Me and a younger cousin were summoned by an older cousin (from a different aunt) for a meeting. Apparently the Older Cousin had a potentially lucrative treatment he wanted adapted into a screenplay. I was called in first. I do not remember the details but I remember the story was about football player, and the treatment itself had many typos. I also remember that my Older Cousin dismissed my younger cousin without seeing him, which made me feel a little sad for him but flattered for myself.
I remember thinking to myself, while reading the treatment, that it didn't seem like it would make a good movie but that it would be a great challenge to find the drama, and draw it out.
Older Cousin asked me what I thought. I brought up the issue of payment. Things got awkward. I advised that I wouldn't write it for free, but what i would do is write a detailed outline of the way I thought the screenplay should go. Smiles and handshakes.
Later on, I'm in the living room of my parent's house. Older Cousin is begging my mother for money. I start to feel very guilty.
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