'Interview' with Ken May one of the writers of 'The Lost Sock'.

I asked Ken for some material for the new mini series page on the website and what he knocked up was so good I thought I'd repeat it here.

Ken writes....

Interview with Ken May one of the writers of the Lost Sock.

Q. What prompted the creation of the Lost Sock?
A. Chris Gosling - it's all his fault. He asked the scribblers if they would consider writing something for Felixstowe TV, a mini soap or similar.
Q. So is the Lost Sock a Soap?
A. Far from it. In the beginning all the scribblers brought their ideas to the table, each one exiting and fresh, ready to expand into something new and that’s when it all started to go wrong.
Q. Wrong, in what way?
A. Each one of those ideas on its own would have made a beautiful soap, exploring human frailties, vulnerabilities and issue of a deep and moving nature. But when they were all brought together, they began to mingle and merge, then they started to change, some may even say evolve, into one very demanding story line. As writers we were lost to its power, slaves to its devices and driven by its desires, there was no telling where it was going to take us. We just obeyed its commands.
Q. But isn't that’s the way ideas develop.
A. Yes, but it isn't a TV soap. It has drama, comedy, suspense and an interesting plot line, nothing like Eastenders.
Q. But surely that’s a good thing.
A. People don't want interesting they want mundane, repetition, something with the word celebrity in the title. Give them something interesting and who knows what might happen.
Q. Well only time will tell and I am sure it will be a great success. Thank you for your time.

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