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Tidbits from Ryan Quan Interview
Topic Started: Mar 6 2016, 09:58 PM (7,429 Views)
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I hope he also writes for the vets like John, Marlena, Steve, Kayla, Hope, etc. I would hate it if they were pushed to the background. That's happened before with Higley being one of the head writers.

I'm willing to give him a chance but since they let Josh slip through their fingers and kept that hack Dena I'm rather skeptical. They should've let her go and kept Josh.
I'm sure Steve and Kayla will stay front burner. It sounds like Ryan Quan grew up watching them.


I think Ryan Quan is for Nicole, Theresa, Paul and few others. The vets may be for Dena! Its Dena who is keeping Steve and Kayla, frontburner! And still may be, because she is still our head writer.
Oh, he's for Paul too? I didn't see that. Did he say that in the full interview? I haven't read the magazine.
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It does?
Yea.
I don't see how. He didn't reference them or supercouples in general. If anything if he loves Kristen it could potentially mean J&M got story out of it. Which by the way, I don't even think I want to see lol
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep I think Ryan Quan is for Nicole, Theresa, Paul and few others. The vets may be for Dena! Its Dena who is keeping Steve and Kayla, frontburner! And still may be, because she is still our head writer.
I haven't heard Quan say he's for Theresa at all. He mentioned Kate, Nicole, and Victor. He's retweeted some stuff for CS, so he probably enjoys Paul, but I haven't heard (or read) a word of him liking Theresa. That would put me off, lol.


From what it looks like Ryan is going to write for Nicole, Brady, even Theresa, Paul, Ciara and others. Dena is the one who write for particular type...Steve/Kayla, Rafe/Hope...maybe John/Marlena. I don't know about Victor, Abe and Roman. Either Victor could be written by Ryan for now or its Dena. You can tell at this minute on TV, who is writing for who. I know for the fact that Dena is writing for Steve/Kayla!
Are you going to answer where you're getting that from? So far he's only mention three characters, and then has mentioned writing for certain stories previously. None of that has included Nicole, Theresa, or Brady.

And yes, you can tell to a point who is writing for who, but it's not quite what you've deciphered. ;) What's airing now was not written by Dena, though she did start some of these stories before her leave of absence.

GLFanatic, there are some quotes from the writers (not the actors), some common denominators, and some common sense just based on when people have come and gone that can help decipher who pushes what and who is behind what stories. I wouldn't say it's unequivocally broken down, but there are some obvious things. We've provided as much evidence as humanly possible, and I'm tired of continuously repeating myself on it. However, none of that has anything to do with the posts you quoted, so IDK what she's talking about.
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Yea.
I don't see how. He didn't reference them or supercouples in general. If anything if he loves Kristen it could potentially mean J&M got story out of it. Which by the way, I don't even think I want to see lol
Yeah, I just re-read the article, and he doesn't really mention anyone besides the three he liked writing dialogue for. :shrug: He grew up watching, but since he's only, like, 39, he would have been pretty young during the super couple heyday (1980s). Obviously he could have gone back and watched old SLs, but I'd imagine that '90s Days is his biggest reference point as a viewer.
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Yea.
I don't see how. He didn't reference them or supercouples in general. If anything if he loves Kristen it could potentially mean J&M got story out of it. Which by the way, I don't even think I want to see lol
Well, he said he grew up watching Days, and I assume that was around the time they were front and center. Whether or not that transcends into writing for them, we'll see, but I think they'll stay front burner. Especially since Dena said she loves super couples.
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To be honest, though, I'd be more excited about this if he didn't come attached to Higley. Higley just seems like a death sentence for good writing and interesting storylines, no matter who they partner with her.
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I don't see how. He didn't reference them or supercouples in general. If anything if he loves Kristen it could potentially mean J&M got story out of it. Which by the way, I don't even think I want to see lol
Yeah, I just re-read the article, and he doesn't really mention anyone besides the three he liked writing dialogue for. :shrug: He grew up watching, but since he's only, like, 39, he would have been pretty young during the super couple heyday (1980s). Obviously he could have gone back and watched old SLs, but I'd imagine that '90s Days is his biggest reference point as a viewer.
Yep. I thought that the other day too. He's a little older than me and I have memories of the 80's but 90's Days was what I fell in love with
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I don't see how. He didn't reference them or supercouples in general. If anything if he loves Kristen it could potentially mean J&M got story out of it. Which by the way, I don't even think I want to see lol
Well, he said he grew up watching Days, and I assume that was around the time they were front and center. Whether or not that transcends into writing for them, we'll see, but I think they'll stay front burner. Especially since Dena said she loves super couples.
He mostly worked with Reilly. I'd think he's more a 90s guy than an 80s guy. Doesn't mean he hasn't seen both and doesn't mean he might not still like those characters though. Dena saying she loves supercouples has yet to translate to anything on screen.
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I don't see how. He didn't reference them or supercouples in general. If anything if he loves Kristen it could potentially mean J&M got story out of it. Which by the way, I don't even think I want to see lol
Well, he said he grew up watching Days, and I assume that was around the time they were front and center. Whether or not that transcends into writing for them, we'll see, but I think they'll stay front burner. Especially since Dena said she loves super couples.
Higley doesn't love the supercouples, that's funny. She loves wrecking them though.
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Well, he said he grew up watching Days, and I assume that was around the time they were front and center. Whether or not that transcends into writing for them, we'll see, but I think they'll stay front burner. Especially since Dena said she loves super couples.
Higley doesn't love the supercouples, that's funny. She loves wrecking them though.
Far be it for me to defend Dena since I know she hated here. And I didn't watch during her previous tenure, so I'm only going by this latest stint. But it seems like TomSell is the one who wrecked all the couple's. Dena/Josh reunited John and Marlena, brought Steve and Kayla back to the front burner, and closed out Bo and Hope's story really well. It wasn't perfect, but I don't see any couples as wrecked yet.
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Higley doesn't love the supercouples, that's funny. She loves wrecking them though.
Far be it for me to defend Dena since I know she hated here. And I didn't watch during her previous tenure, so I'm only going by this latest stint. But it seems like TomSell is the one who wrecked all the couple's. Dena/Josh reunited John and Marlena, brought Steve and Kayla back to the front burner, and closed out Bo and Hope's story really well. It wasn't perfect, but I don't see any couples as wrecked yet.
I think you hit the nail on the head by saying you didn't see her last run. It was a disaster and the supercouple writing was horrible. I don't credit Higley for anything that's happened with J&M. And I think if she had her way the S&K story would have been a total disaster.

Totally agree about tomsell. The worst damage ever done to supercouples. But HigleyA track record isn't much better
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Higley doesn't love the supercouples, that's funny. She loves wrecking them though.
Far be it for me to defend Dena since I know she hated here. And I didn't watch during her previous tenure, so I'm only going by this latest stint. But it seems like TomSell is the one who wrecked all the couple's. Dena/Josh reunited John and Marlena, brought Steve and Kayla back to the front burner, and closed out Bo and Hope's story really well. It wasn't perfect, but I don't see any couples as wrecked yet.
Honestly...this is the most frustrating conversation these days. It's not even that people disagree. It's that people respond like we've never said anything and like we've just made things up instead of using actual quotes from writers and evidence from their previous writing.

Chances are incredibly low that Quan and Higley are going to work as an actual team anyway.
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Mar 8 2016, 09:23 PM
To be honest, though, I'd be more excited about this if he didn't come attached to Higley. Higley just seems like a death sentence for good writing and interesting storylines, no matter who they partner with her.
Dena had worked with Victor Gialanella and current breakdown writer Rick Draughon in 2008 for several months. Is it known why they left the position*/were let go?

I assume their position was of co-HW and Dena was HW.

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To be honest, though, I'd be more excited about this if he didn't come attached to Higley. Higley just seems like a death sentence for good writing and interesting storylines, no matter who they partner with her.
Agreed. If she's been able to steamroll over much more experienced head writers, Quan doesn't really stand a chance.

I do think it's interesting, though, that she seemingly hasn't been allowed to give a single official interview since returning last February. I mean, I understand wanting to interview Quan since he's new, but I think her absence in these things is interesting. If FB and Twitter are any indication, she has/does like to talk about her "stories." :P
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Far be it for me to defend Dena since I know she hated here. And I didn't watch during her previous tenure, so I'm only going by this latest stint. But it seems like TomSell is the one who wrecked all the couple's. Dena/Josh reunited John and Marlena, brought Steve and Kayla back to the front burner, and closed out Bo and Hope's story really well. It wasn't perfect, but I don't see any couples as wrecked yet.
I think you hit the nail on the head by saying you didn't see her last run. It was a disaster and the supercouple writing was horrible. I don't credit Higley for anything that's happened with J&M. And I think if she had her way the S&K story would have been a total disaster.

Totally agree about tomsell. The worst damage ever done to supercouples. But HigleyA track record isn't much better
You know, when the writers wreck couples but the characters still stay on the show and are featured it means the writers love them.

When they don't like someone they backburner them and write them off (with a HEA or not).

It's a very different kind of love than the fans have for their couples ;) .
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I think you hit the nail on the head by saying you didn't see her last run. It was a disaster and the supercouple writing was horrible. I don't credit Higley for anything that's happened with J&M. And I think if she had her way the S&K story would have been a total disaster.

Totally agree about tomsell. The worst damage ever done to supercouples. But HigleyA track record isn't much better
You know, when the writers wreck couples but the characters still stay on the show and are featured it means the writers love them.

When they don't like someone they backburner them and write them off (with a HEA or not).

It's a very different kind of love than the fans have for their couples ;) .
Well not exactly. Higley had J&M around in 2008 and sent Marlena off camera a chunk of the time before they got written out. TomSell totally destroyed them and then sent john out of town. Both sucked and neither loved the characters

You can keep couples apart and not wreck them. That proves you love them. See parts of the 90's as an example. Couples were kept apart for years. J&M B&H. I really don't believe writers who love characters destroy them. They may give them challenges but they keep them true to themselves.

Forgot to add Higley continued the assassination of Marlena while in Switzerland too. There's no love
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You know, when the writers wreck couples but the characters still stay on the show and are featured it means the writers love them.

When they don't like someone they backburner them and write them off (with a HEA or not).

It's a very different kind of love than the fans have for their couples ;) .
Well not exactly. Higley had J&M around in 2008 and sent Marlena off camera a chunk of the time before they got written out. TomSell totally destroyed them and then sent john out of town. Both sucked and neither loved the characters

You can keep couples apart and not wreck them. That proves you love them. See parts of the 90's as an example. I really don't believe writers who love characters destroy them. They may give them challenges but they keep them true to themselves.
The way she writes for couples she likes is pretty dreadful. She has defined it herself. She wants them to shoot one another.
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He should bring Kristen back!

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Mar 8 2016, 10:16 PM
He should bring Kristen back!



YASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hail: :cheer: :cheers: :wizard: :hug: :yahoo:
I really want to see Kristen steal Brady away from Theresa! Theresa HAS NO CHANCE WITH KRISTEN!
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He should bring Kristen back!



YASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hail: :cheer: :cheers: :wizard: :hug: :yahoo:
I really want to see Kristen steal Brady away from Theresa! Theresa HAS NO CHANCE WITH KRISTEN!
Why exactly would Brady want to get back with Kristen? Other than the fact that he's a moron. I thought it was clear things were over between them. Brady is awful right now and has been for a while, and getting back with Kristen would make him a loss cause.
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