If You Understand What I am Saying, Blink Twice

There is a trust that is extended from the audience to the creator of a work of art - be it written, painted or filmed. The audience trusts that the creator is laying out something that is worth thinking about. They don't want to waste their time.
As an author and a writer, there are things that I believe. 

• I believe that making information accessible and understandable to the reader will encourage lifelong learning and lead to intellectual and creative independence from the shackles of ignorance. 
• I believe that stories stick in our minds better than facts. What we see in story becomes us - what we have seen, what we believe about ourselves, and perhaps what what we want to become. That feeling becomes the story. The emotional connection draws us into the story.

Story sticks long after the details may fade from memory. I draw this conclusion from two things - the organization of scripture, and the vapidity of various Hollywood and pop culture productions. Scripture is doctrine and stories. The doctrine guides us, and the stories give us examples of how to apply the doctrine. Much of what Hollywood gives us is amoral and gives us boundless examples of how to apply such behavior. What is the motivation? Are they good stewards of your trust?
Story changes people. A person will remember a story even if they don’t remember exact facts and figures. Academic History has been changed to just facts and figures so that people don’t know the stories. What were once fairy tales with moral underpinnings have now become over-merchandised cartoons.
Stories allow us to model ourselves after the heroes we know. We can see examples from Hollywood that distract from meaningful stories with overstimulation of both senses and appetites. There are examples in Pop Culture that distract from meaningful stories by creating non-stories of celebrity and scandal. Such distractions from reality, in direct opposition to the traditional moral continuity of history, smack of deliberate attempts to enslave people in ignorance and indolence.
People who create stories have a duty to their audience to give them something to think about. There is an emotional and intellectual (and even sometimes a spiritual) contract that the audience will not be wasting their time. How are we as stewards of this trust?