Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.
Christopher BollenI've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing.
Christopher BollenThereโs a great scene in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974] that Iโm obsessed with: Sally is being chased by Leatherface with a chainsaw... And she runs into thorn bushes. And sheโs getting tangled up in it because sheโs running fast... But Sally needs to move slowly in order to get through the bushes - she will get farther faster by going slowly because her hair and clothes wonโt get tangled and caught. Thereโs something really beautiful about understanding that, while someoneโs chasing you with a chainsaw, you have to move more slowly in order to get away.
Christopher Bollen