"Life stories tend to be chronologically linear, rarely following good dramatic structure. But cinema demands dramatic structure to keep people in their seats--and get them there in the first place. The author of an autobiographical screenplay tends to be fixated on what actually happened, almost to the exclusion of practical realities. If the only reason for writing screenplays to begin with was to share this personal experience, the writer's not likely to be interested in changing the story to meet the very real needs of the producer to make back his investment, or the audience to be moved."
SEE: Autobiography | CONCEPT | "How to Write a Screenplay"
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