When society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. - Robert McKee

We shape the telling to fit the substance, rework the substance to support the design.

The dramatist is fascinated by the inner life, the passions and sins, madness and dreams of the human heart. But not the comedy writer. He fixes on the social life - the idiocy, arrogance, and brutality in society. The comedy writer singles out a particular institution that he feels has become encrusted with hypocrisy and folly, then goes on the attack. Often we can spot the social institution under assault by noting the film's title.

Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules.
Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.