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As the World Turns - Luke and Noah (No Videos)
Daniel:
Yes, I hated introducing such angst into the storyline on Christmas Day... I'm sure it breaks with every tradition of having the Christmas Day episode being a happy and cheerful one... but it was my first attempt to write a soap opera episode, so I had to have some type of conflict that drives the story. If there's no Nuke today, I'll write another one, and keep the story going.
injest:
--- Quote from: Daniel on December 26, 2007, 08:46:26 am ---Yes, I hated introducing such angst into the storyline on Christmas Day... I'm sure it breaks with every tradition of having the Christmas Day episode being a happy and cheerful one... but it was my first attempt to write a soap opera episode, so I had to have some type of conflict that drives the story. If there's no Nuke today, I'll write another one, and keep the story going.
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I thought the whole falling in the pond thing fit very well into the genre, there is ALWAYS something dramatic going on. and it moves at a fast pace like that. I think you have the style down very well...the only part I didn't get was the "flashback" but that may be because I haven't been following the story as well as you have...
Daniel:
Ahh.....
Lily and Dusty have had an affair for some time now, and it's one of the reasons why Holden and Lily are getting divorced (for the second time?); the older children (Faith and Luke) know it's because of Dusty and Luke is critical of Dusty and Lily's relationship. I wanted that to kind of be present in Lily's state of mind as she's with Holden, because truth be told (and everyone knows this) - Lily and Holden are still in love and will continue to be in love. Just throwing a bit of guilt - even though I think that guilt is one of the stupidest emotions around. It doesn't resolve anything... lol... but it does build up angst. And I think that's what soap operas are good at.
injest:
--- Quote from: Daniel on December 26, 2007, 09:09:22 am ---Ahh.....
Lily and Dusty have had an affair for some time now, and it's one of the reasons why Holden and Lily are getting divorced (for the second time?); the older children (Faith and Luke) know it's because of Dusty and Luke is critical of Dusty and Lily's relationship. I wanted that to kind of be present in Lily's state of mind as she's with Holden, because truth be told (and everyone knows this) - Lily and Holden are still in love and will continue to be in love. Just throwing a bit of guilt - even though I think that guilt is one of the stupidest emotions around. It doesn't resolve anything... lol... but it does build up angst. And I think that's what soap operas are good at.
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got it..
but you are wrong about guilt I think.
Guilt is your own id telling you you have compromised your own standards of behaviour (not talking about guilt trips others try to lay on you).
To thine own self be true!
Daniel:
I think you might be confusing guilt and shame.
Shame is a productive emotion, where you know you've done something wrong and need to do something about it.
Guilt is a concretion of a secretive existence, usually, one that you feel you have to hide from other people because they will likely make judgemental decisions based on that existence.
Ah, but let's not quibble over crossed t's and dotted i's. The point is, it's angst... :)
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