/lit/ - Literature

Angsttime!
>Spend half of the year researching numerous literary sources for a national play competition
>Dedicate it to old friend of mine
>Let best friend edit it several times
>Wake up this morning to have him telling me that he wrote a play with the same character and theatrical style of absurdism
>Cold War begins between my very cultured play and his complete rip off which has little, if any, literary merit
>mfw

Any advice or similar stories, /lit/?