The Main Character

“Hey, that sounds so cool, but do you know what it reminds me of? Have you seen the TV. show…”

I zone out at the end of the sentence and don’t notice that my friend Jordan is still speaking. Dude, in the nicest way possible, shut the fuck up and don’t dismiss my own work. I worked so hard to create this screenplay for my first major film project and now I’m prepared to throw my manuscript into the bin and start over. The world doesn’t need my work, apparently. Something I sarcastically think to myself. Nice work Jordan, thanks for accusing me of copying someone else’s creativity and taking away from the story I wanted to tell the world. The anger builds up inside of me and I have to stop myself from raising my voice to tell Jordan “All ideas are inspired by other sources before it. All ideas originate from somewhere, you fucking moron.”