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Happier in Hollywood

Ep. 155: More Lightning Listener Questions!

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah are answering your questions — and they’re answering them fast! What’s their favorite part of writing for television? When an actor gets an Executive Producer credit... what does that mean exactly? Will the current situation make it easier or harder for unrepresented writers to get hired? Are spec scripts still a thing? What will happen during the pandemic once networks run out of shows they have in the can? Will there be lots of reruns? How are Liz and Sarah working while they’re safer at home? And so much more... Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Get in touch on Twitter: @sarahmfain & @elizabethcraft Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Side Hustle School, and Do The Thing, and . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! 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

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:04.0

Hold on, I'm going into the office.

0:06.7

Which, by the way, is basically now just like Violet Schoolroom.

0:10.5

Our CBS pilot whiteboard is just like her schedule for the day

0:15.6

and spelling words and office hours with teachers.

0:20.7

So glad you did all that fun play in there for a fortune there.

0:24.8

One thing that helped.

0:26.9

Maybe it's helping Violet School fortunes.

0:29.1

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,

0:38.7

sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive, in a backbiting, superficial

0:43.7

chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.

0:47.2

I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend

0:52.0

and writing partner Liz.

0:53.7

That's me, Liz Kraft.

0:55.3

On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career in friendship

1:00.4

and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.

1:05.5

Today, we are doing a special Lightning Listener questions episode.

1:10.6

That's right.

1:11.3

We are answering your questions and we are doing it fast.

1:16.4

Sarah, we did this once before and everybody wanted more of it.

1:20.7

So today is the day.

1:22.8

Plus, it's fun.

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