The In Depth Story: “With any secret you have on a soap,” he explains, “you have to balance building the anticipation and holding it too long. I’m sure some impatient people will always think we waited too long, but I don’t necessarily agree.
“What you want,” he continues, “is to keep building the tension, upping the stakes, so that the secret has significance. Sure, you could have Jake walk in the door and say, ‘Hi, I’m Jason Morgan!’ But what fun is that? You want the fireworks and all the aftershocks! You want the big drama that comes from such a huge reveal!”
The goal, Carlivati says, is to take the audience on a ride that keeps them on the edge of their seat but doesn’t last so long that…
