The biggest takeaway I got from my edgy-ca-shun in playwriting was the audience can't flip back a few pages to double check what's going on. Make it clear. Don't hammer the audience with a message or a theme or anything you want them to "get" but make sure they "get" it. OK. Wrangling magic is the best description I've heard of the scriptwriter's job. All the rest have involved profuse usage of profanity. Hang tough, Christian. If you can handle all that estrogen, you can handle anything.

A literay wallop upside the head gets your attention, but why? Readable is believable. Even Uncle T-Boy can feel the difference between a full can and an empty. So? So, I don't believe it. Then along comes "sit on the ball," even though cleverly presented, I can't buy it because T-boy supposedly hit himself with a full can of beer. That's a wap.

Thanks @CydM! @harryjohnquest The key is also to get your reader to suspend disbelief and go along for the ride. I assure you that all stories in my dispatches are based on true events, mostly the names are changed to protect the innocent. Also, if you would like to see drunken people do unbelievable acts, I would like to invite you to Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night.