Write your story, not theirs
Sometimes, you get options you love. Other times, you have to make the best choices you can with the options available. The resourcefulness found in the latter is what makes great work happen.
Sometimes, you get to play risk-free. Other times, you have to take on risk and know it may not pay off. The decision-making skills found in the latter is what makes great work happen.
Sometimes, things aren’t as they would have been were you writing everyone else’s lines in your story.
What matters is the ability to write yours.