Talk:Sammy Hates Sleeping in the Kitchen/@comment-26030957-20150725184354/@comment-5269370-20150725200243

First of all, I just wanna say thank you very much for the solid review! Great job there man, seriously.

To answer a few things:

1. The dog was put in place as a sort of symbolism of Tony's loneliness. That and the fact that the highlight of Tony's life are Sammy, and actually his job. I know it's written that he doesn't like missing work because he can't necessarily afford it, but I wanted to underline the fact that when he's not at work, he's either watching Comedy Central till 10pm or he's been woken up by the Hertz and Koolkat radio show at 5:30 am. Sammy is the only real friend that Tony is shown to have.

2. The camera was actually put in place for two reasons:
 * 1) Over the last few years, and especially in those "found-footage" movies, cameras have become a key element for supernatural horrors (even if a lot of them are quite terrible haha.) The idea behind it was to lead the reader to believe that it was going to be some kind of malignant being that was the cause of Sammy's stress, and I felt with that idea in mind it would make the twist even more unexpected. Obviously it wasn't as affective as I thought it would be.
 * 2) When I began writing the story, I was actually playing around with the idea that the camera could be used in a sequel where Tony watched the footage he took, and that perhaps there could be another twist (an idea sorta inspired by Lost Episodes and Sid's Video). However, looking back at it, I'm not really sure how I can apply a plot to that without it being cheap and taking away from the original story. Having said all that, I can totally see where you're coming from there. I have the same issue as you with tools being added and ultimately not being used effectively or even at all.

So yeah, I guess that's everything. Wanna say thanks again for the review! One more thing, if I could get your opinion on the dialogue between Dr. Morgan and Tony? I've always felt that dialogue has been the weakest aspect of my writing so I'd love to hear some feedback on that too.