Patty struggles with turning 39, but with a little help from Thelma, Louise and Virginia Woolf, she reconnects with her writing and herself.
Patty plans to quit her job and focus on writing full time, but when Jeff loses his job, she needs to dig herself out of a hole at work and find time to write.
When Patty makes writing her top priority, everything else in her life starts to fall apart.
Patty must choose between a lucrative offer on her screenplay and a prestigious grant that lets her keep creative control of her movie.