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How did Irna Phillips come up with the title "As the World Turns?"

Started by AMC_Fan2008 at 2008/08/30 10:11AM
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#1   2008/08/30 10:11AM
How did Irna Phillips come up with the title "As the World Turns?"
AMC_Fan2008
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As the World Turns has been on the air for 52 years now and the show will continue to thrive with stories of love, passion, betrayal, loss, and triumph that surround the daily lives of many residents of Oakdale, Illinois.

We want to thank the woman who is responsible for making ATWT an enduring legacy on daytime television for over the past 5 decades: the legendary creator of this show, Irna Phillips.

And that brings me to ask you a very particular question.

How did Phillips really come up with the title?

#2   2008/08/30 05:09PM
Re: How did Irna Phillips come up with the title
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As a writer, Phillips liked developing characters with psychological realism instead of melodrama. Her previous creation, Guiding Light, was noted for placing professionals - doctors, lawyers, religious people - at the center of story-lines. Phillips wrote: "As the world turns, we know the bleakness of winter, the promise of spring, the fullness of summer and the harvest of autumn--the cycle of life is complete."

I believe she used the first four words of her quote as the title for ATWT.

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