Oscar: We’re Thrilled that you’ll be Publishing your Memoir with our company. You’ve had such an interesting life. I’m sure you’ll have lots of Titillating stories to tell.
Liz: Well, my memoir will certainly have a lot of stories about my career: the people I’ve worked with and the kindness I’ve encountered in this Industry.
Oscar: That’s nice, but people buy Autobiographical books for the Juicy details, the more Salacious the better.
Liz: I was really thinking of focusing on the people who helped me in my career and their Selflessness.
Oscar: But I thought you were interested in writing a Tell-all book. Considering how many times you’ve been married and the Affairs you’ve had, you must have lots of Steamy stories.
Liz: I don’t want to be Telling tales about people I love or once loved. I want to focus on the positive.
Oscar: You could do that, but your books won’t Fly off the shelves without those juicy details.
Liz: Really?
Oscar: Really.
Liz: Maybe I could tell one or two Scandalous stories.
Oscar: Now you’re talking.
Liz: There was that Infamous party where a Cat fight broke out between…
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