There are some television shows that inspire devotion beyond simply sitting and watching weekly. Whether through fanfiction or forum discussion, viewers want them to live on outside of their television screens. For us, Gilmore Girls was one of those shows. When it ended in 2007 with its 7th season, we weren't quite ready to let it go. We felt that there were more scenes to be written, more characters to introduce and many wonderful places the story could still go. So we decided to take matters into our own hands, and thus the virtual season was born. We aren't the first, and we won't be the last, to produce a virtual season of our favorite show, but we have created something that we feel is close to the real thing. It's not meant to be story-line wish fulfillment for Gilmore Girls fans; rather we wanted to take the show where we thought it might actually have gone in the eighth season. We hope you enjoy following the continuing Gilmore Girls story as much as we did planning and writing it.
We have a dedicated staff of organizers, writers, betas and technical people who are all volunteers. We're doing this for the love of the show and the characters, not for any money. That said, of course we don't own any of the copyrights for Gilmore Girls, its characters or settings. We're just borrowing them for the duration of our season.
As far as we know, nothing we're putting down here will ever make it to the screen. However, we've still tried to write it as close to episode style as possible. We're not using script format, because it's difficult to read, but we do hope that as you read our season you'll get the same feeling as you would from watching the actual show. We'll also be following the regular television schedule, complete with hiatuses. Every episode will be announced on our LifeJournal page, as well as right here. Make sure you check back for updates. We'd also like to hear what you think of our work, so reviews and comments are appreciated.
We're writing this season not just for ourselves; rather, we're writing it for all the Gilmore Girls fans out there who wanted to hear more of Lorelai and Rory's story, and more from the rest of Stars Hollow. Please read, review, recommend and enjoy!
