As a guy who runs a blog about the nuts and bolts of screenwriting, I sometimes get frustrated by aspirants who only want to dip their toes in, or believe they should be able to have a thriving film career in Duluth. The don’t want to commit fully to the form or the craft.
A comment (#6) on [an article](http://www.tuaw.com/2009/01/15/starting-out-with-objective-c/) about Objective-C programming had a good simile for this situation:
> It is like I showed a chain saw to a early American colonist, and he said, “Can I cut down the tree without starting the engine? I don’t like the noise. Maybe I can just bang it against the tree?”
**UPDATE:** More discussion [here](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/the-duluth-dilemma).