Wait, you'd rather be the well-paid expert whose advice (on story matters) often goes unheeded?

Most definitely. I dole out story advice that goes unheeded for free. Might as well get paid for it

True that, DaytimeFan, lol.

WorldTurner, amazingly your claims of writing for daytime totally match up with what I have received in behind the scenes scoops from a person whose identity I can't verify! I don't need to double-check; it must be true!

WorldTurner, amazingly your claims of writing for daytime totally match up with what I have received in behind the scenes scoops from a person whose identity I can't verify! I don't need to double-check; it must be true!

I can indeed confirm it is true!

Don't forget to buy my book, which is a #1 bestseller on Mars, Venus, and defunct planet, Pluto!

You forgot to mention Sri Lanka. Oh, if only Chris B were listening...

Edited November 14, 200718 yr by Vee

Toups will you also keep track of when each soap's strike episodes begin?

I honestly don't know how you keep track of the credits of all 9 soaps... very impressive.

EDIT: BTW which soap got stuck with Craig Heller now? He was on ATWT for like 3 years and not once did he churn out a good script. The characters would say the most awkward things, and sometimes it was even hard to follow the plot.

Edited November 14, 200718 yr by juppiter

EDIT: BTW which soap got stuck with Craig Heller now? He was on ATWT for like 3 years and not once did he churn out a good script. The characters would say the most awkward things, and sometimes it was even hard to follow the plot.

Heller is a very perplexing situation, he was surrounded by FANTASTIC writers at both GH and ATWT, yet one has to wonder, how did either show hire him? I mean all one has to do is look at the writing staff of both soaps during his time there to just wonder WHY?

If this strike goes more than a month,

you all had better get used to seeing LOTS of strange, weird

names in the credits.

Personally, I don't think Veronica and Lisa are done by a long shot.

These shows are going to need whole "TEAMS" of scabs.

Btw, I am not claiming that Vola Voof would cross the picket lines.

That's other people saying that not me.

I have no idea what her personal convictions are.

I doubt that any soap would hire She Who Must Not Be Named whether she wanted to cross picket lines or not. AFAIK, she blew her own soap career.

One thing that's occurred to me upon reading the touching letters some of the daytime writers have written about the strike-

These are people paid to do a job, like all of us. The creative vision has largely been decided for them by a headwriter, and executives. They simply try to do what they can with the few angles they're given.

I may hate GH and its focus but there are good rank and file people working on it trying to make do with Guza, Frons, Korte, and JFP. And Michele ValJean, who I once admired but frankly think went over to the dark side long ago. These writers may be talented people but they are paid to write about specific things.

Heller is a very perplexing situation, he was surrounded by FANTASTIC writers at both GH and ATWT, yet one has to wonder, how did either show hire him? I mean all one has to do is look at the writing staff of both soaps during his time there to just wonder WHY?

True, and both shows were on their respective Emmy streaks when he was a member of the writing team. That just makes his resume look even better...

I remember we ATWT fans bitched about Lynn Martin's dialogue for the longest time. Then they hired Craig Heller and he made Lynn look like Agnes Nixon. IIRC, they were fired together around the time Passanante took over.

Even though I really did not like most of Hogan's reign on ATWT, he and his writers must have loved working together because for a long time ATWT had a very very stable writing team. Since Passanante took over, BD writers and script writers have been treated like a cheerleader at a football frat.

Not so fast, Harmony Boy. There's still the matter of a pregnant hermaphrodite you have to fix...so to speak.

It's the best storyline on daytime right now. I Rock!!! errrr....I mean Jim Reilly rocks!!

Who wants to be Maralyn Thoma?

Hey, you leave my Maralyn out of this.

ETA: Scratch Corley. I'll be happy w/ someone's worst scriptwriter on PASSIONS.

You too. Leave my posse alone.

I'll trade my Craig Heller for someone's Hal Corley!

Woah woah!! That's so not fair. Nobody's going to trade Corley for Heller! That's like trading Curt Schilling for Carl Pavano! Equal value for Craig would be like....Lynn Martin or Bruce Neckles......

Toups will you also keep track of when each soap's strike episodes begin?

You know I will.

I honestly don't know how you keep track of the credits of all 9 soaps... very impressive.

I get help with ATWT/DAYS (because I get the Canadian credits) and I tape the end credits for the rest (American credits). It's good to have 2 VCRs (yes, I'm still using this old technology!).

So do I get to be Frank Valentini?

So do I get to be Frank Valentini?

No, you're Dena Higley.

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