What if Hollywood finally called - only to hand you the role of lifetime victim? Rodney Mullins is a failed screenwriter with a stack of rejections and few shreds of hope. Then Oscar-winning director Marc Kessler offers him the job of a lifetime: shadow the great man, chronicle his films, and maybe just maybe Rodney will see his own script reach the screen.Once on his roller-coaster ride, Rodney s confidence grows, but attempts to have an influence on what s happening around him often result in unintended, awkward and sometimes hilarious consequences.But working with Kessler is no dream. He is capricious: sometimes brutal and humiliating, sometimes a mate, encouraging and all is complicated by Gloria, Kessler s dazzling wife, who Rodney is totally smitten by. Does he really believe he can be a better partner to her than Marc Kessler?Rodney is caught between ambition, obsession, and betrayal in a world where everyone steals something ideas, hearts, or lives.When the credits finally roll, will Rodney discover he s written his own comeback or his own ruin?