Watching and Writing

I want to thank Robin Moran at The Nook for the Versatile Blogger Award! Thank You so much. She is awesome and you all should stop by her blog and say hi and become a follower.

I've already bored you with seven things about me I think I actually did ten when Kelley honored me with this and the Kreativ Award so instead I'm going to list my top seven favorite tv shows of all time. I feel like you can learn a great deal about a person by the shows that they watch so here goes:

1) Dawson's Creek
2) Gilmore Girls
3) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The early years)
4) The OC
5) One Tree Hill
6) Vampire Diaries
7) True Blood

So obviously what you can take from this is I love anything that has to do with teen angst and/or vampires. But this also leads me into the topic I want to discuss: Dawson's Creek. Are you a fan? Don't tell me you have never seen the show because I might fall off my couch in disbelief. Then I'll crawl back up and stare at you for ten minutes, trying to understand how you have never been subjected to the over dramatic Dawson, the sex crazed Pacey, the New York bad girl Jen, and the snarky buzz kill Joey! Now that is over, moving on.

My best friend came over today and we watched half of the first season of Dawson's Creek. It was like we were transported back to middle school. It came out when we were in seventh grade and ended the year we graduated high school. It was as if Dawson, Pacey, Jen and Joey grew up with us. This is the perfect example of a realistic young adult show.

What I really love about Dawson's Creek is how not one of them is the 'most popular' or the biggest loser in school, they are just every day teenagers going through the motions and just trying to survive high school. Anybody can relate to them.

I would love to find a YA book series that exemplifies the drama, the heartache, the confusion, and the ups and downs of teenage life as well as Dawson's Creek. Do you know of one? Please share :)

At one point while watching I turned to my friend and said, "This is great research for my writing." I couldn't wait to write this post and ask all of you: Are there any shows that you watch and consider research for your writing? I would love to know the show and what genre you write.

And one last picture:

Till next time Happy Writing, Reading and Watching :)