Knowing LOST: A note on style and writers

Posted: 17th August 2010 by Sam McPherson in News

Hey guys. Hope you’re glad to see that we’re back from the hiatus, and probably going to stay that way. There are two things I want to address based on comments for the episode.

First of all, you guys were split on my decision to change format for the episode. Some of you thought it was interesting, while others thought it didn’t quite succeed. And I’ll agree, it wasn’t as good as it could have been. However, I’m going to continue challenging myself stylistically. You guys were right in assuming I drew my inspiration from Stephen King’s works, and I’ll be drawing in inspirations from other places as well. I want KL to not only be a fun read, but a challenging one (not too challenging, of course).

Secondly, some of you have suggested that I take the project on single-handedly. While I appreciate that, that’s not always going to be an option. Of course, delays are caused by the greater number of writers. However, I’ll certainly be less expansive with the staff in the future; there are only three or four people who will be writing occasional episodes in the future. I’ll be covering the majority of them, though.

One more thing: I won’t accept anyone trashing Jon as unreliable or anything like that for not having the time to write his episode. His schedule was tight and he had much more pressing family matters to attend to. He is no longer considered part of the staff, but I don’t bear any ill will toward him and neither should you.

That’s all I’ve got for now. Next week’s episode, “Hall of Mirrors,” will hit Sunday.

  1. Karl says:

    You’re doing great Sam.
    :)

  2. Timmy says:

    If your interested in a reliable write to take over when problems occur im available, im in the process of writing two novels now, one is a zombie apocalypse and the other is similar to “Lost”. I’ve been writing for years now and i know your probably not interested in anymore people after the recent problems, but I’m just letting you know if you are interested get back to me.

  3. Christian says:

    I am glad you are back and am greatly looking forward to Hall of Mirrors.