Thanks both of you—I had forgotten I had all of this kept away in boxes and haven't looked at it in ten years or so. I don't think I can or should take photos and share then due to certain connections (including my friendship with one if the writers) and how Igot them but I’m stuck on house test all day today so plan on a much more detailed report with quotes later on. As Vee says (and I’m almost disappointed to say this as someone who at least sometimes is a McT defender) almost everything here even more than her memoir is amazingly exactly what you’d expect from the worst of her. Also, this might be due to these being written when she feared for her job and was trying to convince the network heads of how she would change things, but it’s -fascinating- how every plot idea or rejection she pitches here comes first and primarily from trying to read what would appeal to the demos, to the Q levels for actors, to the viewer panels, etc. in a way I can’t remember ever seeing a soap writer discuss their technique before (granted partly because even if that was driving key stories they’d never so shamelessly own up to it).
Stay tuned.
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