Ep. 430: Feeling Invigorated & Oh Sh*t Moments
Happier in Hollywood
The Onward Project
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Liz and Sarah discuss feeling invigorated by the new slate of projects they’re working on. Right now they’re basking in a creative bubble — the hard part comes later. In The Craft (& Fain), they share wisdom from one of their favorite producers, Michael Goldstein — to make a TV pitch land with executives, the Pilot and Season One should each have two or three “oh shit” moments. Next, Liz and Sarah announce The First Five, a new Substack offering in which they critique the First Five pages of scripts from annual subscribers. This week’s Hollywood Hack is inspired by Sarah’s journey into gardening — the Vigoro 3-tier stackable planter. Then Sarah shares a recent Celebrity Sighting. She and Violet saw Megan and Yoonchae from the group Katseye in the audience at the Blackpink concert. Finally, Liz recommends the book Wild West Village by Lola Kirke.
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LINKS:
Michael Goldstein:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0326285/
The First Five:
Vigoro Stackable Planter:
“Gnarly” video by Katseye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2-yomhYAj4
Wild West Village by Lola Kirke:
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| 0:00.0 | Lemonada |
| 0:02.7 | Did you do anything fun this weekend? |
| 0:07.8 | Well, if you consider, what is it called, bed rotting? |
| 0:10.8 | Yes. |
| 0:11.4 | Is that the new thing? |
| 0:12.8 | We've been so busy, and we were so tired. |
| 0:15.7 | We bedrotted, like, all weekend. |
| 0:18.2 | It was amazing. |
| 0:19.3 | Nice. |
| 0:29.6 | Music like all weekend it was amazing nice 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 superficial |
| 0:34.7 | chaotic unpredictable fundamentally insane world i I'm Sarah Fane, |
| 0:40.3 | a TV writer and producer living in Ohio right outside of L.A. And with me is my high school |
| 0:46.3 | friend and writing partner Liz. That's me, Liz Kraft. On this podcast, we talk about being |
| 0:51.6 | writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship |
| 0:54.6 | and how to survive the War of Attrition that is life in Los Angeles. |
| 0:59.0 | Today, we're going to discuss why we are suddenly feeling invigorated in our work life. |
| 1:04.8 | Then we'll share the craft and fame, courtesy of one of our favorite producers, Michael Goldstein. We also have an exciting |
| 1:12.8 | substack announcement for all the TV writers out there. This week's Hollywood hack is for everyone |
| 1:19.1 | who has thought about starting an herb garden, and then I had a celebrity siting. And finally, |
| 1:25.7 | Liz has a book recommendation. Yes, but first we have an update, |
| 1:29.9 | Sarah, you have a correction from our last episode. Yes, I do. So apologies, but in the last |
| 1:35.9 | episode, I said that the homeschool 101 course was an e-book. It is not an e-book. There is one of those, |
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