was watching a video where the screen writer for taxi driver gave his method of how he wrote taxi driver

its

personal problem--------metaphor-----------plot

problem: feeling alienated and disconnected

metaphor: a lonely taxi driver

plot: you all know the plot to taxi driver


So, not a literal story, but an experience disguised as a story

so like if you were gay in the closet, you lead a double life, you could write that as an action spy thriller