Why three days? A good question. When this story was being conceived in screenplay form, I was playing with the idea of a “in real time” story. OK, even in a screenplay you wouldn’t have it run for three days; even in a stage play which may be most possible, but still impossible-yet the idea intrigued me. Then I started thinking about how the events of a few days could frame out a story, AND how the events of just a few days could change the trajectory of a life. So though the original concept failed, the idea of a certain set of days changing someone’s life stuck and became the frame by which to tell the story.