As I said in an earlier post, the bravura scripts of One Life to Live new head writer Ron Carlivati have madeOLTL the soap to watch for thinking soap fans who enjoy sophisticated writing. Whether it’s because so many other soaps are abysmal right now, or because we’re all so desperate for a soap to love, some journalists have jumped to deem OLTL “Best Soap.” I’ve always made it a practice to watch a soap for a year before conferring such an accolade. Carlivati has been official head writer for only three months!
Elaine Liner
Elaine Liner currently writes arts and media criticism for the Dallas Observer and other publications. A graduate of Trinity University, with a master's from SMU, Liner teaches writing and criticism on the college level. For a decade she wrote for daily news… read more