The Young and the Restless - MESSAGE BOARDS

I was turned off in August of 2008 by the abrupt changes in style of writing and directing. The directions that the storyline took were NOT based on logic, reality, research or any natural progression that stories take. The writing was just plain bad--PERIOD! I decided to hang on to see just how far the writers would go and they have gone so much farther into the depths of depressing storylines than I ever thought they would dare go.

The PC3 rewrite was horrible and fizzled. The hysterectomy for Lily was last straw for me. I thought both were a bit extreme but making a 22-year old barren while every other woman in GC--no matter what her age or affliction--could get pregnant and have children was horrible. I could accept the cancer storyline for Lily because various kinds of cancers can be cured at various stages and levels of development. I have not yet accepted that hysterectomy; the writers went too far to the extreme to create problems for this couple and their marriage. AND I will never understand why!!

Most of the storylines are too extreme and heavy handed in the gloom and doom category. The writers simply do not know when to stop! Shock and awe don't work anymore. Storylines need to be meaty and character-driven. We like to know what people are doing AND not what is being done to them thru no fault of their own. Entirely too many characters have lost their flavor and no longer appeal to the viewers.

I am still here reading and waiting to see how much father these depressing storylines will go. The slide downhill has not yet stopped. This babyswitch storyline is the living end. Also Bringing back TOO MANY old characters and throwing current core cast members under the bus does not make for engaged viewing and it definitely does NOT make good solid business sense either. I am still waiting for this soap to improve. I don't watch as faithfully as I once did nor do I watch whole episodes b/c I cannot take a whole episode. The only reason I watch now is Lily & Cane. I like the saying of one LANE fan: "I do not watch Y&R. I watch Lily and Cane." That's me! I really DO NOT care about all the other crappy storylines. (JMO)

You know, Y&R used to be about these great families the Abbott's, the Newman's, the Chancellor's, etc. There was backstabbing, and fighting, and cheating, and serious issues and what not. But at the end it was about great family moments and great loves and business intrigue.

Since William Bell died, the writing has turned away from family and love, intrigue and betrayal and towards death and continuous suffering - for some characters more than others (the Carletons, the Winters, Sharon, etc). And by the way, it is obvious by the ratings that numbers starting to drop when the writing took a different direction.

This is not what I want in a soap. I watch to relax, not to be saddened or sickened to the point of me wanting to turn off the TV. Y&R has started to resemble a horror movie and I don't watch horror movies.

Again, I am borrowing something someone pointed out in one of the threads, but Y&R has always been a step above other soaps because it didn't pull the crap a lot of other soaps did, like ghosts and baby-switches. Y&R didn't need to do that. Why start now?

The writing is very baaaaaaaaad from one story to the next.

This is the thread to post about writing. Bringing to page one. Jade

new to message board. so all i have to say is, i no longer watch the show. i read the daily update every day on this site and don't bother to turn my t v on to watch it. the writing is so horrible. and the writers don't care about any fans thoughts. they read these messages and laugh at all of us

This thread was created to post disfavor or pleasure in the writing. Still there are several posts on the board and more created daily that are a clogging up other postings with criticism.

I totally agree, I am have watched y&r for 25 years and never have i been more disappointed . Why was Sharon baby taken from her, who ever is writing the material is really messing up. Enough of Adam , he needs to pay for everything he has done . Why would you want Sharon to suffer more than she already has

Dont make sense.

Same thing happened to Lauren....Ashley has never had sustainable happiness....Colleen is dead.....Nine never found her child. Reunions happen and switching Sharon's baby is not the end of Y&R. Fact is..it makes for great drama...and gives Sharon a s/l.

I have been watching Y&R for over 30 years. These current storylines are pathetic. What happened to creative writing? Really, Ashley walking around thinking she is pregnant for months and Sharon's baby stolen by Adam then given to Ashley?

I used to enjoy watching this show, but it is over for me. I have deleted the dvr timer for Y&R. I will find something that is entertaining and realistic to watch. Y&R was the only show (daytime or night) that I ever watched regularly and this is the first time I ever post to a website.

I have to give the actors credit for doing a great job carrying out the storylines. I was glad to see Traci and Nina back and thought a storyline with them and Lauren could be fun.

As one poster pointed out, Ashley tells the nurse Adam delivered her baby and then says help him with a stool, he's almost blind is very stupid.

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As a more than 23 year viewer all I can say about the show now is "Love it, love it, love it." This is what the drama in daytime drama is all about.