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Walking Dead 1x1 Q&A

Dec 30, 2017 by Macda27
Some comments were giving me constructive criticism and I wanna help address it and answer why I wrote the pilot the way I did.

The first thing people were saying, was that the character Mac is seen as "the main protagonist and unkillable".

I just want to say, this is 100% NOT Mac's story, I wanted to write a lot more about other characters point of view's, but the episode was very long so I had to cut those parts out. Mac is just helping the reader see how the apocalypse started through his eyes, and how he met up with Mike and the bus full of people with the help of Nick and Keizo. Although we only really were given those three as main characters in this episode, most people will have scenes, especially since Mac won't be in Episode 2&3 as I'm introducing other characters.

You are going to see character development with pretty much the entire cast in the first 8 episodes depending on who survives that long. A struggle looking through the applications were that some people's bios made it like they've been in the apocalypse for ages and some bio's made it seem like it was the start of the apocalypse, so I had to work my way around that bump.

I didn't have enough words to write everyone's point of view, and you did see Nick's POV for a chapter or two, I decided that realistically both in the story and irl, you meet people over time not in one giant group, so that's why Mac only had Nick to begin with, then Keizo, then Mike, and then the rest of the cast were introduced as the bus was moving, and you were given a quick intro into who they are and what their storylines can be about.

Another thing is Mac knowing it's the apocalypse straight away and how to kill them instantly. Rereading it, it's not that black and white. Mac saw the walkers, knowing something was wrong, by the time Nick meets Mac and leaves, the street turns to chaos and only gets worse as the first walkers are attacking normal people going about their everyday lives. You're given backstory into the virus, saying it originated in Washington D.C as an Easter egg for those who read carefully. Mac learns how to kill walkers from Nick, who's bio is "an expert monster hunter and Mac and Kate's neighbour" so I made him realistic and wrote him as the "weirdo who thinks the worlds gonna end one day" type person and he would of killed a walker off-screen and is sharing to Mac what he knows.

You will next meet Kate and the other characters in the school and how they turn to chaos with the initial outbreak. Episode 3 will be in the mall and how they deal with the initial outbreak. There will be no "minor characters" in the series, only characters who get more screen time in some episodes and then don't get as much screentime. I have to juggle 34 characters in 8 episodes and give them all enough screentime to keep everyone happy. It's not an easy task. In every episode 3-5 characters will get more screentime than anyone else, sometimes that's 5-10 or 1-3, depending on who's in that episode and how many people there are.

I hope that gives some input and hopefully people understand why I went and wrote the pilot the way I did, I love my fans and want to keep them happy ❤️😘

---Neighbourhood Group---
Mac Macda27
Kylie Mickiejames22
Leona Novamax243
Mike Wolven6974
Keizo Foxy_Piplup
Xavier CoolKat
Bailey CoolKat
Bertha CoolKat
Nick nnewman3
Bret NewNightmare7
Harmony heatherlum
Jackson heatherlum
Brittany lliiaamm
Tyger Bella1
---------School Group-------
Kate Macda27 (Mentioned in Episode 1)
Max Novamax243
Melanie Novamax243
Garret Obstreperous
Jamie Wolven6974
Madi Maddog16
Nolan Mysterygame2
---------Mall Group----------
Summer Macda27
Brandi Stanleyhouseseven
Jessica NewNightmare7 (Mentioned in Episode 1)
Greg heatherlum
Caleb varlto
Alyssa varlto
Alice varlto
Iona Bella1 (Mentioned in Episode 1)
Dinah tizian
Virginia tizian
Levi tizian
Ofelia IceIceBaby
Margaery IceIceBaby

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Comments

Kylie still not getting any screen time. #Victim
Sent by Mickiejames22,Dec 30, 2017
Is it still possible to apply as a character
Sent by GrrrImABear,Dec 30, 2017
I'm sorry your getting hate about it. Never the less you are doing a really good job! :)
Sent by NewNightmare7,Dec 30, 2017
I realize a few of these were directed at my comments and I hope you didn't take it as I didn't like the episode. I was just giving my opinions and it's perfectly fine if you disagree since I would be perfectly fine if you wrote the series in a similar style to the first episode.
Sent by Novamax243,Dec 30, 2017
I wouldn't call it hate NewNightmare7  lol  In fact, the episode itself really wasn't bad at all although I do remember someone pointing out that it did feel a little rushed and I can see why they said that.

Rather, it's more like looking from the outside in and going "Eh... maybe this should probably be portrayed differently", so I was trying my best to be fair with the whole thing.  I will say after reading Macda27's response, I guess I can understand Episode 1 better although I do think that the whole "Mac knowing about the walkers via Nick" could have been explained better.  Like maybe we'll see this in a flashback in a future episode or something.
Sent by Icarus_Mark,Dec 30, 2017
You are doing great and thanks for the elaboration keep up the good work😍
Sent by coolKat,Dec 30, 2017
newnightmare7 icarus_mark This isn't a hate blog, I just wanted to answer some questions I got to help the audience know where I was coming from. Icarus is right with his questions and I will be doing flashbacks, that was something I wanted to do in the works of making this series, but that's more likely going to be Season 2, where you'll see flashbacks of certain characters before the apocalypse or as it's just starting.
Sent by Macda27,Dec 30, 2017
novamax243 I don't see your comments as hate in anyway shape or form just trying to answer questions and try to explain myself. Love you Max ❤️.
Sent by Macda27,Dec 30, 2017
GrrrImABear No currently you can't sorry but if I make a second season you can be apart of that :)
Sent by Macda27,Dec 30, 2017
With my statement about someone getting the “main character treatment”
I just said it due to the amount of time Mac got in the episode.
Besides that, if you are getting hate I would be very surprised, the first episode was amazing, and better then anything I could do.
Sent by Wolven6974,Dec 30, 2017
wolven6974 I pretty much used Mac as an intro to the series, but he's not the focus of the series
Sent by Macda27,Dec 30, 2017

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