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ALL: Soap Actors/Writers and also Authors

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5 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Rita Lakin, who headwrote The Doctors in 67/68 and Peyton Place, Flamingo Road. Emerald Point. Executive Suite. Dynasty as well as other primetime shows and TV movies also created the Gladdy Gold Mystery seven-book series, including Getting Old Is Murder, Getting Old Is The Best Revenge, and Getting Old Can Kill You.

I wonder if they would have made a good TV series?

Getting Old Is Murder (Gladdy Gold)Getting Old is the Best RevengeGetting Old is to Die ForGetting Old is a DisasterGetting Old Is Tres Dangereux: A Mystery

Getting Old Can Hurt You (A Gladdy Gold Mystery, 8)Getting Old Will Haunt You (A Gladdy Gold Mystery, 9)




Donna Mills would've made a good Gladdy Gold.

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I think about this a lot. Soap operas should try hiring writers who have published novels instead of recycling the same mediocre outdated soap writers.

Even successful writers usually don't make a lot of money and would probably be interested in the job. Start them in the writer's room so they can get an understanding of how these shows work. Many people don't understand that soap operas are a format, not necessary a genre. Make them watch classic episodes. Pair them up with an experienced soap writer.

Probably the most well known example of this is Michael Malone and Josh Griffith. Having One Life to Live written through the eyes of a novelist created really unique, well written material. No, not everyone liked it, though that can be said of any time period on any show. Yes, he needed a lot of people to polish his ideas, and their second reign wasn't successful, but I've always wished this experiment would be repeated with another good (book) writer.

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