FRED: “So Bill, as you know…” For the love of God, please don't ever begin a scene this way. Why on Earth is Fred telling Bill what Bill already knows? Because a writer is trying to get across some information to the viewer/reader and he/she’s taking the easy way out. Here’s another one: Fred and Bill are on a spec ops mission in the South American jungle. Fred says: “Remind me again why we're here?”