ATWT: You are the Headwriter

[King]

If you became the writer of ATWT tomorrow, what do you do to the show?

It seems a lot of people are complaining about ATWT lately, so I expect some quality responses.

What STORIES can bring the show back?

[Q Steph]

Murder mystery with Jade as the vicitm.

Stop making Gwen the perpetual victim.

A true b*tch/villain that fans can love to hate.

A real romance to get behind.

[Actor87]

This has already been posted, King (kinda sorta)

http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/index.php?showtopic=16975

[winterguy125]

1. First thing I would do is take the following teens Gwen, Maddie, Casey, Will and take the focus off of them, and make them be part of an adults storyline. So that family's can be more involved in the storylines, IMO way to much airtime goes to these new characters that have only been on screen for 2 years.

2. I would bring Lucinda back into the business world and also Barbara and Lisa, and give them a great storyline using there long history's with the show.

3. I would give Luke a storyline about HIM and not Lily and Holden or about Gwen, Jade, Maddie, Will. It would be a long range story with every little detail being payed attention to much like we see with the teens we see everyday.

4. I would make sure that every show atleast has some kind of Family drama, that involves that particular family, and not just 1 character out of that family.

5. I would bring the Hughes family back to forefront and give them new storylines, again based on some history and some new stuff.

6. Also I would put a stop to all new babies being brought into Oakdale, and bring back some of the other kids that have been ignored for years.

7. I would not make sure not to listen to fanbases and write the show the way I would want it written.

8. I would give Katie a storyline that deals in her downfall, and storyline that makes her pay and understand what she does wrong, I would not let Katie have a man until she learns the meaning of life and grows up.

9. I would put Carly and Jack back together and never break them up again, I would just give them some nice family drama to deal with instead of the same break up scenes we have seen for years.

10. I would stop with all the dumb Who is going to get who next crap, I would put a stop to all future anything dealing with the woods and murder crap.

11. I would make Paul into a Stenbeck, which the return of James would help with, no more visions, I would make Paul a solid character again instead of this weak ever changing Paul we have today.

12. Just family drama, business drama, and mystery, and I don't mean copy cat teen mystery's either, real mysteries that are interesting and not just shove characters down the throat mysteries.

I could go on for hours but that is a start.

[kelly1142]

1. Paul needs to get in touch with his Stenbeck side.

2. Madam Cheri is a James plant, and James has a miraculously alive Jennifer Stewart Ryan....Emily finds out before she mysteriously disappears (for KMH's maternity leave)....throughout the summer, as Paul is acting much more Stenbeckian and maybe even teaming up with Lucinda to get revenge on Craig (or going into business with Carly) ...he gets clues, leading to him finding Emily and their daughter, bringing James back to Oakdale to cause trouble for everyone, and putting Susan and Barbara front and center.

3. Reunite CarJack

4. Get Katie away from Jack.

5. Enough Gwen.

6. Give Jade something to do. She's Rose's daughter, why hasn't she interacted with any of her mother's friends or lovers? I'd love to see Jade interact with Rose's BFF's Emily and Carly and of course Paul and Dusty.

7. Tom and Margo need a great story. I'm not sure what, but I really want them to be more front and center, and not just propping the teens.

8. I'd like to see Will be more involved with his family. In fact, when was the last time any of the Ryans shared scenes?

9. No more Ali the porn star.

10. Luke is by far the most interesting teen IMO. He needs to have his own story and a love interest.

[Soapsuds]

Apologize to the fans for the awful mess ATWT has become.

[King]

I saw that thread, actor, but I wanted this to be more about stories than "fire him/her etc etc etc"

[WTGH]

Stories that up the ante, where SOMETHING is at stake.

[P.J.]

1. Luke gets a romance. Make it real, see how his family reacts to the relationship. Don't just make the new interest some goody-goody nerd who no one objects to. Have those objections be real concerns...maybe the kid has been in trouble with the law, maybe he drinks and doesn't understand how that would affect Luke.

2. Don't even think of doing a Em/Dusty/Ali triangle. Sister-daughters sharing the same man is disgusting and overdone. End the Emawhore story, period. Send Em off to therapy for KMH's maternity leave.

3. Gwen/Will/Ali triangle...not only were Ali and Gwen sort of friends, Will had unrequited/stalkerish feelings for Ali. Will is exactly the kind of guy who'd find out Ali did porn, and not judge her for it. Gwen and Will fight, Ali's dates other guys as she realizes she's falling for Will. Babs objects, she and Susan duke it out. Babs finds out about Ali's porn past and humiliates her.

4. Rosanna returns, it's clear Carly has been with her for nearly all the time she's been on the run. Rosanna plots revenge on Craig, but she needs Carly's help. As Carly tries to rebuild her relationship with her children, it interferes with Rosanna's plans for Craig and Carly's protective/subserviant bond with Rosanna worries Jack. Jack and Carly slowly build their trust and admit they've never stopped loving each other.

5. Continue the Vienna/Henry relationship. Make them family-ish with Maddie.

6. Ro's return complicates things for Paul. With him trying to save Rosanna from bitterness, Meg falls into Craig's arms. Ro's revenge ends up hurting Meg.

7. Babs...Dusty....one night stand....and MORE. Of course, Paul objects and sets out to break them up. James offers him a solution.

[SteveFrame]

1) The first thing I would do is give Luke a love story too. I would want it like my story for Bobby (portrayed by Van Hansis) in my blog. I want him to fall hard for a gay guy who only wants sex from him at first. Find them struggle and even take it as far as having a gay triangle. I would love for it to be a character tied to the show already but it wouldn't have to be. I would like the guy to be older - say 29 or 30. One of the Ward quadruplets would be wonderful. We know nothing of them so one of them being gay and out and proud would not be a problem.

2) I would get rid of characters like Vienna in favor of suring up the families on the show. There are enough families that ATWT are not all related and romances can be filled from them and not from stray characters like Vienna. I would keep Henry but maybe even put him in a romance with one of the Ward quads too.

3) With Craig in control of World Wide I would put Carly back in his story by him enticing her once again with a design career. She hates Craig now but she would take it. Secretly she would working for Lucinda to spy on Craig and get even with him. Her going back into the fashion industry would anger Barbara. She and Paul could focus back on BRO which Craig once again is trying to take over.

4) Work on a Jack/Carly reconciliation but her working for Craig would make the road rocky. In Carly fashion she would keep her real intentions with Craig secret from Jack