Ep. 258: Dinner Parties and Slumber Parties!

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Self-improvement, Careers, Education, Business

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liz and Sarah share wisdom gleaned from Twitter—specifically, insights for lower level writers from TV writer Jeane Wong. One piece of advice? Think of the writers room as a dinner party. Next, in Take A Hike, they recommend a tried and true tactic to make a deadline more fun—have a work slumber party! Then, in Hits & Bombs, Liz and Sarah give a Hit to Fantasy Island composer Genevieve Vincent and a Bomb to there being no direct flights from Los Angeles to Puerto Rico. Finally, this week’s Hollywood Hack is a healthy treat for sun-deprived writers: keep Vitamin D gummies on your desk! Get in touch on Twitter: @sarahmfain & @elizabethcraft Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ 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, Do The Thing, and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS Jeane Wong IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2777027/ Jeane Wong Twitter https://twitter.com/jeanedevivre Jeane Wong Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jeanedevivre/ Genevieve Vincent IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2933205/ Nature’s Bounty Vitamin D Gummies https://www.naturesbounty.com/our-products/letter-vitamins/vitamin-d/vitamin-d-gummies/ 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	Did you just hear that screech?
0:03.6	No, it wasn't.
0:06.4	Apparently Violet's lizard just ate a cricket.
0:09.6	Oh, that's sad.
0:13.2	No, not if you're violent, it's very exciting.
0:18.3	These minute to minute lizard updates are one of the benefits of working from home.
0:23.4	Yes.
0:31.0	Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:35.9	sainter, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting superficial
0:41.1	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:44.9	I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend
0:49.7	and writing partner Sarah.
0:51.9	Let's me Sarah Fein on this podcast.
0:53.9	We talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, and
0:58.3	how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
1:03.2	In today's episode, we're going to share wisdom we glean from Twitter in the form of
1:08.2	tips from lower level TV writer Jeannie Wong.
1:13.0	Then and take a hike will reveal how we make a period of hard work into a party, a slumber
1:18.2	party that is.
1:19.8	We also have a musical hit and a flying bomb.
1:24.5	And this week's Hollywood hack will make you healthier.
1:28.2	But first Sarah, we want to tell everybody that we are prepping our spring listener questions
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