Appreciate the help Bork is giving to aspiring screenwriters. I wasn't always clear on what Bork was trying to communicate e.g. he mentions towards the end that he keeps a document on his computer grouping thought fragments he might want to write about, and one of those groups is "arenas or worlds of activity". Wasn't sure what that meant, so couldn't take that advice.

Speaking from the POV of an audience member, I was also not keen on some of the generalizations made on what audiences want or don't want e.g. he mentioned that "audience don't like bleak". I personally don't like bleak, but there's definitely some successful shows which are majorly bleak. I tried to get past those by reminding myself that his interpretation might differ and it was his main message which I should be focusing on, but it was difficult to connect to the message when I kept stumbling on glib points like that. 

All in all, it might be the right book for others, but I don't think it was for me.