Because Head writers are hired by the President and breakdown and script writers are hired by the head writer. It is his or her writing team. If its ok for Ed Scott to go around firing writers, then I say its just fine for Brian Frons to write an episode of GH. Frons sucks at writing and Mike Cohen, a damn good writer is jobless. Both are negative situations, but one should not be pardonable and the other not.

so are HW and EP equal? is one above the other? do they work together?

EP's in my opinion should stay out of writing all together. I would hate to see what Broadway writers Frank Valentini would like to bring on to OLTL. Head Writers write, EP's produce. That's the way it should be in my opinion.

Maybe my source is Mike Cohen, Brimike.

In fact it is.

If that is really the case, then it makes sense why we have conflicting stories, as my sources come from the "other side of the table", so to speak.

So going off the old "three sides to every story" rule, chances are we're both partly right.

Yeah, chances are people will believe you instead, brimike.

Yeah, chances are people will believe you instead, brimike.

Awww... Vee. Thanks, but I wasn't trying to divide the group or discredit anyone, I swear.

As is usually the case in any situation like this, a fired employee will have a very different story to tell than the people who fired them. So if Changed by Son actually knows Mike Cohen, and those are the reasons he believes he was released from his contract, then there's probably some truth to it. Mine tell me Hogan was a huge fan of Mike Cohen's scripts, which was why I originally said it wasn't Hogan's decision. So it's pointless to argue about who's right and wrong, because chances are, the real story is a little of both.

Edited November 30, 200718 yr by brimike

Awww... Vee. Thanks, but I wasn't trying to divide the group or discredit anyone, I swear.

As is usually the case in any situation like this, a fired employee will have a very different story to tell than the people who fired them. So if Changed by Son actually knows Mike Cohen, and those are the reasons he believes he was released from his contract, then there's probably some truth to it. Mine tell me Hogan was a huge fan of Mike Cohen's scripts, which was why I originally said it wasn't Hogan's decision. So it's pointless to argue about who's right and wrong, because chances are, the real story is a little of both.

Brimike, I didnt' say Hogan fired Mike Cohen.

I said ED SCOTT DID.

How did you miss that?

It's like you haven't read a thing I said, but you keep replying.

My point to you was that because Mike wasn't part of Hogan's clique,

he allowed Mike to be axed by Ed.

Hogan is more likely to fight for the writers that he hired.

Not the writers that somebody else brought on board.

Edited November 30, 200718 yr by ChangedBYSon

It's like you haven't read a thing I said, but you keep replying.

The mods feel that way about you every day, dear.

The mods feel that way about you every day, dear.

Ah well... that's what I get for continuing a conversation I knew better than to continue.

I didn't think everything had to be an argument. My own fault for throwing my two cents in in the first place.

If Ron Carlivati could get Gary Tomlin back, you dont think he could get Lorraine back?

Ron didn't "get Gary back." Gary was hired in prep for the strike and is now doing Ron's job while Ron walks the picket lines. In other words, Gary is headwriting OLTL.

Ron didn't "get Gary back." Gary was hired in prep for the strike and is now doing Ron's job while Ron walks the picket lines. In other words, Gary is headwriting OLTL.

Yup. It was Frank Valentini who wanted Tomlin.

I wasn't sure if I could posted about Gary currently HW OLTL, so thanks for doing it, exwriter.

Yeah......ok.

Yeah......ok.

Couldn't find a pic of Gary for your avatar, Jay?

Yeah......ok.

So after all the info I posted here for the past couple of months, now you don't believe me?

So Toups do you secretly know other strike HWs? I don't want you to reveal their names in case there are some gems in the mix. But are there any notables writing?

It'll be interesting to see if we see any major change in the writing for all the shows. Will these writers have strike rules/outlines to follow, or could they be completely winging it? Will they have the freedom to introduce new storylines? Anything that can save us from the current hell of ATWT and Y&R is something to look forward to. I'm most worried about B&b and OLTL, which are actually good.

So after all the info I posted here for the past couple of months, now you don't believe me?

That wasn't to you or the information given Toups. I love you.