Ep. 435: TV Pitches & An Epic Mahjong Journey

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah discuss the process of writing a new TV pitch and explain why it takes so damn long to get one done. In Take A Hike, they share listener Brandy’s HIH inspired Mahjong journey which exemplifies choosing the bigger life and so many other happiness boosting principles. Then Liz and Sarah vent about their frustration with printers in HIH WFH (Work From Home). This week’s Hollywood Hack will make your house smell good: the Malin & Goetz leather candle. Finally Sarah recommends “Cooking for Levi” on Threads. Sign up for Liz and Sarah’s free weekly newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. 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: Brandy’s mahjong site: https://solomahj.com Malin & Goetz leather candle: https://amzn.to/46nltez Cooking for Levi: @cookingforlevi Photo by Jing Bo Wang on Unsplash See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:05.7	Did she say when we're getting our tote bags?
0:08.6	I will have to look at the email.
0:10.7	I think it would be like two weeks probably.
0:13.0	I can't wait to see them.
0:14.5	I know. I'm so excited.
0:25.9	Hi, and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:31.8	saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting, superficial, chaotic,
0:35.0	unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:38.1	I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and and produced her living in L.A.
0:43.2	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
0:48.4	survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles. Today we're going to talk about
0:53.3	writing a TV pitch and why it takes so damn long.
0:57.2	Then in Take a Hike, we share a listener's epic Mahjong journey and what we can all learn from it.
1:04.1	And in H-I-H-WFH, that's H-I-H work from home, we vent about a common complaint.
1:11.8	It is not just us.
1:13.5	This week's Hollywood hack will make your house smell good.
1:16.7	And finally, Sarah recommends the most adorable Threads account.
1:21.3	You guys, this Threads account will just bring so much happiness to your life, I promise.
1:25.5	Yes.
1:26.4	But first, Sarah, we have a couple of updates. We wanted to
1:30.4	remind everyone what we're doing over on Substack, our newsletter. We are going to start doing
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