Comments on: An Open Letter to Television Writers and Producers re:Civilian Consultants http://ganeshafish.com/index.php/2010/03/04/an-open-letter-to-television-writers-and-producers-recivilian-consultants/ Tech, Law, Movies, Music, Internet Culture and Humor Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: jfischer1975 http://ganeshafish.com/index.php/2010/03/04/an-open-letter-to-television-writers-and-producers-recivilian-consultants/comment-page-1/#comment-301 jfischer1975 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:21:39 +0000 http://ganeshafish.com/?p=987#comment-301 <p>Mr. Lofland -- What good is a dead horse if you can't beat on it every now and again?  ;)</p> <p>In all seriousness, though, thanks for your comment.  I realize that an emphasis on verisimilitude is almost never the first priority for movies and television.  It wouldn't be much fun to watch if all they showed was real life.  That said, I appreciate your previous efforts and consider you a brother-in-arms in the fight against grossly inaccurate entertainment outlets.  If nothing else, you've gained a new reader for your blog from this exchange!</p> Mr. Lofland — What good is a dead horse if you can’t beat on it every now and again?  ;)

In all seriousness, though, thanks for your comment.  I realize that an emphasis on verisimilitude is almost never the first priority for movies and television.  It wouldn’t be much fun to watch if all they showed was real life.  That said, I appreciate your previous efforts and consider you a brother-in-arms in the fight against grossly inaccurate entertainment outlets.  If nothing else, you’ve gained a new reader for your blog from this exchange!

]]> By: Lee Lofland http://ganeshafish.com/index.php/2010/03/04/an-open-letter-to-television-writers-and-producers-recivilian-consultants/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Lee Lofland Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:51:22 +0000 http://ganeshafish.com/?p=987#comment-300 Jason - You just might be beating a horse that's been dead for years. I've fought this battle for a long time with very little success. I even titled the last chapter in my book (Police Procedure and Investigation, A Guide For Writers) CSI Don't Think So. I also write a daily blog called The Graveyard Shift that's dedicated to setting the facts straight regarding police procedure, forensics, and CSI. And, I write a weekly review of shows like Castle where I point out the flaws in police procedure and forensics. I do the reviews in a tongue-in-cheek style, and it's a lot of fun, but I write it with a specific purpose - to help writers know the differences between reality and fiction. Also, I host an event called Writers' Police Academy. The WPA is a hands-on event for writers and anyone else who's interested in learning about police work and investigation. The WPA is held at a real police academy and the workshops are all taught by actual police academy instructors and other police experts from across the country. So you see, I do all this and I still see TV cops racking rounds into their 9mm's. And I still read about smelling cordite in books written by bestselling authors. But, I haven't given up hope that someday TV writers, showrunners, and authors will learn that fiction should be believable, yes, but not absurd Jason – You just might be beating a horse that’s been dead for years. I’ve fought this battle for a long time with very little success. I even titled the last chapter in my book (Police Procedure and Investigation, A Guide For Writers) CSI Don’t Think So. I also write a daily blog called The Graveyard Shift that’s dedicated to setting the facts straight regarding police procedure, forensics, and CSI. And, I write a weekly review of shows like Castle where I point out the flaws in police procedure and forensics. I do the reviews in a tongue-in-cheek style, and it’s a lot of fun, but I write it with a specific purpose – to help writers know the differences between reality and fiction.

Also, I host an event called Writers’ Police Academy. The WPA is a hands-on event for writers and anyone else who’s interested in learning about police work and investigation. The WPA is held at a real police academy and the workshops are all taught by actual police academy instructors and other police experts from across the country.

So you see, I do all this and I still see TV cops racking rounds into their 9mm’s. And I still read about smelling cordite in books written by bestselling authors.

But, I haven’t given up hope that someday TV writers, showrunners, and authors will learn that fiction should be believable, yes, but not absurd

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