As the credits rolled, he saw it: . Below it, in slightly larger letters: Screenplay by Marcus Miller . Elias smiled. He hadn't written the lines, but he had built the stage they stood on. Key distinctions in credits:
: Given when a writer provides a treatment, outline, or a draft that is later significantly rewritten by others.
Months later, standing in the back of a crowded theater, Elias watched the screen. The characters spoke words he hadn't written, in scenes he hadn't fully imagined. But when the detective stepped into the monochromatic world Elias had dreamt up in a cramped apartment, he knew it was still his.
