No, I’m not seeking to rework the classic 1990’s British comedy, but to give an explanation of how a high school dropout ended up pursuing a career as a writer. Through the first half of life, I’d barely read a book let alone considered writing one. In my twenties I did attempt to write a screenplay, inspired by a vivid dream I’d woken up in the middle of. It took a decade to complete a first draft and by the time I begun attempting to edit, the holes in the script were obvious enough for me to admit defeat. I was in my late thirties and still had no idea…