 The path of a struggling screenwriter and a mysterious free spirit intersects with that of a transvestite, a housewife, and a hapless mobster on their way to Las Vegas to see a celebrity psychiatrist in this darkly comic take on suicidal tendencies and the all-American road trip. Based on the writer/director s shocking real life road trip with a charming stranger turned psychopath, Kill Your Darlings presents a darkly humorous world where a writer s search for art and fulfillment becomes intertwined with a host of quirky characters seeking love and adventure.