I've been working the same desk job for six years, watching my manager David promote everyone except me. Every performance review, he'd give me vague feedback like 'room for improvement' while praising others for work I'd actually started. Writing workplace scenes in third person made me see this wasn't about my performance - it was about David feeling threatened by someone who'd been there longer than him. The breakthrough came when I wrote a scene where my character calmly presents documentation of their contributions to the department head. Last month, I scheduled a meeting with David's boss and brought printed emails showing my project leadership and client feedback. Within two weeks, I was promoted to senior analyst with a $12,000 raise. David now asks for my input on major decisions. I never would have confronted the situation directly without first writing it as a scene where the character stands up for themselves with evidence, not emotion.
— Sarah M., Script.Movie User