Hubert Wolfe is a successful author who has been using a ghostwriter for years, Dany, an asocial but talented author. As an important closing date approaches for Wolfe's next book, Dany loses his inspiration when his wife leaves him so he turns to Quentin, a soft-hearted day-care teacher with a pure soul who writes children's books in his spare time. When Quentin chases after a waitress he just met all the way to Louisiana, Hubert and Dany follow him in order to finish the novel on time. There, they will face much more than their own demons!