"It's a good script."
"…but I don't think this should be your next drama, Aren."
Shane's heart fell as he heard that, cold water pouring over all his expectations.
He had thought that maybe today was the day his dream of seeing his story get adapted into a drama would be realized; however, Ember's words were like a slap that jolted him awake to reality.
If Aren didn't play the lead, he didn't have the confidence of his story receiving the justice it deserved.
Many good novels had suffered due to bad adaptations already, and he didn't want to see his suffer the same fate.
If that happened, his original novel might be criticized as well, as usually, all the blame for a drama's failure gets dumped on the unknown writer.
Only popular writers with a positive record and great influence could be spared from the scapegoat treatment.
