“ What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens. ”
If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.
~ Robert Mckee
When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved by a desire to touch the audience.
All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.
No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.