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Podcast: The Hidden Lives of Writers
Episode: S01 E05 Pamela Power
Description: Pamela Power is a television scriptwriter and script editor currently working on several South African TV shows. She is the author or co-author of four well-received novels and the sober-curious memoir My Year of Not Getting Sh*tfaced.
Pam joins fellow authors Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about how she got her start in television and what the path might look like for a young person who wanted to pursue a career in writing for the small screen.
Fiona tells Pam that she has never forgotten a masterclass she once gave on using cliffhangers...