As a counterexample, see Paul Reubens on writing "Pee-wee's Big Adventure": "I bought the Syd Field book on writing screenplays, and me, Phil, and a guy named

As a counterexample, see Paul Reubens on writing "Pee-wee's Big Adventure": "I bought the Syd Field book on writing screenplays, and me, Phil, and a guy named Mike Varhol did exactly what was said in that book. I mean, exactly, right down to getting three-by-five file cards and writing each beat down and putting it on a bulletin board. We did every single thing like that. As a result, Big Adventure is extremely classical in its structure because we were literally doing it by the book. So on page thirty, Pee-wee’s bike gets stolen. On page sixty, it gets found. It’s a whole thing." https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/03/15/pee-wees-big-friendship-paul-reubens-talks-phil-hartman-and-more/ https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/03/15/pee-wees-big-friends...