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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.

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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.

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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 !

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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...

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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.

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