NOVEMBER SWEEPS!

"Readers can expect a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE November! The theme for this sweep is BIG!"...exclaims the writer. "Big pay-offs! Big stories! Big returns! Big exits! Big everything!"...jokines the headwriter.

EUROPEAN ADVENTURE: "This is one of the month's biggest stories. Kristen, Marlena, John, Bo, Hope, Steve, Kayla, Shane, Liam, Lawrence, Stefano, Megan, and Lexie are all in London on a collision course with one another. There is going to be a warehouse explosion very similar to the one that 'claimed Steve's life' 16 years ago. Not everyone is going to be coming back to Salem. Four people (plus guest actor, Charles Shaugnessy - Shane) will be leaving the show. I CAN tell you when they go back to Salem, John and Marlena - Steve and Kayla - Bo and Hope will have all new obstacles between them. Big obstacles. John and Marlena, Kayla and Steve will not be dealing with third party obstacles. They'll be obstacles created by people within the couple. So it's so much harder to deal with."

Jan/Shawn/Belle and Cassie/Max/Abby and Jeremy: "I don't want to say quite yet how these two stories will merge, but they will. Shawn will return in a very 'dramatic fashion.' "...teases the writer. "Fans will understand that line this week. Brandon Beemer will be playing the role. SHELLE is going to head in a whole new direction. Cassie is also back and very pregnant. This is going to be a big, big, big obstacle for MABBY, but there's a twist, of course! Readers are probably going to be very shocked by this, but Jan will be getting over her obsession with Shawn Brady. Slowly, but surely. Baby steps. With her unknowingly being a Dimera, there are more things to explore with her outside of Shawn. Jeremy is going to be a huge character for Salem. He was already instrumental in exposing Alan's lies which propelled a WHODUNIT! But readers will love what he does to these people's lives."

TITAN VS. ALAMAIN: "This story erupts at the fashion show. Victor makes a move to strike against Alamain. It's going to be one of the biggest mistakes Victor has ever made. He will look at this event as one of the turning points in his life. Jan/Shawn/Belle, Georgia, and Jeremy are going to have interesting things happening at the Fashion Show, but the fashion show is going to be a huge turning point in the war against Titan and Alamain. Keep your eye on Georgia. I do not plan on wasting Peyton List. She's talented. She's beautiful, and she's back! And she has her OWN storyline! And no she will not scheme to keep Billie and Bo together!"

WHO SHOT ALAN?: "Fans are very interested in this story, and I'm glad. Unfortunately, I must stay tight-lipped about it. Alan's body won't be found, but for our purposes, he is as dead as a doornail, and there are zero plans to bring him back. Holroyd will be appearing in flashbacks of the night of the murder for the next month. There will be an arrest at the end of November. Readers will learn who killed Alan the first week of December. Unfortunately, the character will be leaving the show that week. Forever. That will not spell the end of the story, however! It's only the beginning. I will say this: Sami....honey, you're screwed."

Billie/Jack: "Love is in the air for these two. Billie will receive huge news. It will lead to a huge moment between the two of them. There's no going back now. But wait....she's finally engaged to the man she's been pining over for 13 years! Well, Bo will be back. And he won't be happy by what he finds."

Eric/Greta/Frankie/Melissa: "This story is just heating up. A turning point for Melissa. A big event for Greta and Eric. A choice for Frankie. There will be a fifth person coming into play here. It's a woman. It's not Nicole. Fan's mouths will be on the floor."

EXITS: "Between October and November, the cast has definitely gotten a makeover. A bunch of more cast members will be cut. Fans won't miss most of them."

RETURNS: "Tony and Nicole are coming home to Salem. Tony comes back in an awesome way! Nicole will come back in a tamer way, but damn, Salem's vixens better look out. Nicole has always been somewhat strong, but this time around she will be NOBODY'S victim. Shawn, Georgia, and Cassie have already or will make their returns from their brief hiatuses."