Ep. 150: Maximizing Work Hikes And Building Community

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Note: This episode was recorded before life changed dramatically due to the Covid-19 virus. Following up on their discussion about whether to get an agent, Sarah and Liz share an email from a listener who has a definite opinion. Then they outline how they’ve maximized their work hikes by instituting best practices. Most important? Stop to take notes. In Take A Hike, they share big news about the Happier In Hollywood community: they’re a launching a weekly newsletter! To subscribe, go to happierinhollywood.com and scroll down to the bottom where you’ll see a box that says “join the party.” Next, from The Mailroom, they answer a listener question about the best material to submit to TV writing contests. This week’s Hollywood Hack comes from their Facebook group: ask people to do something at the last minute. Hollywood Forever: https://hollywoodforever.com/ Happier In Hollywood: https://happierinhollywood.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Sarah and I recorded the following episode of Happier in Hollywood
0:05.2	before COVID-19 really took a hold. We were getting ahead for our spring break plans.
0:12.2	So you won't hear us talking about it much, but we want to release the episode anyway,
0:17.5	because we know many of you are looking for a break from the news. We hope you enjoy it and that
0:23.5	it provides a nice break.
0:30.6	Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:36.6	sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive, in a backbiting superficial,
0:41.9	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer,
0:48.0	living in LA, and with me is my high school friend and writing partner, Sarah.
0:52.2	That's me, Sarah Fane. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance
0:57.1	a career and friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in less endless.
1:02.2	You know we're all about work heights, and in today's episode, we're going to share our top
1:07.0	tips for maximizing a work height. Then we'll talk about why it's so important to feel like you're
1:12.6	part of a community, and we've got a big community-related announcement. Yes, then we'll answer a
1:19.4	mail room question about TV writing contests, and this week's Hollywood hat comes from our Facebook
1:24.9	group. It's all about making friends, but first an update. Right. Okay, so in episode 145,
1:32.0	we shared our very waffly thoughts about whether or not we should get a new agent,
1:37.7	and a listener named Andrea sent us this email. She wrote,
1:43.2	Hello, Liz and Sarah, I spend my time as a professional recruiter, and I see a lot of this,
1:48.0	what should I do next, dilemma, and conflict around loyalty? You are experiencing with your agent
1:53.6	situation. So here goes, by not moving forward with finding a new agent, you are making a choice.
2:00.4	You say we haven't decided yet, but doing nothing is making a decision. By not talking about it
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