Gradual Interview: Dan Southard - dANdeLION - The Story
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Gradual Interview: Dan Southard - dANdeLION - The Story
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Hello Dan. I hope you are doing well.
First of all thanks very much for the entertainment you have provided me and others over the last few years.
I have a few questions so I understand if you decline to answer some part of this.
First of all: What inspired you to write "The Story"? I was impressed with the concepts you raised and would like to hear about some of the details.
Second: Are you planning any kind of sequel to "The Story"? Is it possible to actually write the kind of story you describe and attain those lofty standards?
Third: How do you go about writing? What software do you use? How much time to you dedicate to writing on any given day?
Thanks very much.
I look forward to your future works.
Tom
Hello Dan. I hope you are doing well.
First of all thanks very much for the entertainment you have provided me and others over the last few years.
I have a few questions so I understand if you decline to answer some part of this.
First of all: What inspired you to write "The Story"? I was impressed with the concepts you raised and would like to hear about some of the details.
Second: Are you planning any kind of sequel to "The Story"? Is it possible to actually write the kind of story you describe and attain those lofty standards?
Third: How do you go about writing? What software do you use? How much time to you dedicate to writing on any given day?
Thanks very much.
I look forward to your future works.
Tom
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Well, first off, I do not consider myself a writer. I do admit I wrote the Story, but it doesn't make me a writer. My inspiration, if it can be said I was indeed inspired, was a simple thought, which was "why do writers choose the heroes they create?" I think something subliminal added itself when I sat down to write the Story, making the end result more of "what would MY reasons be if I were to create a hero?", which would be, apparently, money, fame and women. Ironically, I was married when I wrote the Story, and now I am divorced and paying child support, leading me to conclude that I actually lost the things I intended to get. I shudder to think of the straits I'd be in had I actually written a story like the one I alluded to in the Story.aTOMiC wrote:First of all: What inspired you to write "The Story"?
Yes. No. Planning isn't the same thing as doing, and so far, I've done nothing. The concept of doing a sequel has crossed my mind, but I have yet to sit down and write it. Personally, I'm not sure there even needs to be a sequel. I mean, how much do I have left to lose? Car? Job? I'm not sure I can afford to do another story. Then again, I never wrote a story in the first place, so that also factors in the difficulty of writing a sequel.aTOMiC wrote:Second: Are you planning any kind of sequel to "The Story"?
I have a much regimented writing routine. I never do it. If I have an idea, I might write it down on a sheet of notebook paper, but I never have ideas, so it's irrelevant. I'm currently considering unregimenting my writing routine so as to allow actual writing, but so far, have had no success convincing my sub-conscious mind that writing is in fact not the root of all my personal problems.aTOMiC wrote:Third: How do you go about writing? What software do you use? How much time to you dedicate to writing on any given day?
Any time, Tom!aTOMiC wrote:Thanks very much.
I look forward to your future works.
Tom
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dANdeLION wrote:Personally, I'm not sure there even needs to be a sequal. I mean, how much do I have left to lose? Car? Job? I'm not sure I can afford to do another story. Then again, I never wrote a story in the first place, so that also factors in the difficulty of writing a sequel.
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Heh, reality caught up with me. My submission for the'07 Anthology was summarily rejected, proving once and for all I'm no writer!
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In further news, I'm on the submission team this year, so I will be unable to finish the sequel to 'The Story' that I had no plans of writing in the first place.
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dANdeLION wrote:In further news, I'm on the submission team this year, so I will be unable to finish the sequel to 'The Story' that I had no plans of writing in the first place.
Well, we're all less than we would have been if you had contributed your continuing storyline to the public at large. It's a shame. Possibly an outrage. No it's a shame.
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It's cetainly a shame that it didn't rate as an outrage, which, I'm ashamed to admit, I'm outraged over.
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Couldn't you have written a sequel that shouldn't be written for a story that was written that wasn't a story in the first place?dANdeLION wrote:In further news, I'm on the submission team this year, so I will be unable to finish the sequel to 'The Story' that I had no plans of writing in the first place.
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According to the rules, I couldn't. But, even if I did write a sequel, it wouldn't count as a sequel due to the fact that I never wrote anything for it to be a sequel to. And, seeing as how I cannot write, that also would prove to be a most insurmountable hurdle to jump in order to write said sequel.
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Waffles do not need servants, dude. They just need syrup, and butter.
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I lent my waffle maker to Steve Carell, who used it as a prop in an episode of The Office last season. So, now I'm forced to just get Eggos.
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People often ask me "How did you write such masterpieces as The Story and Flower of Doom, when you yourself claim to not be a writer? "How did you write such masterpieces as The Story and Flower of Doom, when you freely admit you've never written a word in your life?" And for over a year, I've let it go, wondering if any of you were smart enough to figure it out. Well, you're not, so let me spell it out to you. It is a paradox; and I am the white gold.
Now leave me alone, for I am busy inventing the worlds first eight-sided hamburger, which I shall call the "Octoburger". Such is my genius; such is my right.
Now leave me alone, for I am busy inventing the worlds first eight-sided hamburger, which I shall call the "Octoburger". Such is my genius; such is my right.
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That's because it's an octopus, not an octoburger.
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Having previously absolved myself of any responsibility for Flower of Doom, I now feel the need to explain with a bit more specificity as to how I wasn't involved in each chapter. We'll begin with Treacher's Pet, as that one seems to have struck a chord with the collective consciousness of its readers. I do admit, I did type the story. But I didn't write it. The simple truth is it was dictated to me, by Polly. In fact, it's Polly's autobiography. I may have accidentally taken some liberties with her dictation; adding a clever phrase here, deleting 90% of it because who gives a crap about the life of a freaking parrot there; you know, the usual editorial stuff. But I certainly didn't write it; it's ridiculous to think I could even come up with something like that, never mind having the fortitude, the drive, or the courage to follow through on it. No, that all belongs to Polly, the bravest avian scholar's assistant I've ever met, fictitiously, or in person.
Next to Big Bird, naturally.
Next to Big Bird, naturally.
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Further proof that I did not write any part of Flower of Doom.
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