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Lucidity in Five of Director Richard Linklater’s Films: Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, The Newton Boys, and Waking Life

an essay written by Daniel S. Duvall

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Waking Life (written and directed by Richard Linklater) is a film by, for, and about people who understand that each individual on this planet can choose to be more...
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The Protagonists in Four Films that Susannah Grant Wrote

an essay written by Daniel S. Duvall

[originally published in the March 2001 issue of Written By magazine]

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Susannah Grant’s protagonists take crap from no one. Pocahontas articulates a passionate rebuttal when John Smith refers to her people as “savages.” Cinderella says she “will die...
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Summer 2019 note: here's the full text of an email that I sent to people who at the time I considered friends (foolishly, in retrospect).

April 26, 2000

About three years ago, I was twisting my radio dial up and down the A.M. band in the middle of the night looking for interesting snippets of talk radio to tape for inclusion in an "audio montage"...
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July 31st, 2019 note: I seek a regular magazine gig at a rate of pay that I can live on in 90028, where I intend to settle again. Here's a 2,200-word example of what a new column by me, Daniel S. Duvall, might be like tonally. Help me, Suicide Girls!

Cautionary Ravings of a Day-Job Quitter

Written by Daniel S. Duvall

© 2017 through Infinity...
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I've written a screenplay titled ORAL EXAMS.

It's a dramedy. Four female musicians hold a contest in which two teams of two see which pair can seduce the most male groupies.

I refuse to lease my intellectual property to corporations in the "'United' States" but am open to collaborating with indie organizations.

Hey, you -- the individual reading this blog post right now. Wanna read...
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