Thief!

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I think Hollywood is stealing my ideas. You see, I keep a Top Secret folder with all my potential stories in it. But while I'm good at coming up with plots and characters, I just can't seem to get them to come together in a book or story. I can't bring them to life. So the details just sit there in my folder. Waiting for that magical someday when I'll be a real writer. Sometimes I feel like Pinocchio, in that regard. Years ago I came up with an idea about a woman that could turn into a lioness. This was before I'd ever heard of Therianthropy. So, of course, my idea was completely original. And then Sheena came out. It's probably an obscure show now, but that doesn't matter! A woman that could morph into a lioness? They stole my idea! I wrote down an interesting idea about a man who discovers he's a fictional character in a book. Even I was amazed at my brilliance. Less than a year later, out came the movie Stranger Than Fiction with Will Ferrell as a man who discovers...he's a character in a book! They stole my idea! I had a marvelous story--in fact, I had plans for it to be a complete series--about a woman who could transform into a dragon. Yeah, I know. There's an animal to human theme going on in my creative mind. Imagine my amazement when, years later, I discovered the children's television show, American Dragon. A show where a boy could turn into a dragon! They stole my idea! I think I'm going to have to buy a vault so I can hide my folder before all my ideas are taken! Until the day that I become a brilliant author, do you think I could somehow be compensated for those stolen ideas?