Writer in the Cabin 5 is one of the Collectibles found in Alan Wake. It is the fifth episode of the Writer in the Cabin, a "TV show" which shows Alan Wake's time trapped on the Bird Leg Cabin.
Transcript[]
Alan Wake: Anything outside of writing is a struggle. I feel ill. I managed to make my way downstairs. There's a shoebox filled with books and papers by Thomas Zane. It's very hard to focus but I managed to read some of it. He's a poet and a good one. He writes of muses and creators, summoning fabulous things from a magic lake, using its powers to shape the world, of a realm of gods and dreams, and demons, dark things that wait for a chance to slip through, wearing the flesh of men as disguise. Zane writes about himself, his girlfriend being taken over by a dark presence, about growing scared of the lake. Zane believes it's a mirror to the gaping void of darkness above, where some Lovecraftian presence lurks. I crawled back upstairs. I'll borrow these things for my story. They ring true. They fit.
Location[]
The television holding this collectible is found within a shack in the Gray Peak Gorge Ghost Town.