Nina Bruhns – NY Times Bestselling Author

When exactly is it too much?

I’ve slowly been watching the premier fall shows on tv this week (on Tivo), and I have to say I’m pretty disappointed so far. Nothing has struck me as particularly outstanding, and in some cases I actually thought the premier was not up to the show’s usual standards. Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy and Law & Order were all big yawns, CSI:NY had an interesting premise, but the writing bordered on amateur. Even Cane was boring, despite Jimmy Smits. I sympathize with trying to come up with something fresh and new, but jeez, this was a flashback straight to Dallas and Falcon Crest. (Did you know that JR Ewing has gone ultra green? Larry Hagman powers his huge mansion totally with wind. Ironic, no?)

My biggest disappointment was Private Practice, the spin-off from Grey’s. I’d really been looking forward to this one, and wow, did they blow it. The plot was insipid, the pacing snail-like, and the cast had no chemistry whatsoever. I’ll give it one more episode just because the pilot was pretty good. What happened?

I was actually appalled by Big Shots. Not that I had expected Westwing or anything. But with the talent they managed to gather for the show, I had expected at least something worth watching. Okay, that’s not fair. It was worth watching. As long as you had the sound off. I mean, who can resist Dylan McDermott with 2 day growth? :lol: But the plot and dialogue were pure adolescent male. Maybe it’s a gender thing. I suppose men probably say the same thing about Desperate Housewives. So I guess I’ll give them a pass. But I won’t watch it. Yuck.

The other show that raised my hair was Ultimate Force on BBC America. Normally I am a huge BBC fan. I love pretty much every mystery/cop show they run. But this one I really feel goes too far. It’s about a police strike force whose members seem to like their job (slaughtering bad guys) just a little too much. I was actually wincing at the characters’ behavior. Normally there is very little shooting in BBC cop shows because British cops don’t carry guns like they do in the States. Frankly, that makes me nervous too. But this goes too far in the other direction. I guess it was their attitude. Yeah, I shot ’em. So what? Give me a little guilt, folks. I want to like the good guys.

Boy am I missing the summer replacement shows. I love The Closer, and this summer I thought Damages and Burn Notice were fab. Well, I still have a few things left on the Tivo from this week. And hopefully next week’s premiers will be more worth watching.

Of course, with all those classes I’m taking this fall, the fewer “must see” shows the better. :eek:

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This week I also started a class on Writing for TV, from the UCLA Writers Program. It’s online. And you’ll never guess who’s teaching this one. Erica Byrne, one of the writers of my all-time favorite show ever, La Femme Nikita. Our first assignment is to pick a current show and come up with a premise and logline for a spec episode. Yikes!!!!!!!!!! I’m in heaven. I’m in hell. Why, you may well ask, am I taking a class on writing for tv? I really think I’ll learn some valuable techniques, and maybe a different way of looking at story. And theme. And all those other elusive writer things that screenwriters do so well and so consciously. I believe tv writing might have a lot in common with writing genre fiction. Rules. Length. Parameters. Tightness. Pacing. But they really work at structure a lot more than we do. It’ll be interesting to delve into their secrets.

And did I mention I have a book due Dec 1? Well, I’m definitely not going to mention I’m stuck on chapter 4. In case my editor somehow finds and reads this. :D This should be an easy one. Sex and murder on the beach. How hard can that be? It should be writing itself. Someone tell that to my characters, please. ::sigh::

Yeah. And then it’s premier week on tv. Thank god for Tivo. More on that later.

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Today I test drove the new Smart Fortwo. Well, new to the States. They’re all over Europe, and I fell in love with them while in Paris with my critique partners two years ago. I put my rez down, but actually, I can’t decide between the Smart or another Prius… What do you think?

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Okay, it’s official. I’m completely insane. To those of you who know me, this is undoubtedly not news. :eek: But this time I’ve really gone over the edge. I’ve signed up for a multitude of classes this “semester.” I love school. I’ve never understood how anyone could not love going to college. I think I went for 12 years or so (off and on between other things). Of course, I tended to take only the classes I liked and not the ones that were required, so maybe that had something to do with my enjoyment. We won’t go into any of the other reasons. My kids might be reading this. (snort) Right.

So I’ve signed up for…hmm, let me count…six (6) classes. 4 online and 2 in person.

Tuesday I started class #1. Four weeks of Photoshop at the local adult ed. The guy who teaches the class is utterly amazing. Two sessions, and I have already learned more than I managed to teach myself in the whole two years I’ve owned the program. Oh, the time I have wasted in my ignorance! My ultimate goal is to learn Photoshop and then Powerpoint, so I’ll be able to put together my own book trailers. :grin: This should be fun.

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