Both of Paul's legs are broken in several places, so he is bedridden and incapacitated and and hooked on Novril, an addictive, morphine-based (fictional) drug that Annie has a large supply of. By the time Paul regains consciousness, he is already in the guest room of Annie's secluded farmhouse. He is rescued by a former nurse, Annie Wilkes, and brought to her nearby home. After drinking a fair amount of champagne to celebrate the novel's completion, decides to head west to California for some rest and relaxation, but is caught in a blizzard and his car skids off the road and crashes, leaving him seriously injured and helpless. While in seclusion at a private cabin near Sidewinder, Colorado, Paul finishes Fast Cars. His agent believes that it was a bad idea to kill off Misery, but Sheldon argues that it was an important career move, as he does not want to be typecast as a romance writer. Paul wants to branch out to other genres, hence his "killing off" of Misery, and has just finished the manuscript of a new unrelated drama novel called Fast Cars. His latest novel, Misery's Child, ended with the death of Misery in childbirth. Famed novelist Paul Sheldon is the author of a highly successful series of historical romance novels involving a character named Misery Chastain.
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