Just a quick heads up for our listeners, this episode was recorded before Drew Barrymore

made the very good, but slightly belated choice to not start recording new episodes of

her talk show until the strike ends.

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

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

chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer,

living in Ohio right outside of LA, and with me is my high school friend and writing partner Liz.

That's me, Liz Kraft. 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.

Today, we're going to talk about why we need to pause writing our novel and reconnect with

the characters before we continue. Then we'll answer a mailroom question about how to end a

pitch meeting, plus we've got a strike hit and a strike bomb. This week's Hollywood hack will

make your kitchen more organized, plus Liz has a podcast recommendation. Yes, but first Sarah,

we want to remind everybody that we are holding a Happier in Hollywood retreat in October. It's

October 20 through 22nd. We're very excited because it's at the Johnny Cash Ranch in Ohio,

which has been totally redone and is gorgeous, but still has that Johnny Cash feel to it. He lived

there many years. You can get all the information about the retreat. If you email us at Happier

in Hollywood at gmail.com. It's also posted in our Facebook group. We've had a lot of people ask,

is this for me? And the answer is probably yes. We're keeping it small enough that we can really

tailor the retreat for each person's individual needs. We're meeting with everybody individually

on Zoom before the retreat. So we know really what you're interested in. You can read more about that

in the material. A lot of what we talk about applies not just to TV writing, but to other things.

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