Yesterdays Gone: SEASON TWO (THE POST-APOCALYPTIC SERIAL THRILLER) (Yesterday's Gone)

matter what.
    But the better our books do, the more we can write for you.

    MOST PEOPLE
    Most people who read a book will never review it. Maybe they don’t have time. Maybe they don’t like leaving reviews. Or maybe they don’t think it matters to an author. Or maybe they’d never even considered leaving a review. Whatever the case, we don’t take offense. Honestly, we’re just thrilled that they’re reading.  
    We’re thrilled that YOU are reading!
    But … if you have a few minutes, you can make a huge difference in how our story as indie writers unfolds.  
      You really came out for Yesterday’s Gone: Season One, and we THANK YOU from the bottoms of our hearts. Between reader email, tweets, and reviews, you rocked!
    We’d love it if you can help again.
    The biggest challenge for indie authors is finding an audience. Word-of-mouth and reviews at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Goodreads, and similar sites can make all the difference in the world between whether a new reader will find and purchase our books.
    So please consider leaving a review today.
    Thank you,
    David Wright  
    & Sean Platt

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POST-SEASON INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORS

    Our editor, Matt Gartland, worked like a madman keeping pace with us this year. (Thank you for the awesome job, Matt!) After the dust settled and the last episode was complete, he decided to interview us as a bonus for the season compilation.
    If you haven’t yet read Season Two, and you’re one of those weird people who reads the back of the book first, you might want to wait and come back to read this AFTER you finish the season.  
    In other words, spoilers below!

    MATT: So, after that ending, what’s next?  

    DAVID: I can’t say anything other than find out on June 19.  

    SEAN: Ditto.

    MATT: Season 1 was a tremendous success. How did that challenge you in Season 2 to at least meet, if not exceed, your high standard of creativity?

    SEAN: Season 1 was an amazing creative experience, and really drove us to do something different than a lot of what was happening with self-published fiction. Season 1 was about establishing the world and proving it would work. Proving that readers would return week after week, then come back after hiatus hungrier than ever.  
    Season 2 was about building on that world, and rewarding returning readers with a narrative that was tighter and better, and grew along with them. We wanted to do more and say more, and do everything better. We wanted to start strong, and finish with an ending that made readers say, “WOW! What happens next?!?”

    DAVID: The big fear lurking in my mind was the whole “sophomore effect” you read about where musicians, novelists, and TV and movie producers attempt to duplicate what worked so well the first time only to come up short, or worse, fail miserably. But when it comes down to it, I saw areas for improvement over season 1, things we’d learned during the first season, that we could apply to the second. So, in my mind, Season Two would be better. And looking back now, I believe it was.
    Now the trick will be topping an insane season finale! I’m glad we have a month or two to think about it!

    MATT: How did your process change from Season 1 to Season 2? And more generally, how do you both continually look to tweak and improve your process Season to Season and episode to episode?

    SEAN:   The exchange between Dave and I gets better by the day. A weekly series is a demanding task, so communication must be fluid, honesty must be everywhere and professional shorthand must be tight. Season 1 started out making it up as we went along. Dave would write his characters, I would write mine, then I’d polish them all and he’d blend them together. This worked beautifully.  
    Season 2 was more plotted, and has gone even better. Dave is pencils and I’m ink. Some stuff he writes note for note, and some stuff is just a sketch. I fill in the blanks and color the pages. We’ll be carrying this flow with us to our next serial,