Virgil, a college writing student, hopes to have his latest story published, but he must first get over one major hurdle before his work gets out to the world, his mercurial writing professor Richard Laymen.

A college freshman drives seven hours to visit his girlfriend at another school, only to be broken up with as soon as he arrives. Unsure what to do next, he spends the rest of the night getting roped into various unexpected situations by a wide array of eccentric characters.