of your own

way might be surprised by what you find

homemade lunch has

arrived or oh should I say

brunch a girl spends one day in her PJs

and everyone gets on her case hey hey I

didn't say it wasn't a cute look did

I how's it going

honey just about as well as it looks M

looks like maybe it's time to tap out

and go with the flow mom I keep telling

you I know it's a cliche it's not that

it's cliche it's that it doesn't work

for me the way it works for you I didn't

inherit your Carefree Jean believe me I

wish I did right so then your life could

just be as easy breezy as mine is okay

no no I'm sorry I I shouldn't have said

that I didn't mean it I know your life

hasn't been easy for you not at all

oh

well I know sometimes even if you do go

with the flow it doesn't mean you'll

never hit choppy

waters I'll definitely be filing today

under

choppy first I blow up at Daniel next

I'm being testy with you not my best

work hi what happened with

Daniel turns out he's writing an episode

about me for his web series and

apparently I'm the most complex client

he's ever

encountered can you believe that well

well actually yeah what what look the

guy spent days cooking up unique and

okay sometimes strange ways to help you

overcome a major fear that's holding you

back so yeah I say that's pretty complex

fine but he could have at least told me

about it first or asked for my

permission to be in the episode why so

sneaky yeah that is OD did he say why he

never told you no we didn't get to

that I guess I didn't let him get to

that well maybe your paths will cross

again after the storm subsides

and then you can get to the bottom of

what his true intentions were

maybe but no matter what happens in the

future just trust

yourself okay you know

why why because the flow rewards those

who are tough enough to hang in there

even in the the toughest

currents so do yourself a favor and get

a grip will

you I'm trying

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okay decision time should we take a taxi

walk or or the train to Nate's party

yeah I don't think I'm going to

go

and I am sorry to Spring this on you now

but that Sophie episode is officially L

off the table no no no no what

happened still trying to figure that one

out oh you finally asked her out and she

turned you down man I really wish you'd

waited until after we found out about

the

episode why would you think I was going

to ask her hm where would I get a wild

idea like that

from okay it may have crossed my mind a

time or two but our professional

relationship ship has been my top

priority since day one oh yeah of course

totally nothing matters now anyway I'm

pretty sure she hates me yeah I don't

know about that okay hate might be a

strong

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word yes you forgot your hot plat and

yes I washed it

Oh I thought your my mom ah well I do

hope to be a schoolis for one

day for the record I'm going to bed soon

yeah no no I won't be long I just uh

really still wanted to give you

this

thanks and to tell you that I'm

sorry look I was never going to produce

anything without getting your permission

right Tom and I were just brainstorming

some ideas and we thought that your

story or even an exaggerated version of

your story could be a really interesting

one to

tell I bet it would I should have told

you as soon as it came up but it was so

close to your interview I didn't want to

psych you

out plan obviously

backfired just a little

bit but

um thank you for this

um really I uh

I should really take your advice and get

some rest long day tomorrow obviously

absolutely uh good luck tomorrow

Sophie thank

you good night good night

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h

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okay get a grip W you

okay shoulders back up hands Loops okay

hay to interrupt

Janice hi what am I interrupting it

looks fun oh I was just doing the tube

man I just something silly to calm the

nerves Daniel taught me actually oh yes

isn't he wonderful he is he really

is I'm sure you're ready to knock this

thing out of the park as ready as I'll

ever be great well I'm going to check in

with the Media Partners you come find me

if you need me yeah sounds good oh uh

wait um is Olivia here yet I would

really love to meet her before we start

yeah so here's the thing Olivia's big on

meeting guests for the first time during

the

interview oh uh cool great yeah

something about it feeling more fresh

that way right yeah totally totally fine

great yeah

totally fine to meet my childhood icon

in front of an audience

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yeah

okay may I sit beside you please oh

thanks

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ah the

book good evening can you hear me in the

back there well thank you everyone for

joining us tonight I am thrilled to be

here to discuss Walking on Air everyone

please give a warm welcome to Sophie

wood such a treat to meet

you well let's get right into it shall

we yes oh

sorry oh no worries so Sophie tell us

how you heard the good news news about

your

bestseller uh

better okay so yeah I um I woke up in

the morning

obviously um and I read it in the paper

we still got the paper at my mom's uh

flower shop it's my day

job and uh so yeah that's that's where I

was well that's a good segue to my next

question it is yes than they say write

what you

know so my question is are you a pro On

The Tight RPP when you're not writing

and if so can you demonstrate for us

after

this WOW uh a curveball and a challenge

um well I hate to disappoint you but I'm

actually terrified of heights but I did

visit a very tall building this week so

um I just might be getting closer to

giving it a

try don't ask me to join you I am a big

fan of

gravity tell us about Sasha your

protagonist where did the inspiration

for her character come from right so my

process is very much about research and

when I first read about the first female

tight RPP Walker to

ever

um to ever

uh sorry yes the main character was INSP

ired by a real life circus artist but as

far as her inner dialogue her her

perseverance her drive her unwavering

belief to do whatever she set her mind

to all of that was inspired by my mom

Evelyn she raised me as a single mom in

the city with very few resources after

we lost my dad and as a child I remember

thinking that some kind of luck or magic

was at play somehow we always got

by somehow we still managed to laugh and

smell the

roses somehow we

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healed but much like tight rope walking

there's nothing magical about it she got

us both through by taking one step at a

time balancing both strength and

softness never wants letting us

fall is Mom here oh yes oh she's right

there actually let's give Mom a round of

[Applause]

applause it was so great to have you on

the show thanks

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again I cannot believe this whole time

you thought of me as a spelt and Nimble

acrobat

even the bravest of daredevils have

nothing on you well you hung on tight up

there can I get in here oh

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yes Meredith mcevans from Grapevine so

nice to meet you Miss mcevans it's an

honor thank you for coming oh of course

I just talked to Janice and confirmed

our dinner if that still works would'

love to discuss what's next for you yes

can't wait to chat good

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wow amazing job up there Sophie thank

you so much oh I mean I knew you'd get

through it but that was beyond the

chemistry with Olivia unreal you think

oh it was fantastic and the book deals

all but signed don't be surprised if

Meredith draws up the contract over

appetizers wow and thanks again for

letting me connect you with Daniel oh

thank you for the recommendation I think

it's safe to say it definitely helps oh

definitely I couldn't get over his face

when he was watching you up there just

now he looked so happy for

you really

MH is he still here

mhm right over there

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you did it did I you were incredible 20

out of 10 listen I'm sorry I didn't hear

you out yesterday I'm scared n i

shouldn't have started anything without

your permission I was just

inspired let's make the episode

together are you sure really it's fine

if we just keep everything between us I

thought you said I had a story to share

with the world wouldn't be very honest

if I held back the messy Parts would

it I can't argue there good looking

forward to our next project I wonder

what other fears Will Conquer along the

way you know this actually something

I've been a little scared to do for a

while

now you need to be shy

oh

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