Members dm. Posted June 11, 2008 Members Share Posted June 11, 2008 Heh. That's so true. I'm still confused as to why would they let someone like her (who sucked on her first HW stint on DOOL, and sucked at her longer stint at OLTL) would let her head-write a show that is always so near to cancellation. But that's in the past now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 11, 2008 Members Share Posted June 11, 2008 Because she gets the job done. Anything you want, she will write. She is servile, kind of, she wouldn't have any objections to Ken's ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members koos Posted June 11, 2008 Members Share Posted June 11, 2008 That has to be why we're seeing fake-outs and fantasies (and fake-out fantasies) again. Hell they're even showing them in episode previews, as if they were real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marlenafan Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhinohide Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 Couldn't she just delegate? Call herself the headwriter and make the pitches to the powers, but leave the real creativity to somebody who isn't so burned out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 So when Higleys ideas are axed it's because she's a crappy writer and it's a tough business but when it happend to Sheffer he was the victim and Corday was evil. This double standard is so ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 I could take your double standard theory and flip it to fit my agenda too. When rumors of Hogan's long-term plans were axed, those who support him were called crazy. Hogan didn't have long term plans and if he did, Corday cut them for a reason. However now when the shoe is on the other foot, it's Dena is a victim blah blah blah. See, it works both ways. Hogan and his team had to work with a difficult person in charge and yet many never gave them any slack, so why should people give it to Dena. Btw, I'm just being devil's advocate right now, lol. I don't mean anything by it. I for one didn't say her ideas were axed because she was a crappy writer. My complaint was she knew what she was getting into when she agreed to come back to DAYS, so for her to bitch about her ideas being axed in her blog as a way to try and generate sympathy doesn't work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponz Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 Higley did a very competent job as a breakdown/scriptwriter for 17 years but that's her limit. She has no clue how to structure a story with a beginning, middle and end in a way that generates tension or suspense. She basically puts every story in a holding pattern and sporadically breaks the pattern with *events* that have little or nothing to do with the plots. The fact that Corday or NBC may be vetoing her ideas is irrelevant since her content is not the problem. It's her failure to grasp basic storytelling mechanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brimike Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thank you, Ponz. I couldn't have said it better myself. She's not completely without talent. And I wouldn't mind her continuing to write scripts (not that I think she'd "settle" for that at this point). On Days though. Nowhere else. She ONLY fits on that show. But the basic concepts of Storytelling 101 are lost on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 Exactly, Ryan (and thank you). It isn't as if KC magically changed his managerial style while Dena was away writing for another show. Not when his family has an ownership stake in DAYS. Hogan and Dena have had long-term plans axed by him, so they're both his "victims." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 That's true. Nobody - and I mean, nobody - kills off a pregnant psycho-b***h better than Dena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 I think she would settle for this. After all, it's a payed job, and she has no other choices. Especially, with WGA behind her back. However, when she leaves, I think she will be gone forever. And if someone fits only on one show, isn't that - sort of - a classic definition of a bad writer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brimike Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 My honest opinion? Yes. Which is why I can barely make it through a few acts of DOOL these days. But I've come to learn that the fans of Days are not looking for the same things that fans of other soaps are looking for. I'll give them Dena as a member of the writing team. To appease her supporters. And she seems to have a lot of them (Still trying to figure out how THAT happened.) It's all about compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brimike Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 When she finally DIES, that is. How many false deaths did that woman HAVE?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 12, 2008 Members Share Posted June 12, 2008 I lost count at three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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