Members cassadine1991 Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 http://www.serialscoop.com/2014/07/bill-bell-claire-labine-on-writing.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cuzIsaySo Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 Thank you Cassadine for this interview. Such an interesting read. I like how Claire points out the obvious: when the show focus only on plot, plot the audience doesnt connect as much as with a one on one scene which allows to delve into the characters' motivation. Wish RC would get a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 I love how Claire essentially tells it how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 Wow. That was a great interview. Thanks for sharing! I loved getting the inside scoop from two of the greatest to ever do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 Why was Claire constantly answering for Bill. I also find what she said about Agnes intesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 I love the story about "Where the Heart Is" (where Claire was writing) being cancelled for Y&R. Awkward! But Claire and Bill handled it well. I hear the Bill Bell biography isn't very illuminating, but I'd love to read an unbiased story about him and his rise. And has Claire done a memoir? I wrote to her in high school when I had soap writing aspirations, and she wrote me the loveliest note back with great advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 What was the advice? How did you find her contact info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 20, 2014 Members Share Posted July 20, 2014 I just looked her up back in the day, probably around the time she was doing OLTL. Without going too much into it, she told me to read lots of plays, particularly the Greeks, if I wanted to understand the form. (Which follows her statements that daytime drama is similar to theater.) And to fall in love to understand what that means. She had lots of great tips. Sadly, I no longer have the letter, but I was pleasantly surprised that she wrote back to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JONNYSBRO Posted July 21, 2014 Members Share Posted July 21, 2014 I loved Claire she had great writing at Ryans and GH but man her writing stints at OLTL and GL stunk she had her misses. Her other stints were boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cuzIsaySo Posted July 21, 2014 Members Share Posted July 21, 2014 Claire came up with the college clown storyline for zcrystal Chapel's character right? I guess nobody is perfect but she sure pretty close to it in my book. Luckily i only watch OLTL when Casper van dien was in it and I gave up on GL long before Claire joined in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted July 21, 2014 Members Share Posted July 21, 2014 She was wonderful on GH with Riche. She let some of those actors shine with material they had never been given before. Grown up, emotional stuff with so much heart. I loved her work on GH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2014 Yet even one of her storylines, even the not so good ones, trumps all of the ones Jean and Ron have done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members YRfan23 Posted July 21, 2014 Members Share Posted July 21, 2014 I don't know why but I can't accept that Bell told "no long term stories" for 12 years.....If that's true that's obviously the reason why everyone who has ran the show after him does it like that yet I guess Bill was just that good with it and the others just suck at it. Claire really should have been brought over to Y&R at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted July 21, 2014 Members Share Posted July 21, 2014 The way Y&R was paced I would say all of his stories were long term. I took what he said to mean that he doesn't let the plot dictate what happens and uses character interaction to form what will happen. Watching Y&R back in the day I would notice that there is an overall plot, but the actual episode focuses on relationships whether it be family, friends, co-workers, etc. and how the overall plot is affecting them. As a result you cared more and he left himself more wiggle-room to change things if need be. With Claire, I absolutely LOVE what she did on Ryan's Hope and while I didn't watch her GH, I heard it was very good. I've only seen 3 weeks of her OLTL which I have on DVD and I didn't find it to be bad, but I would need to see more to properly judge that. From what I've heard about her stint on Guiding Light, I feel it could've been great if she was given more creative control. It sounds like there was a big issue with control and network interference which hurt her stint there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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