Did you two know that people have been
complaining about bad proofreading for over a thousand years?
I say this because I’ve been rather busy
with UNI work of late, and unable to proofread… at all. I’m sure you two have
noticed that the last week of two of blogs have had a distinct lack of good
editing, something which has generally been my job. I do post them, and it is
MY blog, technically speaking, but I’ve just been very, very busy. As it happens,
I’m reasonably close to the end of my degree, and instead of there being short
periods of high intensity workloads, there is now only periods of high
intensity workload.
Anyway: PRESENT TIME!
We are all so lazy. If this doesn’t qualify
our challenge scheme as being a giant failure, I don’t know what does. I am
still one short film behind, though I have caught up on one, it’s about a man
who saves a couple of car crash victims. It ends on kind of an ambiguous
ending, and would have a much higher budget than all the others, but I think it
would still make a pretty good short film.
Anyway, way:
“So why do you want to be the next
headwriter/showrunner for ‘Doctor Who’ once the 13th Doctor begins?”
“I just feel that as a writing challenge,
it offers an incredible amount of potential, and opportunity. It has a long and
distinguished history, and I would love to be a part of it.”
“That’s all well and good… But why you?
Why do you want to be the headwriter/showrunner?”
“Well, I love the show. It has delivered some
of the best entertainment on tv over the years, and it has grown so much as a
program, in ways that other shows just can’t.”
“I see…” The interviewer makes a few notes
on their computer.
“Look, it’s more than that. Doctor Who is
something big, something that’s engrained in the culture of Britain, and
becoming a huge part of the rest of the world to. And I love being part of
something so monumental, in any way I can. And I love writing not because I
want to change anything, or express some bold new thought of my own, I write to
be a part of that. When I write for something, I write for it, not for me. And
the story I’ve formed for the show doesn’t reinvent it, or turn its back on
everything the fans have come to love, it keeps it moving forward. Keeps exploring
new emotional territory for the characters, new parts of space, new storylines,
new themes for them to deal with, and a very new Doctor for fans to love. I
would write a show that is not meant to be for me, and only me to enjoy, I
write something that everyone in the world who enjoys Doctor Who will enjoy. It’s
especially true of the show, and it’s true of everything that I have ever
written. I don’t write for me, I write for others.”
“That sounds very good, fantastic work
ethics there Mr. Lyons.”
“Thanks.”
“You sound like a producer’s dream, they’ll
ask you to do something, and you’ll just do it, am I right?”
“As best I can.”
“So how many years can I sign you up for? And how much budget will you need?”
“So how many years can I sign you up for? And how much budget will you need?”
Ok, so that last part probably wouldn’t
happen, but that’s how I would try to pitch myself as an interview. Although I
would probably bring in some of my awards, and past works to help prove myself.
Still, that’s what my writing is about, being a part of something bigger than
me, and not to push my own agenda into the mix, but to entertain others. Also,
I like speeches. As you two know, I’ve been giving them my whole life. I prove
most of my points with emboldened speeches, and I easily convince people I’m
overdramatic with them.
So in conclusion, sorry about the lack of
proof reading, and there’s my topic for the week.
Andrew, till tomorrow. R. A., I’ll read
from you on Tuesday, and I’m still looking forward your chapter.
Daniel Lyons.
Daniel Lyons.
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