Tom Casiello's Blog

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Tom posted a new blog entry:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...iendID=31817970

[Ryan]

Tom is absolutely amazing.....such a great mind and talent.

[MarkH]

To show how ridiculous I am...I'm sitting here desperate for an update on how his pitch session went :-).

And I don't even know the guy...

But my positive energy was definitely sent in his direction.

[leevo64]

Congratulations on the successful first pitch, Tom! Knew you could do it! Keep us updated!

[maconrich]

This is so OMG Jumping Up and Down Great News!!

Add being able to see some *much deserved* good karma shine on Tom and it's totally perfect!!

[TC]

Fingers crossed, Mr. Casiello. Please keep us posted. We are curious as hell.

[Toups]

Tom's latest blog is awesome! I love seeing breakdowns and scripts but I've never seen thrust notes before. Way cool!!

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...logID=405192621

[dm.]

Hmmm, very interesting... I'd like to try something like that one day... but probably never will.

Great post!

[rhythmchyc]

I wish he'd used an example from a soap that I watch LOL. Then I'd be able to compare the visual with the script.

[RavenWhitney]

Tom should give credit to the script writer; his blog reprints a whole passage from someone else's script. Who wrote the dialog?

[Khan]

Good call, Raven! Apparently, you're not the only one who caught that slip-up, lol...

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...logID=405322407

[MarkH]

Tom has an intriguing entry today in which he says, in part:

He concludes by saying

I don't have a myspace acct, so I can't comment...but what is MISSING from his blog is this:

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION??? Even if it IS the fault of the HW/BDW....what is the solution to "de-hack" them? I'd really like Tom's opinion.... And everyone else's....

[Vee]

He's still at this? Wow, he really doesn't want to work again, does he?

[Contessa Donatella]

I don't agree. I don't think there's anything missing from Tommy C's blog today. I haven't replied to it yet. It's one I have to think about. Primarily, what it makes me go to immediately is that he's not saying anything new or anything that's not long been known by fans when it comes to the Writing staff & although he doesn't say this, it's not new in many cases in terms of what choices the HW has, either. This is not Doug Marland's world & even at that, he had to go through GH & GL before he landed at ATWT & was able to have everything in the right place & time to be able to be a visionary HW.

And, there is no one canonical solution. That's also not new & not known.

[P.J.]

I get what he's saying, and I'm one of the ones who thinks killing off Bryant Montgomery was one of Hogan's worst decisions ever. The episodes surrounding his death though, were some of the best work under Hogan. It was really the long-term execution that failed, and made Bryant's death seem meaningless. That's on Hogan.

The logic behind a character's motivation should be part of the overall story, not left for the scriptwriter to invent on a daily basis. I think that would "de-hackify" stories a lot.