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Old 25-06-2014, 12:19
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If you were in charge of a soap, which one would it be and who would be your top 3 characters to work with. Create a storyline for each of those 3 characters.

Be creative!!
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Old 25-06-2014, 16:30
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Three Main Character: Stacey, Johnny and Lauren

Stacey: A re-visit to her Bi-Polar disorder. I'd also couple her with Dean, bringing her into the Carter/Wicks family. I'd like to see Stacey and Dean working well as a couple, but Dean struggling with having the responsibility of Lilly and Stacey's illness.

Johnny: I'd put a strong focus on the progression within his first relationship. Following his insecurities, his worries and how he deals with having to overcome prejudice adversity in the form of homophobia. I'd also tie this in with Linda finally coming to terms with Johnny's sexuality.

Lauren: She needs a refocus. She's become the character all about Lucy, which is annoying. She is a strong character in her own right. I think I'd maybe come up with a story that sees her diagnosed with anxiety and paranoia? She's running LB Lettings, which causes stress. The anxiety comes from the fear of meeting people she doesn't know. We'd see her deal with it, and eventually overcome it.
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Old 25-06-2014, 17:00
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Soap Coronation Street

Sean - exit storyline
Sean becomes increasingly irritated with Fiz's babyvoice and stitches her mouth shut in the factory. He flees the assault charge. Fiz develops Gangrene as a result of the dirty machine needle and dies. Facing a murder charge Sean Never returns.

Tracy - downward spiral
Following Robs arrest/suicide/runner, new bride Tracyluv finds herself "doing a Peter". Her constant boozing terrifies Deirdre. Ken finally does something and gives Tracyluv the slap shes been crying out for since her stroppy teenage years. Tracy recovers and becomes a new woman, all business and mother focused. Steve is so impressed with her that he dumps miss eyeroll out on her behind and takes tracy back. MissHell goes to Ibiza (off season) to become a singer in son Ryans successful band/DJ set (Off season). Tracy, now landlady of the rovers breaks the fourth wall and informs the viewers that it was all part of her brilliant plan. She quickly reverts to type!

Rita - alcoholism ('nuff said)
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Old 25-06-2014, 17:17
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Tracy gets sent back into prison for ever and ever and ever and ever.

Sean is accidentally locked in a cargo container and shipped out to the Middle East, without his passport.

I'd take some of the Windass's screen time and transfer it to the Platts, the Barlows or the McDonalds.

Plenty of scenes where people just mingle and do nothing, to build up the community feel of the show.

Revamp the writing department just a tad, get some new blood in there as well.
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Old 25-06-2014, 17:25
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Give Steve a backbone. Sick and tired of Michelle's crap, he snaps and throws her out the pub. Realizing he isn't a doormat she begs for forgiveness but he says enough is enough and dumps her stuff out into the street. Back inside the Rovers, he cracks open the champagne and celebrates.
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Old 25-06-2014, 19:40
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Kat,Alfie and the twins.

Kat has a long painful labour but it is all worth it when the beautiful boy/girl twins are born bright, bouncy and healthy.

There is a scene where Kat is in bed resting and she and Alfie are holding the twins already named Charles and Victoria (after Kat's dad and Alfie's nan respectively) and Alfie says 'Ain't they beautiful?' and looks up at the sky and says 'Look Nana, I'm a dad!' and a solitary shooting star shoots across the sky and Kat says 'Oh look, she approves'! and both parents are seen with tears of joy on their faces as they say in unison, 'We did it, we finally did it!

And I subsequently cry absolute buckets!
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Old 25-06-2014, 20:05
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Johnny: A long running anxiety storyline where he has to deal with the everyday stresses of university as well as all the ongoing Carter family drama, and potentially navigating his love life for the first time with a few set backs, leading to him having panic attacks on a fairly frequent basis. I'd just realistically depict what it's like to live with anxiety and how occurrences that most people see as mundane or ordinary have a profound effect on his general mental health. Then there would be scenes of him having therapy and using CBT methods to deal with it, and gradually finding a loving and supportive boyfriend. If it needed to be a bit more 'sensationalist' then I suppose there could also be a self-harm element to it although I don't think that would be necessary.

Shabnam: A gender identity story. She sees herself as a devout and traditional Muslim but deep down feels uncomfortable in her own skin and begins to go out to nightclubs and bars dressed as a young man. There wouldn't necessarily need to be a sexuality element to this, she just feels more comfortable as a man even though she's full of self-loathing as she feels it goes against all the values of her faith. One day she is attacked by a group of men who realise she is actually a woman and this leads to a long running story where her family try to support her even though she's completely ashamed of herself.

Dean: After the reveal about Mick being Shirley's son comes out, Dean is weirdly fine about it and Shirley thinks that everything is okay. He even appears to be making an effort to get on with Mick. His ultimate plan is revenge, though, and to do that he decides he's going to completely destroy the Carters from the inside. So he starts manipulating the entire family, pitting them against one another, maybe seduces Nancy, frames Lee for something, completely turns Mick and Linda against each other, just generally wreaks merry havoc and especially makes Shirley hit rock bottom before telling them all exactly what he's done in a big reveal episode.
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Old 26-06-2014, 00:53
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Kat,Alfie and the twins.

Kat has a long painful labour but it is all worth it when the beautiful boy/girl twins are born bright, bouncy and healthy.

There is a scene where Kat is in bed resting and she and Alfie are holding the twins already named Charles and Victoria (after Kat's dad and Alfie's nan respectively) and Alfie says 'Ain't they beautiful?' and looks up at the sky and says 'Look Nana, I'm a dad!' and a solitary shooting star shoots across the sky and Kat says 'Oh look, she approves'! and both parents are seen with tears of joy on their faces as they say in unison, 'We did it, we finally did it!

And I subsequently cry absolute buckets!
This! With Kat suggesting they name her after Nana because of all she did for them and maybe Jean for the middle name. Or Katherine, with Alfie wanting to name his daughter after her mother. Never having liked to be called Kathleen, Katherine is Kat's suggestion which they agree on, providing the usual putting his foot in it moment for Alfie when Ian is told the names. Not having been to Lucy's funeral, they don't realise they've just picked the same middle name as she had.

Alfie Jr is another possibility. Kat should suggest it saying there can never be enough Alfie Moons - showing she knows how lucky she is to have him.
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Old 26-06-2014, 01:24
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This! With Kat suggesting they name her after Nana because of all she did for them and maybe Jean for the middle name. Or Katherine, with Alfie wanting to name his daughter after her mother. Never having liked to be called Kathleen, Katherine is Kat's suggestion which they agree on, providing the usual putting his foot in it moment for Alfie when Ian is told the names. Not having been to Lucy's funeral, they don't realise they've just picked the same middle name as she had.

Alfie Jr is another possibility. Kat should suggest it saying there can never be enough Alfie Moons - showing she knows how lucky she is to have him.

Kat definitely HAS to stay as Kathleen as it's her true name and there are never enough Kathleens and lots of Katherines, when I was at school there was only one Kathleen in my class and once there were three catherine/katherines.

Kathleen is the irish form of Katherine and Shane Richie is irish descent so Alfie/Kat should keep the irish name.

I never liked Kathleen as a name when I was young but don't mind it now i'm older, I get mostly Kat though, and yes, I would get called it before Kat was in EE!
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