Ep. 437: The Curse Of Hearing Good Things & Pivoting

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah are hearing a trickle of good things about their pilot script, which means… absolutely nothing. They discuss how to regulate their nervous systems and keep expectations low while the waiting continues. Then, in Career Lessons With Laverne, they talk to their favorite career coach, Laverne McKinnon, about how to know when it’s time to pivot in your career. One helpful tip? Recognize the difference between instinct and intuition. This week’s Hollywood Hack is for anyone getting professional photos taken: Bring the photographer examples of poses you like. Finally, Sarah recommends the books of British TV writer, Anthony Horowitz, including Magpie Murders and The Word is Murder.

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LINKS:

Laverne McKinnon:

https://www.lavernemckinnon.com/

Allie Coyle Photography:

http://alliecoylephotography.com/category/allie-coyle-photography/

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz:

https://amzn.to/4pvZauN

The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz:

https://amzn.to/4gximEk

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0:00.0	Lemonada
0:02.7	How have you been doing with the treadmill desk lately?
0:08.6	Because I was supposed to recommit to doing it every day and I have not been walking.
0:13.1	Have you?
0:13.6	I have not been very good about it.
0:16.0	I had to move the one at my house because of some air conditioning issues and I have it put it back up
0:22.1	and I really need to do that. Oops. All right. Let's encourage each other. Okay.
0:32.2	Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:37.1	sane, moreer, more
0:37.8	creative, more successful, and more productive, and a backbiting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable,
0:44.3	fundamentally insane world. I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. and with me
0:50.4	is my high school friend and writing partner, Sarah. That's me, Sarah Fane.
0:54.5	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship,
0:59.9	and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
1:04.3	Today we're going to talk about the curse of hearing good things.
1:08.2	Then we're going to talk about how you know when it's time to pivot with our favorite career
1:14.5	coach, Laverne McKinnon in our new-ish segment, Career Lessons with Laverne.
1:20.2	This week's Hollywood Hack comes from my recent photo shoot in Kansas City, and finally, Sarah
1:25.9	has a book recommendation. But first, Sarah, we have a few
1:30.2	updates today. Yes. First, we're getting submissions for the first five, which is a new feature
1:36.7	we're doing on substack for our paid annual subscribers. We're so excited. Basically, people
1:42.8	submit the first five pages of their script. It's really for
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