Who's the best Corrie writer?

Some of the best writers in the business have served their time on the Street, haven't they? Who's your favourite? I really love Paul Abbott’s work and have been fascinated to learn that he worked on Corrie for a good few years, after first being taken on as a story editor and being promoted to craft entire episodes. (He says he had great fun working on a trial script where Jack got a window cleaning round.) He went on to create Children’s Ward in with Kay Mellor, which featured some of the people we have seen on our screens in Weatherfield over the years, not to mention the jaw-droppingly wonderful Shameless which is home to many a good thesp with some connection or other to Corrie. I’d so like to know which episodes of Coronation Street Paul Abbott worked on – to watch them again and marvel at all the the signs of genius he has displayed throughout his career. If you are a scriptwriter in waiting you could do worse than read up on Paul’s inspirational story, here, here and here. The Guardian piece is particularly informative, quoting Paul on his opinions of the strength of writing in the bosom of his ex employer these days (well as of February 7 last year anyway - that's an anniversary of the birthday of Charles Dickens by the way - and what a writer of soap he was! Sorry I'm going off the point a bit, aren't I? But how do I know, well it's my birthday too, see.)  Now where can I find my nearest writing group? [Linda Jones]