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Word Count 88: A library secret, medieval dog names, and let's credit ghostwriters
Plus US money in British TV, and HarperCollins' CEO has some stupid ideas for AI.
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Word Count 87: Writing prize for the 60+, pitfalls of NaNoWriMo
Plus Techbros gotta techbro, Aldrich Kemp, Sarah Perry on character, Harper Lee, and sabre-toothed tiger cub discovered
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Word Count 86: Big personal news, new competition for fiction writers
Plus maintaining/regaining your agency, developing characters' agency, Bluesky starter packs, and a big fluffy interloper.
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Can publishing survive the oncoming AI storm?
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Word Count 53: The state of AI and the Goodreads fiasco
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Word Count 84: BBC and Female Pilot Club script calls, Black List moves in on books
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Word Count 86: Big personal news, new competition for fiction writers
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Word Count 40: London Book Fair, the liberation of imperfection and binge watching Detectorists
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Word Count 85: Philip Ralph on the state of the screen industry, Joel Morris's new comedy course...
Plus the open letter protesting AI scraping, Jane Friedman’s free email course on earning a living as a writer, and guest cat Adder.
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Word Count 84: BBC and Female Pilot Club script calls, Black List moves in on books
Plus Who Killed Comedy?, new Australian and German versions of Ghosts in the works, Clarkesworld AI slop update, and a bunch of interesting links.
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Fieldwork: Learning a whole new way of thinking
Drama is about withholding information. Sitcom is about being obvious.
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Word Count 83: Newcastle writing centre plan, NaNoWriMoOhNo, Pagans pre-order
Plus Silent Book Club, The Nutshell Method, and Buttons.
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Word Count 82: Galley Beggar short story prize, how to answer the 'Why now?' question
Plus working class writers and the cats of Porto.
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Word Count 81: New Julian Simpson audio drama, new comedy course from Joel Morris
Plus, what Labour can learn from South Korea, Richard Osman and Marina Hyde on the Edinburgh Fringe, and an update on Grabbity’s health.
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Word Count 80: Arthur C Clarke winner is…, fixing Ferris Bueller's Day Off in post, Marianne Dreams on Backlisted
Plus genre hopping, top UK streamers, the ‘nivali’ mystery, and a fresh-faced Grabbity.
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Word Count: Mews, News and Reviews
Word Count: Mews, News and Reviews
Word Count is Suw Charman-Anderson's regular round up of writing tips, podcast recommendations, book reviews, and thoughts about TV, film and more. Continue on to subscribe to Fieldwork, which follows my comedy short about ecologists in the field!
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