Editing Guiding Light (section)

===Head writers===
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|+ ''Guiding Light'' head writers
|-
! scope="col" style="width:35em;"| Name(s)
! scope="col" style="width:35em;"| Duration
|-
! scope="row"| [[Irna Phillips]]
| 1937–1958{{efn|name=fn2|From 1952 to 1956, Phillips simultaneously wrote for both radio and television broadcasts of ''Guiding Light''.}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Agnes Nixon]]
| 1958 – January 1966
|-
! scope="row"| [[Agnes Nixon]] and John Boruff
| January – November 1966
|-
! scope="row"| David Lesan and Julian Funt
| 1966
|-
! scope="row"| Theodore and Mathilde Ferro, John Boruff, [[James Lipton]], [[Gabrielle Upton (screenwriter)|Gabrielle Upton]] and, Jane and Ira Avery
| 1966–1968
|-
! scope="row"| Irna Phillips
| December 1967 – May 24, 1968
|-
! scope="row"| Robert Soderberg and [[Edith Sommer]]
| 1969–1973
|-
! scope="row"| James Gentile, Robert Cenedella and James Lipton
| 1973–1975
|-
! scope="row"| [[Bridget and Jerome Dobson]]
| 1975–1980
|-
! scope="row"| [[Douglas Marland]]
| 1980–1982
|-
! scope="row"| [[Pat Falken Smith]]
| 1982
|-
! scope="row"| L. Virginia Browne and [[Gene Palumbo]]
| 1982–1983
|-
! scope="row"| [[Carolyn Culliton]]
| 1983
|-
! scope="row"| [[Richard Culliton]] and [[Pamela K. Long]]
| 1983–1984
|-
! scope="row"| Pamela K. Long and Jeff Ryder
| 1984–1986
|-
! scope="row"| Jeff Ryder
| 1986
|-
! scope="row"| [[Mary Ryan Munisteri]] and Ellen Barrett
| 1986
|-
! scope="row"| Joseph D. Manetta
| 1986
|-
! scope="row"| Joseph D. Manetta and [[Sheri Anderson]]
| 1986–1987
|-
! scope="row"| Pamela K. Long
| 1987–1990
|-
! scope="row"| Pamela K. Long and [[James E. Reilly]]
| 1990
|-
! scope="row"| [[Nancy Curlee]], Stephen Demorest and James E. Reilly
| 1990–1991
|-
! scope="row"| [[Lorraine Broderick]], Nancy Curlee, Stephen Demorest and James E. Reilly
| 1991–1992
|-
! scope="row"| Lorraine Broderick, Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest
| 1992–1993
|-
! scope="row"| Nancy Curlee and Stephen Demorest
| 1993
|-
! scope="row"| Patrick Mulcahey, [[Nancy Williams Watt]], Stephen Demorest, [[Millee Taggart]], Sheri Anderson and Peggy Sloan
| 1994
|-
! scope="row"| Stephen Demorest
| 1994
|-
! scope="row"| Douglas Anderson
| 1994–1995
|-
! scope="row"| [[Megan McTavish]]
| 1995–1996
|-
! scope="row"| [[Victor Miller (writer)|Victor Miller]], [[Michael Conforti]] and Nancy Williams Watt
| 1996–1997{{efn|name=fn3|From 1996 to 1997, the credited head writers were interim-status.}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten]]
| 1997–1998
|-
! scope="row"| James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten and, Michael Conforti
| 1998–1999
|-
! scope="row"| James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten
| 1999–2000
|-
! scope="row"| [[Claire Labine]]
| 2000–2001
|-
! scope="row"| [[Lloyd Gold]]
| 2001
|-
! scope="row"| Lloyd Gold and Christopher Dunn (co-head writer)
| 2001–2002
|-
! scope="row"| Milee Taggert and Lloyd Gold
| 2002
|-
! scope="row"| [[Ellen Weston]] and Carolyn Culliton (co-head writer)
| 2003
|-
! scope="row"| Ellen Weston and [[Donna M. Swajeski]] (co-head writer)
| 2003–2004
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! scope="row"| [[David Kreizman]] and Donna M. Swajeski (co-head writer)
| 2004–2008{{efn|name=fn4|In 2008, for one month's duration, no head writer was credited, due to the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]].}}
|-
! scope="row"| Christopher Dunn, Lloyd Gold, [[Jill Lorie Hurst]] and David Kreizman
| 2008–2009
|}