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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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Suw Charman-Anderson

October 2024

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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September 2024

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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August 2024

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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Suw Charman-Anderson

July 2024

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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Fieldwork: What can improv teach us about sitcom stakes?
Does your protagonist have to have something huge at stake in order for a sitcom to be compelling?
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Word Count 79: New comedy script competition & John Yorke's 10 Questions
Plus Yr Hobyd (The Hobbit) now available in Welsh, new ITV comedy riles police, and Copurrnicus watches Wimbledon.
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Word Count 78: John Finnemore's cryptic murder mystery, eight gorgeous Detectorists book covers
Plus writing better dialogue, the tide's turning against AI, paper book vs e-readers, and video of Copurrnicus & Mewton.
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June 2024

Word Count 77: Book credits pages, talking to your audience, H2G2 on Backlisted
Plus authors funding their own PR, Fieldwork progress, and literary festivals attacked by activists.
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Fossil fuel activists attack literary and music festivals
Defunding cultural events by attacking sponsors will impoverish us all.
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Suw Charman-Anderson
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