Charles says,“Why can’t there be a movie simply about flowers?...I don’t wanna cram in sex or guns or car chases or characters learning profund life lessons or growing or coming to like each other or overcoming obstacles to succeed in the end”And it‘s exactly how the story ends. Whether Donald really exists is dubious.
What if a writer is attempting to create a story where nothing much happends? Where people don't change, they don't have any epiphanies. They struggle and are frustrated, and nothing is resolved.