“There is a power attached to screenwriting–a power I discovered in the first weeks of my first paying job as a staff writer on a television drama. The producer called late one night: a new scene needed to be written for the next day’s shooting. I had the not particularly original idea of setting it during a rainstorm. I began typing the words… EXT. SMITH HOUSE – DAY – RAIN. The studio messenger picked up the pages at three A.M.; I slept for several hours, then drove to the set. The crew was deep into preparations to make the weather I had ordered. Rain machines had been brought in, streets were being washed down. Burberries were being tailored to fit the players. Thousands of dollars were being spent, hundreds of man-hours expended. My megalomania had been aroused. I thought; Perhaps next time, I’ll type — SNOW.”

– Lawrence Konner (from “Why We Write”)