There’s more backstage action at General Hospital, as writer Chris Van Etten takes the Co-Head Writer spot vacated by outgoing Co-Head Writer Jean Passanante.
Van Etten Velocity!
Now Van Etten will have the exciting, but also weighty job of envisioning in broad strokes where our dear GH goes storyline-wise, according to a tweet by outgoing Co-Head Writer Jean Passanante.
Shelly will have Chris Van Etten as co-head, and he’s a lifelong fan and brilliant writer.
— Jean Passanante (@PFossil) July 29, 2017
He’ll have a talented, seasoned partner in doing so in his co-Head Writer, Shelly Altman.
Related: Jean Passanante took to Twitter to do this as she left GH.
Many, including us here at Soap Cities, dear readers, thought Altman would be beginning a solo head writing career in Port Chuck.
Van Etten was previously a breakdown writer at GH. As such, he worked on smaller arcs of story than the larger swaths he’ll be responsible for now.
Van Etten takes on the position of Co-Head Writer at an exciting time on GH, as The Tale of Two Jasons is reportedly about to unfold with the return of Steve Burton.
An Impressive Resume
Also: What Kin Shriner said about his multi-decade career on GH.
Van Etten has worked as a writer for another beloved soap, One Life to Live. There he worked under daytime super-scribe, Ron Carlivati.
He has also co-written a young adult book series in collaboration with two other writers.
What do you, readers, hope Van Etten and Altman will do at the helm of the ABC sudser? Where do you hope they take the return of Steve Burton and all the other exciting stuff happening in Port Charles?
Before You Go: See what James Patrick Stuart said about where Valentin is headed.
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