Not gonna read that because it will only piss me off

Pissy has pissed off viewers for many years..

"The last daytime soap where Jean made her mark as head scribe was As the World Turns in its final years, and she is known in the industry as one of the top writers of character development"

Is that true? o.O

Michael Fairman can sure lay in on thick. He can be polite without being so ingratiating.

Part of the problems I see with ATWT in the last decade I put a lot of that on Hogan Sheffer but I don't see what he's talking about in terms of her supposed prowess with character development. Does he mean of the current crop of daytime soap writersleft on network? Not of all time, surely?!

Edited May 9, 201411 yr by DramatistDreamer

The last daytime soap where Jean made her mark as head scribe wasAs the World Turns in its final years, and she is known in the industry as one of the top writers of character development.

Dear Lawd...really...talk about kissing ass

This interview was so ridic. I feel as if I've spent hours reading something that revealed very little. If you don't have a plan for anything in place, ladies, just say so. Sheesh.

We have a very similar story sensibility… which is good … but we bring different touches to different characters in certain stories. I think we compliment each other very well.

Yeah bringing two hacks together....lol

Bitch please...that hack couldn't write anything more deep than Luke and Noah jumping on a bed to celebrate their love and Janet the Queen of Italian Meatballs. If there were a such a thing as disbarment for incompetent writers, she'd have been kicked out of the industry YEARS ago.

For such a lengthy post, it tells amazingly little...lots of obfuscation and contradictory statements.

They claim to plan things out well in advance but talk about improvisatory writing as if they'd like to employ this tactic more often. They want to convince viewers that they had the Mariah/faux Cassie storyline planned out well in advance, yet the convoluted mess that they've written for this character proves the exact opposite--a lack of planning and pulling ideas out of the air. They keep trying to convince us that they didn't change anything along the way, but I'm getting a feeling that the ladies doth protest too much...

I could never be a soapwriter because I find the idea of writing for an actress when actresses leave and get replaced all the time, beyond stupid. Write for the character and cast appropriately. If you have a decent actress, she will conform to the role-- that's why it's called Acting. Instead, you have both Cynthia Watros and Camryn Grimes having to carve out characters out of virtually nothing. And now Cady who seems to be playing a completely different character.

They sound like they're hedging their bets on Neil and Hillary, that they don't know which way is what and if it doesn't work out, they seem prepared to pull the rip cord on that relationship.

They claim they want to invest in their next generation, yet I see absolutely nothing that indicates that they're making an effort. Their Generation Next characters have absolutely nothing going on.

And despite, them trying to lure in progressive viewers with a hint of the possibility of a same sex story, there is no indication from this interview that this is even on their radar. I don't know if JP is traumatized by whatever resistance she may have faced from ATWT or if they figure that Y&R is probably the most conservative of the Daytime dramas left on network TV but I'm not holding my breath considering how they wrote for the last gay character on this show.

And Michael Fairman saying that Adam is a pivotal character..uh, okay dude, last I checked Y&R was an ensemble. Phyllis and Adam are not needed right now. What's needed is sharper writing for the characters they do have on right now.

Can I marry this post? Perfect!

Edited May 9, 201411 yr by YRBB

This was a fantastic interview. Two women very intelligent and smart as can be giving great hope and good answers for Y and R. They practically finish each other senses. As I saw in the interview umbrella stories with a modern twist. This is just fabulous stuff.

5.4.3...

Neil and Hilary. Oh lord. The rooting factor is supposed to change? Which to me reads, "we will throw as many characters as possible, and needed, under the bus to prop this pairing."

I am expecting Devon to stalk and/or rape Hilary. I really am.

And Leslie wasn't forced to marry. She is just impulsive?

Edited May 9, 201411 yr by ajsp35801

Neil and Hilary. Oh lord. The rooting factor is supposed to change? Which to me reads, "we will throw as many characters as possible, and needed, under the bus to prop this pairing."

I am expecting Devon to stalk and/or rape Hilary. I really am.

And Leslie wasn't forced to marry. She is just impulsive?

In the meantime, that bitch rep for YR on Twitter wants to toss out "something different can happen tomorrow" in regards to Hillary and Heel! She would not have to say that if that wretched pairing was remotely successful!

In the meantime, that bitch rep for YR on Twitter wants to toss out "something different can happen tomorrow" in regards to Hillary and Heel! She would not have to say that if that wretched pairing was remotely successful!

Apparently, we are supposed to be ignorant to how soaps operate. Hilary and Neil seem to have already fizzled. Folks were riled up when they were first paired but that initial buzz has dwindled. I think it is more about the reaction of Lily and Devon at this point. Once that plays out then what? Cutesy scenes with NuMoses reminding us of how Neil treated Sophia. Ha!

It's clear to me that they will ride this Neil and Hilary pairing out until the bitter end, i.e. the end of Mishael Morgan's contract/run.

I am still trying to figure out why they kept Leslie despite being glad they did. And why the heck did they feel the need to give her some random husband? We know they aren't really interested because it was off screen and they were in no hurry to cast him to get him onscreen.

And who cares if Nikki leaves Victor? We all know she goes right back to him.

*takes bow* I only thank God Janet was never given her own internet cooking show as a plot point. If Pinson wasn't clearly older than they want to go with Phyllis, I'm positive she'd be on Pissy's radar, and Phyllis would scheme to take over Avery's show with her family recipe for lasagna.

Yes, you are.

Sounds like it made his week.

Yes, you are.

Sounds like it made his week.

More like made his lifetime.