Okay, now I feel like we're officially on Hades, having had a friend lunch at the Ohio Valley in the end exactly.

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

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

unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer,

living in LA and with me is my high school friend and writing partner Sarah. That's me, Sarah

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

and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles. In today's episode, we're going

to talk about the importance of spending time with our TV writer friends. Then in Amplify,

we're recommending a new book from our friend and fellow showrunner Rashid Newsom.

In the mailroom, we'll answer a listener question about how a book becomes a movie or TV series,

and this week's Hollywood hack comes from our assistant Lauren Conocenti, as she wraps up her time

on season two of Fantasy Island. Yes, we're so sad that she's wrapping up her time on Fantasy Island.

Hopefully there will be a season three and we can steal her back. Yes. But first, we have Liz,

we have a lingo update from listener Leandre. She wrote, I wanted to send a bit of lingo,

but it's not for a profession exactly. Folks who are fans of Disneyland or Disney World use the term

rope drop to refer to showing up at or before opening time at the Disney parks. You can actually

enter through the turn styles earlier than the official opening time of the park. For example,

if the Disneyland opening time on a given day is at 8 a.m., they will start letting people through

the term styles at 715 or 730. However, there are Disney employees that hold up a rope to prevent

you from actually going to the rides. At the opening time, the employees literally drop the rope,

and the folks who've already entered the park are free to head to the rides and beat the crowds.

My friends and I have adopted this term for any time we show up somewhere,

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