Daniel Guyton


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by Daniel Guyton



Atlas Shrugged Vs. Fountainhead



3-24-18



So, I recently read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" for the first time, and was... well... impressed by the scope of the novel, however disappointed by the actual writing...


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Death of a Snowman



6-22-17



I wrote "Death of a Snowman" back in 2009, and have wanted to see it animated ever since. It's a story about a young girl whose mother passed away...


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Title Change



5-17-15



So I wrote a play a while back that was very well received. So well, in fact, that a friend of mine wanted to film it as a short movie. I was thrilled, so I adapted it...


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NBC Universal Application



1-15-15



I recently applied to do a workshop with NBC-Universal. It's a 4-day workshop with some of the head writers of "SNL", "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon", etc. One of the...


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Mr. Burr



1-14-15



In seventh grade, I had a math teacher named Mr. Burr. He was an older, mostly bald white man who always carried a comb in his front pocket, and spoke with a...


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Fun With iChat



3-8-14



My friend Aimee recently wrote a really sweet birthday text to a friend of hers. The friend replied with a nasty barrage of insults and vulgarity, which Aimee found...


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Letter to a Neighbor



8-10-13



My next door neighbor (Whom we've had issues with before) sent us a strongly worded certified letter the other day (Apparently a phone call, email, text...


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Home Movies



3-2-13



This is amazing! My father died when I was 4 months old, and I never got to know him. Up until now, I've never even seen a video of him - only photographs...


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Santa is a Socialist!



12-15-10



Top Ten Reasons Why SANTA is a SOCIALIST: 1) He wears red 2) He "shares the wealth" with all people equally. (Except Jews) 3) He undermines Christianity...


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Buddy



7-26-10



In the summer between high school graduation and college, I began a five-year, summers-only job working with my father's friend, a handyman named Buddy...


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Fake Obsession



3-5-10



My song GOOD TIMES GO" was just recorded as an ACOUSTIC DEMO by the English Rock Band FAKE OBSESSION! They're working on a full electric...


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I'm Not Gay!



11-13-09



My play "I'm Not Gay!" has been published and is now available on Amazon.com! Gary is a homophobe. The play explores his prejudices in one of the funniest...


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Where's Julie?



3-5-10



My play Where's Julie? has been published and is available on Amazon.com. It's a melodramatic comedy about teenage pregnancy and abortion. It's very funny...


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Georgie Gets a Facelift



9-3-09



My play Georgie Gets a Facelift has been accepted by the Shelterskelter XIV Festival at the Shelterbelt Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska. It runs October 8th through the...


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Searching for My Father



8-13-09



My father died when I was four months old. He was only 20 (in fact, a week after his 20th birthday). The year was 1977. December. Throughout my childhood and...


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Two Books Published!



8-13-09



My play "The Mother of God Visits Hell" and my short play anthology "The Twisted Mind of Daniel Guyton (Poetry and Plays in the Dark Comedy Vein)" are both...


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