Lowerdecks.com - The Full Story

January 4, 2003

The main site has an extensive interview by Rich Whiteside with story editor Andre Bormanis, co-producers and writing team Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong, staff writer David Wilcox, and star Scott Bakula about how they do their jobs. Below is an excerpt:

"We want to keep the shows as well-versed and as well-grounded in science (as we understand it today) as possible. Part of keeping it grounded is making these characters sound credible, as if they know what they are talking about. Part of that means using scientific terms that are real and that have the right ring to them and that are also appropriate for the function that they're serving in the story," said Bormanis, who formerly served as science consultant but then became a full-time writer.

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The writers spoke about the nerve-racking but sometimes rewarding experience of the "pitch session," the practice of hearing story ideas from free-lance writers. "It's a roller coaster," Bormanis commented. "You go in with all this anticipation and anxiety, but most of the stories that you pitch typically have problems that you just don't see or that you aren't aware of ... or there is a very similar story in development, and your story steps on that premise."

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