As we slide from the summer season into fall, I’m willing to bet that the TV consumption of most households is on the rise. I know that for my household, that means a lot of football! But my husband and I are also eagerly awaiting the emergence of Ted Lasso Season 3 and ever since season 2 of Only Murderers in the Building wrapped last month, are on the hunt for our next favorite show. (We welcome any suggestions for comedy, that strays away from uber-nerdy-fantasy (per Matt’s request) and violent (per my request).

I will often tell people that I’m not a big TV watcher. But I do love the way the shows my husband and I watch filter into our every day lives… the way we debrief episodes days after we watched them and the additions of character catch-phrases into our own language patterns just a couple of the benefits beyond our couch time together. These shows, like any art form, influence and impact our lives.

In this week’s blog round up I am going to share several past pieces I have written on TV shows and movies and the way they have impacted me as a writer and creative. If you are up for it, drop your thoughts on this topic in the comments below.

Happy reading and tv watching.

~ Amanda

A post about using movie tension as a template, my sample film of choice in this piece is PASSENGERS.

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