I said no politics. Sorry. Will try to do better.

Let's talk about writing for a while. Ever wonder what a story was? It's a valid question. What is it? Well, a story is a situation that drives a person to act to solve a problem vs opposition which causes change in the fundamental nature of the protagonist as he solves the problem.

Watch something, read something, apply the above as a kind of test, asking yourself who changes? What relationship, what fundamental thing about a person changes?

Look at the movie I, Robot – gooood story.

I used to finish writing and throw novels away because they didn't do what I wanted them to do. They didn't tell a story. Many movies, and a surprising number of books that see print, don't.