Worries me as well........
Tho, have noticed that this headwriter seems to concentrate on one big story at a time, with perhaps a couple of minor ones going on, but not featured much. Steve, with Kayla, had his poisoning story, leading to his becoming blind, then shoved aside. JJ had his suicide story, leading to Lani becoming pregnant, now it is secondary. Brady/Eve had their affair, (courtesy of Victor) and now are secondary, as front and center is the Andre murder, leading to Abby split personality story.
Other Salemites appear here and there, supporting the various stories. Will's return from the dead was big.....and now he is also background. Last we saw of him, he was calling a prison to see if he could talk to Clyde. Sure, some stories get intertwined, but overall, there is usually just one story grabbing all the airtime, plus the few characters that story uses, with others as filler on occasion.