Ep. 358: Great Expectations & True Fun

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah are writing the second draft of their novel, and it’s getting so much better. But now that they feel the book has the potential to be great, the pressure is on! They just have to remember that writing is rewriting. In Take A Hike, Sarah talks about True Fun as defined by Catherine Price’s book The Power of Fun. This week’s Hollywood Hack will improve the look of any room — add some unexpected red! Finally, Liz recommends Masters of the Air on Apple TV. Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @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, and Side Hustle School . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: True Fun: The Power of Fun Hubcatherineprice.com Unexpected Red: Designers say ‘unexpected red’ really works. Here’s how to use it.washingtonpost.com Masters of the Air trailer: Masters of the Air — Official Trailer | Apple TV+youtube.com Photo by Jean-Philippe Delberghe on Unsplash 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

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0:17.1	Uh, yeah, that sounds important.
0:20.0	Does work chat will sound like gibberish to you?
0:22.3	Find collaborative articles with tips from the LinkedIn community
0:25.0	to help you get through those tricky conversations.
0:27.0	Making work makes make sense, LinkedIn knows how.
0:31.0	Before our next pitch, I really need to figure out the lighting on zooms. I just, I hate the glare in my glasses.
0:40.0	Yeah, well, and I'm still getting ring light in the glasses and I tried the parchment paper which is supposed to work over the ring light, but it keeps slipping off because it's so slippery.
0:52.2	Yeah. I think I have to clip it on but I don't have a big enough clip.
0:59.1	Why can't it be simple? I know this is the problem of you know working from home we didn't have this when we were going to meetings and actual offices
1:07.6	No many other worries and concerns, but not this one. Yes. Yes. happier in Hollywood the podcast about how to be happier healthier
1:23.4	saner more creative more successful and more productive in a back-biting
1:28.1	superficial chaotic unpredictable fundamentally insane world I'm Sarah Fain, a TV writer and producer living in Ohio right outside of LA and with me is my high school friend and writing partner Liz.
1:41.0	That's me, Liz Kraft.
1:42.8	On this podcast we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship
1:48.0	and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
1:52.4	In today's episode, we'll talk about how we are approaching the second draft of our book.
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