tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503889855562099029.post7304585745597128435..comments2010-06-19T15:32:12.044-04:00Liviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805379309049803903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503889855562099029.post-59467015102066081292010-01-02T05:20:39.335-05:002010-01-02T05:20:39.335-05:00Came to this post a bit late, but I am a huge Gossip Girl fan. And as a writer, I am constantly analyzing it after the fact. So many times, the writers of that show have had me close to turning off the TV thinking, &quot;Oh no! They ruined it this time!&quot; Then they turn around and pull it all back together even better.SabrinaDarbyhttp://www.sabrinadarby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503889855562099029.post-15985824857220353952009-11-12T12:46:33.876-05:002009-11-12T12:46:33.876-05:00Oh yes. I am very envious of Dan&#39;s writing success. He&#39;s a freshman in college and has already been published by the New Yorker (granted in a high school writers section). I also wonder: do some writers really have assistants? (He was an assistant to a &quot;famous author&quot; in a previous season). If so I think I might need one :)<br /><br />I kind of like Dan better in the Gossip Girl books because he is more obviously an eye-rollingly snobby wannabe poet.Amitha S. J. Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405379017465940050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503889855562099029.post-18458347837100602562009-11-11T18:30:55.123-05:002009-11-11T18:30:55.123-05:00Great post, Amitha! Pretty timely with the Parents&#39; Council thing, too!<br /><br />I think you could make #5 (clothing) into a writing tip by thinking about consistency. The show used to have Jenny &quot;afford&quot; clothes by making them, or through theft. If the show had established this sort of idea for all the &quot;poor&quot; characters, we&#39;d have something to grab on to in terms of consistency. As is, with everyone wearing posh designer clothing, the show makes it harder to suspend disbelief--viewers break out of the show setting to say &quot;as if&quot; etc.<br /><br />One point you didn&#39;t bring up - how annoying Dan&#39;s &quot;I&#39;m such a great writer everyone loves my work and I write a complete story per day&quot; shtick is!Peta Jinnath Andersenhttp://www.insertliteraryblognamehere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503889855562099029.post-7870737176889269612009-11-06T22:29:47.720-05:002009-11-06T22:29:47.720-05:00I actually tried to stop watching Gossip Girl last year because I had too many TV shows backing up on my DVR to-watch list. Funny thing was... I couldn&#39;t stop watching it. It repulsed me at times, yet I always come back for more. I don&#39;t actually like any of the characters or relate to any of them, but I like watching about them. Weird. My favorite couple has become Blaire and Chuck, making me realize that the &quot;villain&quot; can still be lovable. I agree with you about the imperfections--it has taught me that real people with real flaws and messy problems are much more interesting than those without.<br /><br />Oh, and I think the build-up for next weeks &quot;OM3&quot; episode is one of those suspenseful things that will turn out lame. Anyone else think so?Jessie Samshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11756322311215232859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503889855562099029.post-38579324071752280272009-11-06T12:54:24.429-05:002009-11-06T12:54:24.429-05:00Nice post! I watch gossip girl - love the clothes! Agree with most of your points, but usually, there are many things that irk me about the show. Something must be working, as I keep watching..:-) I think Nate has developed as a character quite a bit from the first season. And I love Chuck (though he has been a bit too good ever since Bart died)<br /><br />There are times when their dialog just grates on my nerves. Like when Rufus goes to the train station to meet Lily after they find out they have a son, and then they end the episode with this over-dramatic, &quot;Just tell me one thing, is it a boy or a girl?&quot; Really? That is is the only thing he wants to know? That is the first thing he wants to know?<br /><br />I also feel they start up this over-dramatic plot lines and resolve it way too quickly. Think you have already covered it actually - Build up this major drama and then, as we expect something big to happen, it just turns out to be oh-so-lame. <br /><br />For a long time, I kept wondering why there was no talk at all about Serena&#39;s father. And then they suddenly bring it up with the Carter episode. Some foreshadowing would have been nice.<br /><br />I better stop, I could go on forever. But don&#39;t get me wrong, I love the show - I watch it when I want to be mindlessly dumb, and just enjoy pretty clothes and watch rich kids&#39; problems. But I honestly think, I learn more about what NOT to do than what to do in terms of the writing/plot etc.Suryahttp://silenteloquence.suryaonline.orgnoreply@blogger.com