So one of the main reasons I decided not to go with this version was that I wussed out. I wanted to examine how losing someone so young could destroy a family and her social circle, but I couldn’t bring myself to kill off any of my four core female characters: Maxie, Sage, Lulu, or Georgie. So I added in Serena. But the emotional connection wouldn’t have felt right since Serena hasn’t been on GH proper since her birth in the 1990s and her years on Port Charles more than a decade ago. She wasn’t in ISB, so I hadn’t laid any groundwork. And yet, her death was going to rock my female characters so much, it would propel all the conflict?

Yeah, so I wussed out. Looking back, I probably would have knifed Georgie. I adore her to pieces and her death on GH still grieves me, but her death would have had the maximum impact. Maxie losing a sister, Sage’s guilt over Dillon, Lulu being the same age, etc. But I didn’t start it that way.

Anyway, so my original plan for Slide was to focus less on the original three women from ISB (Carly, Courtney, Elizabeth) and more on Maxie, Sage, Robin and Nadine.  Courtney is in Haye’s Landing with Brian and would have faded away, or just remained on the periphery since no matter what I do with her, most people hate her guts.

Elizabeth and Carly still would have been there — Elizabeth would be with Jason, raising their daughter and trying for another child with less success. Carly confronts parenting an almost adult daughter in Sage and deals with Sonny wanting to reconnect with the boys, but they would also be a part of the other stories.

Maxie was the driver in the car, so her guilt was going to leave to severe depression; Sage would struggle with drugs. Georgie and Lulu would deal with the loss of all three of their older friends. Kyle, Dillon, and Lucas would obviously be there in their significant other storylines. I had thoughts of bringing in Logan as part of Lulu and Scott’s story.

Patrick and Robin would date, confront her desire for a child. I shoved Nadine in there with Johnny Zacchara as a mob storyline for Jason. There would be a history between the two of them in a college setting that came back to haunt both of them. I don’t want to be more specific since I might still use it in another story.

Yeah, so Slide was going to be a bit like ISB, one messy huge ensemble piece, but I no longer have the desire to write it. I would have to deal with Carly and Lorenzo, whom I no longer have any fondness for. I thought about just killing off Lorenzo, which I guess is still an option. I also feel less comfortable about writing Lucas as a heterosexual character when he’s been gay for more than a decade. I mean, it’s not I don’t approve of that (I’ve written Brad and Lucas into a story) I just don’t feel right ignoring what is now a part of his character.

Anyway, that was my basic idea for Slide. I even went so far as to create a promotional video which explains some of my ideas in another fashion.

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