Ep. 425: Novel July & Upside Of The Downslide

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah share their plan to spend all of July finishing a solid draft of their novel. It’s time to get it done! In Take A Hike, they talk about the upside of the downslide of Hollywood. When everything changes, new opportunities arise! In The Craft (& Fain), Sarah talks about the Poketo Concept Planner that’s helping her make headway on a creative project. This week’s Hollywood Hack is courtesy of Jessica Lahey from the #AmWriting podcast — set a UPS/FedEx alert so that you can preempt barking dogs. Finally, Sarah recommends the graphic novel Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls.

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LINKS:

Jessica Lahey of #AmWriting:

https://www.jessicalahey.com/amwriting-podcast

The Gift of Failure:

https://amzn.to/4kRej7b

The Addiction Inoculation:

https://amzn.to/3FPiVvC

Poketo Concept Planner:

https://www.poketo.com/products/concept-planner

Noted in Ojai:

https://www.notedojai.com/

Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls:

https://amzn.to/45Bz7ed

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0:00.0	Lemonada
0:02.0	You'll have to look in my office next time you're here because Adam hung my, it's a fun job, and we enjoy it sign that you got me for my birthday.
0:17.0	Oh, yay! Where is it?
0:19.0	It's right in front of my computer, which I can now see because my monitor is gone.
0:25.5	So, yeah, I left, and, like, I came home and he had just taken it upon himself to hang it up.
0:31.8	It was so sweet.
0:33.0	That's so sweet.
0:34.7	It looks great.
0:44.7	All right. so sweet. It looks great. Hi, and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting,
0:50.4	superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer
0:57.2	living in L.A. And with me is my high school friend and writing partner, Sarah. That's me,
1:02.8	Sarah Fane. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and
1:07.8	friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
1:12.6	Today we're going to talk about our plan to finish our novel.
1:17.3	Then, and take a hike, we are pondering the upside of the Hollywood downslide.
1:23.1	And we've got the craft and fane that made me break my no-buy-twenty-five commitment.
1:29.7	This week's Hollywood hack is specifically for dog owners.
1:33.7	And finally, Sarah has a graphic novel recommendation.
1:38.2	But first, Sarah, we want to remind everyone that we answer a listener question live on substack every Saturday morning at 930.
1:47.0	So you can send questions to Happier in Hollywood at gmail.com or put them in our
1:52.6	substack chat.
1:54.6	And reminder, subscribe to our substack.
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