The seeming misuse of 'literally' as an intensifier bothered me so much that I looked it up in the dictionary to prove everyone wrong. To my bemusement (ding!), we're all correct.

According to Merriam-Webster:

Definition of LITERALLY

1: in a literal sense or manner : actually
took the remark literally was literally insane

2: in effect : virtually
will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice — Norman Cousins

Usage Discussion of LITERALLY

Since some people take sense 2 to be the opposite of sense 1, it has been frequently criticized as a misuse. Instead, the use is pure hyperbole intended to gain emphasis, but it often appears in contexts where no additional emphasis is necessary.

The definition of irony prevents irony from ever being misused in a sentence.

Its literal definition is a word or phrase used in a manner that means the opposite of its definition.

If irony is used by its definition, it has been used properly. If irony is used improperly, that's the definition of irony.

A word paradox. :p

While it's important to check your usage, word scolding goes way too far. It often turns out to be people with a little bit of education asserting their superiority over people with a little bit less. (That's how you end up with a lists like this with a 20% error rate.) It's just as important, perhaps moreso for writers of dialogue, to be open to change and fluidity in language.

Writers should learn the rules to make themselves understood, but they should be wary of codifications (Strunk & White famously invented tons of rules that the great English writers of the previous century had no use for) and hypercorrections. I love reading Language Log on this topic.

Three books one should keep on hand at all times.

A Dictionary

A Thesaurus

And last but not least...

The Bible... for those days when you just feel like you can't make it through!

Great info graphic.

Bella Vida by Letty

I can't understand writers who say that a few spelling errors do not matter; What is important is the story.

People who read scripts, read alot. They love language, they love word - yes, spelling errors matter.

And writing a script is not just to puke up a story. It is an art form, just like any writing. And if the writer does not care to present his or hers fantastic story as there were heart and mind behind it, why should the reader care for it?

Alot is misspelled a lot...

Affect (n): emotion
Affect (v): to fake, to pretend to feel

Effect (n): consequence
Effect (v): to change, to cause