Accomplished novelist Richard Sykes struggles to come up with a concept for a new book while trying to resolve his troubled marriage to Haley. In the process, he seeks out friends and colleagues to assist him in overcoming his personal demons that may servr to make him or break him(艺术本来是弥补人生和自然的缺陷的，一切美的事物，都需要我们自己去发现和经营。)