Best series for inspiration
Sons of anarchy - I've found that this show is perfect for coming with stories focused on violence. When you're trying to create a character whose life has been very hectic and who has often made terrible choices. Sons of Anarchy offers plenty of ideas. Seeing all of the gruesome deaths helped to better describe death in a book. I'm able to give it the necessary dramatics and all of the goriness to make it seem like you're right there.
Prison break - This show helps me to think of characters that are very intelligent and can see what most often people look over. The show is great for sparking ideas when creating characters centered on being con artists or lives in their own reality as they're too far ahead for the one they're in.
Desperate housewives - The perfect show for sparking ideas when you're trying to create a series and or a book with the perspective of multiple characters. It gives you a good idea on how you should go about writing a book that gives multiple characters a chance to tell their side of a story. I've also found that the show has a lot of story lines that were forgotten and not expanded on, which can give you something to build on.
Scandal - A great show for creating criminals and seemingly good characters who are terrible people in their hidden life. Scandal can teach you how to come up with a villain you can't help but love. It's also a good show for creating strong characters. Whether they're good, bad, both, or indifferent. The show will give you good pointers on how to direct a strong character and how to create strong background characters to support the story.
Scream queens - I love this show, it's absolutely ridiculous and funny from start to finish. I'm much better at creating a story with heartbreak, rather than with comedy. Scream Queens has shown me how to incorporate comedy into a serious story and how to just write a ridiculous story worth reading. I also find that it offers a good example of a soap opera, in a far less dramatic way. It's a great show for writing younger characters who might not be mature an or chose not to see the seriousness of a situation.
Brothers and sisters - The show offers ideas on how you might go about writing a book that focuses on the derailment of a family. It gives you a good idea on how you might go about having the family drama spill out, you'll see how you can drag out the drama without going on forever and creating a boring story. There's also a lot of secrets that come out in the show and you'll see the best way to go about having your character hide their secrets.
I'd just like to make it very clear that you should only be using these shows for inspiration. If a certain story line gets your attention, you should be writing your own story from scratch while only using that story line as a reference. It's ok to see a forgotten story line and decide that it should be expanded on. But the expansion should be entirely your idea and no part of your story should align with the one in a show. These shows are just good for getting the creative juices flowing. This isn't one of my usual posts, but I just wanted to offer help to those who might be experiencing writers block and also to people who experience it often. I appreciate you reading my post and taking a look at my blog, Thank you.
