Red Room Where the Writers Are

One obvious trend in daytime that emerged in the late 70s and early 80s was the habit of stealing storyline ideas from prime time television.

As some of you may know, my new day job is in an industry that talks about how you recruit the best and brightest people, give them some boundaries and guidelines, and then let them be total rock s

The continuing list of issues that negatively affect the creative process of soaps.

I hope no one out there thinks I've invented all of the ideas I'm talking about. I'm a very good thief. (Which is one of the reasons I've always wanted to write for a soap opera!) 

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