He hadn't meant for the idea to develop into a screenplay, let alone a Hollywood film. "The script he wrote was supposed to be a novel". Screenwriter and author Mark Jude Poirier sat down years ago to tell the story of a man's slow self-realization, and now his screenplay "Smart People" shows in theaters across the nation. In this New York Times article, Poirier discusses the evolution of the script and the difference between a screenwriter's plot and story-line" in the sense that novelists and short-story writers understand". http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/movies/06raff.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin