Editors Share Their Soap Pet Peeves
Mara Levinsky
My biggest pet peeve is the rewriting of on-screen history. It’s one thing to learn something new about an established character, but to be told that something I saw happen with my own eyes didn’t happen drives me nuts!
Devin Owens
That scenes are not long enough. In the good ol’ days, soap characters would actually have lengthy conversations that went a long way in story development.
Tom Stacy
My pet peeve? If you’re at home — or especially at work — and discussing your affair or your surprise child or a crime you committed, for Pete’s sake, close the damn door! If you don’t, then you deserve to be eavesdropped upon.
Lee Meyer
My pet peeve is when stories are dropped out of the blue. Nobody likes a good mystery or romance to unceremoniously end because a new writer took over, or the show suddenly wanted to go in a different direction.
Stephanie Sloane
My biggest pet peeve is when people insist on meeting in person for conversations that would, in real life, take place on the phone. And when someone is eavesdropping but walks away just before hearing the crucial information they need. Argh!
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