When soaps hire new HW's and EP's would it be better to promote from within?

[John]

I was thinking about Y&R and why they gave the HW gig to Jean Passante and Shelley Altman instead of promoting Janice Ferri Esser who has been a Y&R SW since 1989?

I feel having someone who knows history would be better at keeping that history intact

Thoughts?

[cassadine1991]

I don't think there was anyone on GH's team who would've been a good HW back in 2011, but RC/FV shouldn't have chosen as a last resort

[ChitHappens]

Knowing history and being capable of writing an entire show true to that history is not as easy as you think it might be. Not sure how long Garin Wolfe was with GH, but that man struggled with getting from point A to B. He was not ready or the position he received. I absolutely loved what he did with Carly and a few other things, but overall, you could tell he didn't have a clue.

I know GH's history. Does that mean I should be writing the show?

[John]

Garin was at GH from 1997-2012

Hey I doubt it would get worse with you as HW. Hell Id be up for giving it a shot

[cassadine1991]

Garin Wolf has been with GH since 1997

[ChitHappens]

They should have been 10 feet behind the last resort!

[cassadine1991]

There were and still are many other writers and producers out there who are way more talented

[John]

Maybe Y&R should have paired Shelley or Jean with Janice as their Co-HW of Y&R

[sheilaforever]

Promoting from within makes sense if the promoted has experience in plotting and pacing stories...

Janice Ferri is a self-taught writer who excells in script and that's why she also was script editor. Doesn't mean she would be good at head writing. Natalie MInardi on the other hand who was trained by Kay Alden...

[Soaplovers]

Kay Alden was trained by Bill Bell, but she was guilty of starting the trend of veering the show more toward Victor and away from characters she didn't write when she was script-writer, etc.

[ChitHappens]

I would have liked to have seen what Val Jean could have done with GH.

[cassadine1991]

Her time as HW was so brief

[John]

Yeah I believe she quit after 3 months. It wasnt the right fit for her

[ChitHappens]

When and was it GH?

[Cheap21]

It doesn't matter. We've seen examples of both with disastrous results.