Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25266931-20161112032800/@comment-14138255-20161116160644

That's because it's a short story, of course it'd be without those things. And as for decisiveness, he didn't immediatly quit work on the thing until he was sure. He was stuck in a blanket staring at the thing for awhile I'd imagine (and I don't know where the Tim Burton stuff was unless you count the character being a director).

So the script and the movie was leeching his life force or something? Interesting sort of Twilight Zone-style story. I  must say again, of course a short story is going to be free of filler and fodder characters (well, short stories of that length. The ones by Ray Bradbury and the like are much bigger when it comes to short stories, requiring multiple chapters).

I didn't really see the need for the Director's parents being a part of the story. If you take them out, nothing would change, they don't really influence anything, and all they do is make him look rather crazy when he sees them nodding in approval for lighting a studio on fire while laughing maniacally. It's not like the studio killed them (unless that was what you were implying).