Dont merge this. I need Ron to see this front and center please!!

To: Ron Carlivati

From: Jay Vanderburg

Subject: Script Writer

Memo: Ron, it's Jay. We here at the SON have been talking for a while now about your lackluster script writers. I am loving the show right now. You and me had some arguments over the Todd and Marty rehash but I am loving this aftermath. This reefer storyline with the teens has great potential as it merges with Scott Clifton's character. I am loving David's return, Tea's return. It's great. But you script writers suck!! Aida Croal can stay Ron, and i hate to say this but Carolyn Culliton should either be your Co- Head at this point, or go to ATWT. Michelle Poteet Lisanti, a days made writer needs to go now!! She will probably be jumping ship anyway. Katherine Schock should go back into retirement and I'm glad you hooked your friend Sharon Lennon up with a job but she sucks too. Elizabeth Page may stay. [!@#$%^&*] Ron, steal some writers from ATWT!! Look elsewhere Ron!! There are many great scriptwriters out there who can help make your stories come out so much better. Do some searching my brother. We'll be talking soon.

JV

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Dr. Jay S.W.

Word Jay, word...

I really do like Aida Croal's episodes- very much.

That Katherine Lennon episode last Friday was CLUNKY. And I am not generally a OLTL scriptbasher. But ever since I have read Y&R World Turner's opinions I listen much more carefully. lol. But the entire show seemed off last week when she wrote it.

Tell me about these people Jay- You guys seem to know so much about who these people are!

I have seen Poteet Lisanti get trashed here alot, especially- I had no idea she was from Days. Yuck.

Tell me about Elizabeth Page and the chick who came out of retirement- What are their experience/ what shows have they written??

Also, tell me about this Katherine Lennon..

Aida Croal I know is pretty esteemed playright with an MFA from Columbia I believe..That's all I know.

Who is available right now to come on board?

Why does Patrick Mulcahey WASTE his amazing talents on B&B? Does Guiding Light have any excellent scriptwriters we could steal should GL (god forbid) sail off into the sunset this spring?

Also, does anyone know who wrote todays GH episode? I thought the Maxie/Spinelli stuff was BRILLIANT.

I think you confused Sharon Lennon and Katherine Shock.

I think you confused Sharon Lennon and Katherine Shock.

whoops

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Dr. Jay S.W.

Confused them? No I didn't. I might have mispelled their names though.

She meant me- And she is right. That SHARON LENNON episode last week was extremely CLUNKY.

Also, does anyone know who wrote todays GH episode? I thought the Maxie/Spinelli stuff was BRILLIANT.

The simply divine Michele Val Jean, who puts every scriptwriter on OLTL and AMC (hell, most of daytime for that matter) to shame with her talent...

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Jay- Could you put together your scriptwriter dream team (especially with writers you know are available)

I would love a former Y&R scriptwriter who worked under Bill Bell- if there are any of those.

OLTL tries very hard to sound modern and contemporary but I think someone with some Y&R experience with that old fashioned, dramatic, character driven, and soapy writing would offer a nice balance to the show.

I really think Patrick Mulcahey could work wonders at OLTL. Actors love his stuff too.

She meant me- And she is right. That SHARON LENNON episode last week was extremely CLUNKY.

"He" meant me.

The simply divine Michele Val Jean, who puts every scriptwriter on OLTL and AMC (hell, most of daytime for that matter) to shame with her talent...

Ahhh Okay, her name I recognize. She has been at GH forever, hasn't she? Since the Wendy Riche days?

Ahhh Okay, her name I recognize. She has been at GH forever, hasn't she? Since the Wendy Riche days?

Yes.

"He" meant me.

SORRY. I had so many names and pronouns going through my head.

I really do like Aida Croal's episodes- very much.

That Katherine Lennon episode last Friday was CLUNKY. And I am not generally a OLTL scriptbasher. But ever since I have read Y&R World Turner's opinions I listen much more carefully. lol. But the entire show seemed off last week when she wrote it.

Tell me about these people Jay- You guys seem to know so much about who these people are!

I have seen Poteet Lisanti get trashed here alot, especially- I had no idea she was from Days. Yuck.

Tell me about Elizabeth Page and the chick who came out of retirement- What are their experience/ what shows have they written??

Also, tell me about this Katherine Lennon..

Aida Croal I know is pretty esteemed playright with an MFA from Columbia I believe..That's all I know.

Who is available right now to come on board?

Why does Patrick Mulcahey WASTE his amazing talents on B&B? Does Guiding Light have any excellent scriptwriters we could steal should GL (god forbid) sail off into the sunset this spring?

Also, does anyone know who wrote todays GH episode? I thought the Maxie/Spinelli stuff was BRILLIANT.

Aida Croal is black. She writes articles on interacial relationships, being black in this country which I why I wished she were a little higher up because she would push for some ethnicity on the show. She's written plays also. Michelle Lisanti was the Co- Head Writer of DAYS for about a year. Thats more her type of show. A more conservative slow show. Sharon Lennon is a local lesbian writer who writes a lesbian radio soap opera. Katherine Schock comes from OLTL! She was here during the Whitesell/Broderick days I believe, which was an ok period for the show. I dont remember her writing from back then all to much. Carolyn Culliton is a great writer who may be running her course. She is so skilled in coming up with story. She worked as Co- Head on ATWT and gets credit for keeping Hogan Scheffer in line, which is why she should hold a higher position than script editor !

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Dr. Jay S.W.

Jeez. You guys are good!

If you, Y&R Turner, and myself were forced at gunpoint to run a soap I would obviously run the lighting and set design teams. lol

You would be the writers and producers.

OLTL's SEVERE issue right now is the lack of ethnic diversity, and sadly, the ethnic characters on the show are COMPLETE BORES!

Carolyn Culliton you think will be heading back to ATWT? And she is a OLTL scriptwriter, not a breakdown writer??

I think it is only a matter of time before Carlivato gets a co head writer...

My Script writing team for OLTL would look like this:

Betina Bradbury

Peter Brash

Richard Culliton

Tracey Thompson

Aida Croal

Elizabeth Page

There are so many better choices, but that team is doable. I would love to have Karen Harris and Michele Val Jean over at OLTL but I know it will never happen so I stuck to choices that could possibly work in the future.