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May 18, 2023Liked by Hattie Crisell

Such a relief to read that fear also strikes the heart of such a terrific writer!

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Love the Succession anecdote. I’m still watching season 4 and enjoying soaking up all the details of their lives. And thank you for sharing the Chilcot & Levenson story too. It’s so reassuring to hear writers talking honestly about the highs and lows of their work.

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I agree! Thanks Anastasia

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LOVE the quotes from the rich consultant. This is so good!!!

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Aren't they brilliant? I just loved her.

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So funny, I loved this! x

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I've been loving your podcast so far, and thank you for sharing this very very funny conversation.

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Thank you so much – I'm thrilled to hear it.

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This is a fantastic reminder of what's required of writers to make writing realistic--it would have never even crossed my mind that there are "rich consultants" to consult!

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I loved this, as always, Hattie! I worked in Children’s Publishing for years, and you end up getting super stressed about ridiculous things with extremely silly names like (this is a real book I worked on) “The Very Hairy Flap Book”! I never got over the irony of the high stakes work being about the latest touch-and-feel troll book! But it did get often get genuinely intense and stressful! I love that example of writing not being what you’re actually writing about (a political enquiry) but about the emotions, fears, insecurities of being human! X

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Such a good point! xx

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May 18, 2023Liked by Hattie Crisell

Wow wow. Amazing. I've often wondered what it'd be like to be in a writer's room and how everything can come together working as a group on such complex scripts like Succession. The writing is brilliant, but it must go through so much change and revision.

This was an awesome insight.

"I don't know – I was basing it [...] on porn" 🤣

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Hahaha I know!

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