Not Going Out delivered in a deadpan manner. This is the comedy style Lee Mack and Tim Vine have used both in stand-up and in "The Sketch Show", to the extent that an occasional one-liner from their solo performances is slipped in. This is mostly one sided with Kate/Lucy typically being the victims of the joke. Sight gags are also frequently used, while gags and witticisms are incorporated into almost every line of script. For the first series, episodes were written by Mack and Andrew Collins, with members of the cast credited for additional material. Because the eight episodes of the second season
David Alan Mack Pocket Books. That work led to Mack being invited to draft a 5,000-word supplement for John Vornholt's novel "The Genesis Wave, Book One", which in turn earned Mack an invitation in 2000 to write his own first full-length "Star Trek" book. Mack and Ordover wrote the four-part "Deep Space Nine"/"Next Generation" comic book miniseries "Divided We Fall" for WildStorm. With Keith R.A. DeCandido, Mack co-wrote the two-part "Starfleet Corps of Engineers" (SCE) e-book story "Invincible". Mack's first solo project was the two-part SCE e-book novel "Wildfire". His other SCE e-books are "Failsafe" and "Small World". He next wrote the short