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

learn what happened to the world real early in the season. That’s one of the answers we knew we HAD to answer early on. One of the criticisms I heard for Season One is we (the writers) didn’t answer that many questions. One person even suggested the theories that we posited were ridiculous and showed no understanding of quantum theory. The thing to remember is that the speculations about what happened in Season One were from the mouths and minds of the people trying to figure out what the hell happened. The explanations weren’t informed in any way by knowledge, but rather people with limited knowledge, trying to figure shit out.  
    Imagine if you and your friends woke up and most of the world was gone. Unless you’re a scientist, or well-versed in scientific theories, you’re probably gonna say more stuff that sounds crazy and far fetched than things which make sense. As a reader, you are limited to what the character whose point of view the chapter is, knows.
    That being said, you’ll get a peek at someone a bit closer to the original event early in Season Two .
    As for what kept these particular people alive, that would be spoiling one of the bigger secrets. Sorry.

    SEAN:   I’ll add that this was one of the most rewarding parts of writing the second season for us, was really putting all of this together. When we started writing, we didn’t necessarily know what happened to everyone, though we’d certainly batted around a few ideas. But by Season Two, we needed to know a lot more about our world, even if the characters didn’t.  
    Dave did a lot of the heavy lifting for this part of the story, and did an amazing job threading everything together. I couldn't be happier with the story’s direction, or more proud of the world building that’s been done since the first season concluded.  

    WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER TO WRITE? WHO WAS THE HARDEST?

    DAVID: I know Sean’s answer to this before he gives it! My favorite was probably Brent Foster, only because he’s similar to me. Brent is an overworked journalist with a young son, trying to do the best he can to keep his family together and doing what he feels to be the right thing even as he distances himself from his family.  
    I approached his story thinking, how would I respond? Some of his scenes in Season One, particularly the one where he laid in bed with his son and came to the realization that he was an absent father, were difficult to write because it was an admittance of my own feelings to that effect. I actually cried when I finished that scene.  
    The hardest to write for me was probably Boricio, because that is all Sean’s creation, and his dialogue is way over the top. It’s hard for me to get the voice just right, and we don’t want Boricio to become a caricature of himself. It’s a fine line. I think Boricio’s dialogue might be the closest we’ve come to disagreeing with each other. Arguments over Boricio could be an entertaining inclusion for a book! Sean: “Why can’t we call him a cum-colored cracker?” Me: “That doesn’t even make sense!”

    SEAN: Ha, that’s too funny. Dave’s not exaggerating. We actually have that email. There’s no doubt, I love writing Boricio and even have fun rewriting Dave’s interpretation. He’s a ridiculously over the top character, sure, but I do think we fill him with enough fun to make him a blast to read. I thought he would be more polarizing than he was. I figured some people would love and some would hate, and it would be around half and half. But it seems like most people enjoy reading him. My wife’s the best litmus test. When I read Boricio’s parts out loud and she’s smiling, I know I’ve done a good job. I would even give Boricio his standalone series, but Dave won’t let me. So you need to speak up, send him an email, and let him know how wrong he is. GO TEAM BORICIO!!!  
    As far as the most difficult to write, that’s Luca for me, by far. Part of him is easy because I have a son his age, but my son isn’t fighting voices in his head, or aging years in seconds. Getting his voice just right is difficult. It’s also funny that some of the criticism for the unrealistic dialogue of Luca are things I’ve taken directly from my own son. BONUS FUN FACT: My son named Boricio and knows about the character, though he only knows he is a “bad guy” and doesn’t know any specifics.  

    WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN WRITING YESTERDAY’S GONE?

    SEAN: Knowing