Fact and Fiction: How to Handle THE TRUTH as a Screenwriter

Oftentimes, a film based in reality will include a handful of fabricated details and interactions. Many people dedicate themselves to pointing out instances where true stories deviate from the truth. Such films and television shows are consistently challenged with intertwining fact and fiction. But if something claims to be a true story, why can it get away with including details that aren’t entirely true? Narrative films are not documentaries. Even documentaries often distort reality to serve their intended narrative, to

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