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monkey9

With posters on here fascinated with the fact that Fair City has 26 writers (and that does seem overkill in fairness), it comes across that some people think that a certain writer will write one episode and then another writer comes along to write the next episode and that it’s all done separately. It’s as if they believe the second writer looks at where the previous episode left off and takes it away from there with their own little plot line.

Storylines are worked on and developed months in advance. They’re not made up on the spot, episode by episode, depending on who the writer is. When the credits says the episode is written by ‘so and so’, that writer is just writing the dialogue and developing a particular situation, but it’s all within the general arc of a storyline that’s been given to them.

I know I’m stating the obvious with the above, but it genuinely comes across that some posters here believe it’s written episode by episode under different writers.

walshb

monkey9 wrote: »

I know I’m stating the obvious with the above, but it genuinely comes across that some posters here believe it’s written episode by episode under different writers.

I didn't interpret it like that. I interprted it as posters being deliberately obtuse as regards the writers not knowing who was writing what. All adding to the pi&s take nature of the thread.

The Talking Bread

walshb wrote: »

I didn't interpret it like that. I interprted it as posters being deliberately obtuse as regards the writers not knowing who was writing what. All adding to the pi&s take nature of the thread.

What I meant is that each plot will have a variance of writers. This means that characters personal will alter a lot leading to inconsistencies in both the way some characters are portrayed story to story etc. Writers will overlap with approaches to the plot and in attempt to try keep things consistent this may have opposite effect in terms of viewer quality as scenes are repeated etc. Each writer will have to have their say over the year so inconsistenies become an issue.

Iits the same with all soaps of ccourse (large writer numberss) but for whatever reason it stands out moreso in FC.

You can kind of see when a writer goes on to his break as the story reaches an ul mighty conclusion in an anticlimatic manner.

CassieManson

monkey9 wrote: »

With posters on here fascinated with the fact that Fair City has 26 writers (and that does seem overkill in fairness), it comes across that some people think that a certain writer will write one episode and then another writer comes along to write the next episode and that it’s all done separately. It’s as if they believe the second writer looks at where the previous episode left off and takes it away from there with their own little plot line.

Storylines are worked on and developed months in advance. They’re not made up on the spot, episode by episode, depending on who the writer is. When the credits says the episode is written by ‘so and so’, that writer is just writing the dialogue and developing a particular situation, but it’s all within the general arc of a storyline that’s been given to them.

I know I’m stating the obvious with the above, but it genuinely comes across that some posters here believe it’s written episode by episode under different writers.

In fairness to some of the posters from watching the program one could well believe this it is "written episode by episode under different writers"

Flippyfloppy

CassieManson wrote: »

In fairness to some of the posters from watching the program one could well believe this it is "written episode by episode under different writers"

Yeah don't worry about it monkey6 thems just jokes

Anorak34c

I Remember the time christy died, and everyone was talking as if he had been a shopkeeper all his life, i wondered why the cast didnt point out this error in the scripts to the writers.

Sam Kade

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Another FC forum???? We have tge licence. Copyright/plagiarism/ how dare they.

Another forum, not boards

Sam Kade

Anorak34c wrote: »

I Remember the time christy died, and everyone was talking as if he had been a shopkeeper all his life, i wondered why the cast didnt point out this error in the scripts to the writers.

What was the bold Christy up to before being a shop keeper?

Ben Gadot

You're man who plays Oisin isn't awful like I thought he would be. This week is the first time I actually watched him and he was pretty decent.

Any ideas or leaks on what the story is with Katie?

The Talking Bread

Ben Gadot wrote: »

You're man who plays Oisin isn't awful like I thought he would be. This week is the first time I actually watched him and he was pretty decent.

Any ideas or leaks on what the story is with Katie?

Yeah Oisin was growing on me for a while but that whole Jane story was surreal and I turned off him again. He isnt the worst actor, and his character has potential and him and Charlotte, who is herself probably the best (or second best after Katie) young actress on the show, have a good dynamic between them.
I think they should make him into a more cowardly and less evil version of David Platt before he met Kylie. Him and Callum need to interact. (callum his half brother that is, not the Callum who has just exited out of Gail Platts hole !!)




On another note you would wonder if the actors ever think, christ we would be better off ad libbing! They know their characters better than any of the 26 writers yet they are for the most part inconsistently portrayed due to the writing.
Thats main reason why the acting can seem so weak.

Take Dan for example. Surely the actor is thinking. WTF am I doing with my life! My acting carreer is essentially sitting on a wheel chair on a street corner bickering with a young woman about a bloody broucher or gossiping with whoever walks by.

Or Pete, whose main role seems to be arguing with that lump Damien.

Or Sean who gets one story every couple of years which lasts three weeks and is awful before he disappears into obscurity!

Surely they say, christ, not this again. It must be groundhog day having to shoot essentially the same scenes and dialogue day after day after day!

Ben Gadot

I'm sure they do Bread but the job is to do what you're told, well on Fair City anyway.

Try anything more than that and they wouldn't be long cutting you loose.

Ben Gadot

Ben Gadot wrote: »

I'm sure they do Bread but the job is to do what you're told, well on Fair City anyway.

Try anything more than that and they wouldn't be long cutting you loose.

Isn't that what happened Jo?

The Talking Bread

Ben Gadot wrote: »

I'm sure they do Bread but the job is to do what you're told, well on Fair City anyway.

Try anything more than that and they wouldn't be long cutting you loose.

I hear you! So instead of a decent character and a good soul of an actor like:



We have two teachers' pets who will do anything for that €460 per day!

The Talking Bread

Littlefinger wrote: »

Isn't that what happened Jo?

And the bould Christy.

SB_Part2

Speaking of Jo. Is that storyline dead now?

freshpopcorn

SB_Part2 wrote: »

Speaking of Jo. Is that storyline dead now?

No, the writers of her story are probably on a break!

walshb

SB_Part2 wrote: »

Speaking of Jo. Is that storyline dead now?

Seems to be. But what do they do with Dermish? Any screen time now will have to have him reference Jo and her disappearance with Binjimin. Unless they just give Dermish amnesia and he forgets all about life pre Jo's U.S. departure! Wouldn't surprise me! Sure look at Pete and the Ram. Both seem to now have amnesia. If only Pete fooking forgot that Damien existed!

CollyFlower

Ben Gadot wrote: »

I'm sure they do Bread but the job is to do what you're told, well on Fair City anyway.

Try anything more than that and they wouldn't be long cutting you loose.

Is that what they've did with Katie

Summer wind

So funny in the police station when Oisin was explaining why he didn't have anything to do with Katie's disappearance and he said something like "why would I have to, I mean look at me".

The Talking Bread

The actress that plays Katie took a saabatical from Fair City to do some theatre. She is currently on stage so she probably may not be back for some time!

Grandeeod

The Talking Bread wrote: »

The actress that plays Katie took a saabatical from Fair City to do some theatre. She is currently on stage so she probably may not be back for some time!

Lets hope they remember her by at least October.

Grandeeod

monkey9 wrote: »

With posters on here fascinated with the fact that Fair City has 26 writers (and that does seem overkill in fairness), it comes across that some people think that a certain writer will write one episode and then another writer comes along to write the next episode and that it’s all done separately. It’s as if they believe the second writer looks at where the previous episode left off and takes it away from there with their own little plot line.

Storylines are worked on and developed months in advance. They’re not made up on the spot, episode by episode, depending on who the writer is. When the credits says the episode is written by ‘so and so’, that writer is just writing the dialogue and developing a particular situation, but it’s all within the general arc of a storyline that’s been given to them.

I know I’m stating the obvious with the above, but it genuinely comes across that some posters here believe it’s written episode by episode under different writers.

Posters here judge the soap episode by episode. We know about the storylines being developed months in advance and your post has stated nothing that I think regulars here wouldn't already know or understand.

I'm an old hack, but you come across as an RTE yellowpack working on FC or hoping to work on it or a hack like me that knows how the show is made?

Do you remember Nighthawks???:D

Sparkly Blonde

Grandeeod wrote: »

Posters here judge the soap episode by episode. We know about the storylines being developed months in advance and your post has stated nothing that I think regulars here wouldn't already know or understand.

I'm an old hack, but you come across as an RTE yellowpack working on FC or hoping to work on it or a hack like me that knows how the show is made?

Do you remember Nighthawks???:D

What's a hack?

Grandeeod

Sparkly Blonde wrote: »

What's a hack?

The opposite of that old term "Yellowpack".;)

groucho marx

I'm lost and now gene Hackman is stuck in my head

And Dan is still a eejit

Graigmanliam

Mary from Glenroe sounds like she's looking for the ride all the time.

walshb

Ah, the Sunday morning how many cast members can you fit next to the fizzy drinks section!

walshb

Sash an Laura. Made for each other!

Graigmanliam

"You've got to do the right thing" the neck of her.