(Note: I'm stepping in for Patrick this week, but fear not --
our beloved Patty Walsh will be back next week with another
installment of The Write Stuff.)  At 26, Gustin Nash was an
aspiring screenwriter working in a Burbank mall -- hanging with
a bunch of kids (what he calls the "mall sub-culture") --
watching movies, and looking to his father, a psychiatrist, for
advice on the future. One night, while down in the dumps and
unsure of his path in life, Gustin's father told him to make a
list of things he wants to accomplish and next to each write
down, "You can do it." Later on, in bed, Gustin dreamt up a new
character -- one that, no matter what life threw at him, would
always remain optimistic and open-minded. Thus, his tenth spec
script was born ... and he called it Charlie Bartlett.  Little
did he know at the time, but Charlie Bartlett would become
Nash's first produced screenplay. And not only was the film made
(with a cast that includes Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr. and
Hope Davis), but it's also hea