Chuck Palahniuk upon the death of a patient to whom he had grown attached. Palahniuk began writing fiction in his mid-30s. By his account, he started writing while attending workshops for writers that were hosted by Tom Spanbauer, which he attended to meet new friends. Spanbauer largely inspired Palahniuk's minimalistic writing style. When he attempted to publish his novel, "Invisible Monsters", publishers rejected it for being too disturbing. This led him to work on his most famous novel, "Fight Club", which he wrote as an attempt to disturb the publisher even more for rejecting him. Palahniuk wrote this story in his spare
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (film) Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" won nine of its 13 New Zealand Film Award nominations in 1999, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Music. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (film) What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? is a 1999 film, directed by Ian Mune and starring Temuera Morrison as an abusive Māori husband Jake "the Muss" Heke. The film is based on Alan Duff's novel "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" (1996), the sequel to "Once Were Warriors" (1990) which was made into the film "Once Were Warriors" (1994). Jake