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Hollywood draws the creative and ambitious,
好莱坞总是能吸引有创意和有野心的人前来追梦，
like this young screen writer who says that writing can be a lonely endeavor.
就像这位青年电影编剧人一样，他告诉我们，写作注定是个孤独的旅程。
You feel you're taking on this really impossible dream with this really impossible goal,
你会觉得自己怀揣着一个不可能的目标，追寻一个不可能实现的梦想。
and it's a little bit comforting to be surrounded by people also doing it.
但是因为周围人都在坚持，所以心里多多少少也有一些安慰。
One hundred writers share a co-working space in a house near Hollywood, here ideas are incubated.
好莱坞附近的一栋房子被开辟成共享办公空间，100位作家一同在这里工作，各种想法也在这里孕育。
These writers could stay at home, says the co-founder of the workspace, but there are distractions there.
工作室的联合创始人表示，这些作家其实本可以待在家里的，但是家里能让他们分心的事太多了。
It's very easy to be like it's time to do laundry,
在家里的话经常会因为一些事分心，比如该洗衣服了，
or I would love to learn this recipe right now, or my cat needs to play all of those things.
或者我现在就想学学这个菜谱，又或是我们家猫得玩一会了，所有这些都是问题。
Alongside other writers, they can concentrate on writing.
和其他作家待在一起，能让他们静下心来专注写作。
Olov Burman runs an animation studio in Sweden, but hopes to make movies in Hollywood.
奥罗夫·伯曼在瑞典经营着一家动画工作室，但他的愿望却是在好莱坞拍电影。
This has always been the dream for me and the company to eventually go into feature film.
拍故事片一直都是我和公司的梦想。
So, right now I'm here to, to create the feature film scripts, basically that is a lot of learning involved also.
所以现在我跑到这里来创作电影剧本，要学习的东西确实也有很多。
Not all the writers have their eyes on the silver screen.
并不是所有的作家都把目光放在大银幕上。
I'm writing a young adult novel, it's a horror fantasy novel based in Los Angeles.
我正在写一本青少年小说。这是一部发生在洛杉矶的恐怖小说。
It is her first novel, and she wanted to be a writer because she's an avid reader.
这是她的第一部小说，之所以想要成为一名作家，是因为她本身就酷爱读书。
I'm kind of a big nerd, and so I really like to read and I've always liked to read fantasy,
我有点像书呆子，特别喜欢读书，尤其是奇幻，
fantasy, scifi, horror, and that's why.
科幻和恐怖类的。
Novice or veteran, author or screen writer,
不论是新手还是老手，作家还是电影编剧人，
they are pursuing their dreams in Hollywood with help from other writers.
大家都在彼此的帮助下勇敢追梦。
Mike O'Sullivan, VOA news, Los Angeles.
VOA新闻，迈克·奥沙利文于洛杉矶为您播报。
