![]() It’s funny – you try to think of it in terms of where do you want to see the show ultimately conclude? What is the satisfying conclusion for the characters? And then you’ve got to take it year by year. How long do you see Once Upon a Time running for? Is there an end date in sight?Īdam Horowitz: We have ideas about ultimately where we would like the show to go but we take it one season at a time. If you’re luckier, you give them something they didn’t realize they wanted. How do we entertain them? And if you’re lucky, you give them what they want. Our goal, every day, is to figure out ways to please them. And we’re so lucky to have such a dedicated group of fans. Where fan input comes in – you start to hear certain similar comments, things that they want and that they don’t want. How heavily does fan suggestions influence the direction of the show?Įdward Kitsis: It’s hard because by the time we get fan input, the things your commenting about we did three months ago. For us as writers, we want people to stay with us and watch the whole thing. Then we get into the nitty gritty of breaking the stories, writing the stories… Things change and you have to be flexible but you try to stay focused and know where the road trip is going to end.Įdward Kitsis: Yeah – and I think that you saw that in the first half of the season when we ran together as opposed to the second half where we’re in and out and in and out. That way we have big signposts for where we want the whole season to go. How far ahead do you plan each season and arc of the show?Īdam Horowitz: In between each season we meet for what we call ‘mini camp’ for a few weeks where we plan out the big arcs for the next season. We have not forgotten about the folks back at Storybrooke and how that story ties into Neverland.Įdward Kitsis: We can tell you that we’re really going to be focusing on Neverland in the beginning. Structurally what will season three look like? Will the show switch back and forth between Neverland and Storybrooke?Īdam Horowitz: Structurally we want it to be a little bit of a surprise. That’s one of the big goals of season three. ![]() When the focus shifts to them, we feel like we’ve been with them and growing with them as well. That way have something to react and play to. It’s been a part of the show’s DNA for a really long time.Īdam Horowitz: The key is to tell a story in a way that when you’re focusing on one character in particular, it’s still bouncing off the others in an engaging way. But for Once it was very organically leading us into Neverland. So that’s what made that show (the spinoff Once Upon A Time in Wonderland) grow into what it is. Alice was a character we didn’t have room to explore on Once Upon A Time but we had an idea. Why not do a spin-off set in Neverland as opposed to Wonderland?Įdward Kitsis: Because we’re doing Neverland on Once Upon A Time so there’s only so much story to go around. For us to put our own spin on it and Henry to be taken – well of course he can’t be the world’s nicest person. ![]() The thing with Peter Pan is it’s been done so well so many times. How did you come up with such an interpretation?Īdam Horowitz: It felt like, as with anything, we didn’t want to do the standard interpretation.Įdward Kitsis: And for us it was just more interesting. He’s almost a horror movie villain on the show. One of the most interesting aspects of Season Two was the depiction of Peter Pan.
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