2024: The Directors and Writers Thread

[Toups]

We'll see if Marla is temporarily editing while Marin is away, or if she stays there that means she's an associate head writer now like Beldner. 

[Soapsuds]

Heather Tom is now a script writer for B&B. I missed her live chat with Michael.

Heather Tom script writer along with her director and actor duties

[dragonflies]

Is PM at BOLD? 

This is after Steffy's recent kidnapping, from a  few weeks aggo

 

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[Khan]

But what she really wants to do is produce! 

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I hope not.  I really want to see him join Michele Val Jean at BTG.

[MichaelGL]

Same. I could go for a team that includes Michelle Val Jean, Bob Guza, and Patrick Mulcahey.

[dragonflies]

@Errol

[Taoboi]

OH...? Well go Heather Tom!!

 

I agree with @Khan. I would love to have PM at BTG. Perhaps he is freelancing at B&B?

[titan1978]

Does she still direct there?

[Soapsuds]

Yes

[Khan]

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Heather Tom takes over the hair and makeup as well, lol.

My dream BTG writing staff: MVJ, Susan Dansby, Michelle Patrick and PM.

Edited October 4, 2024 by Khan

[Errol]

Heather Tom is now a scriptwriter at B&B, with her first episode scheduled to air Wednesday, November 6, Soap Opera Network has learned.

Heather Tom Joins Writing Team of 'The Bold and the Beautiful' As Scriptwriter

[Toups]

I don't know where that's from but I think people who watch credits here would've noticed him name.  That screenshot is probably from when Mulcahey was still with B&B and they were in Italy. 

[Aback]

I’m glad she’s writing but I can’t help but think of Vicky Rowell when she advocated for herself to join the Y&R writing team and they refused mentioning “conflict of interest”.

[BetterForgotten]

It’s not common - when the late Meg Bennett wrote for Y&R and still acted on the show, Bill Bell made it clear she couldn’t write or contribute to material involving her character to avoid the conflict of interest issue. Brad Bell may have a similar arrangement with Heather Tom. 

I think Rowell wanted to specifically write for characters in Dru’s orbit or advocate for her character or those closely tied to Dru. That would have been a clear conflict of interest if she was on the writing staff, IMO. Granted, she did contribute ideas like the Devon’s foster care storyline, but she wasn't involved in the writing of the actual material.

[Vee]

They used to have Tim Stickney (R.J. Gannon) and to a certain extent Erika Slezak doing some quiet day to day rewriting on OLTL under the table, IIRC. Both discussed it openly in the oral history. The conflict of interest was cited to them so they simply didn't take pay for it (unfairly, IMO). Something similar happened decades before with Ellen Holly, who at least once or twice pitched long story (like the Jack Scott saga) that they used but gave her no pay for for the same reasons.