Ep 439: Pitch Prep & Define Your Eras
Happier in Hollywood
The Onward Project
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Liz and Sarah delve into one of the key aspects of prepping for a TV pitch— the questions and answers that follow your presentation. Pro tip? Be ready to drill down on tone. In Take A Hike, inspired by Taylor Swift’s new album, they talk about why it can be helpful to define your eras. What do you want your next era to be? Next, in The Craft (& Fain), Liz and Sarah share their favorite takeaways from their slow read of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. This week they have two Hollywood Hacks — try using a steering wheel desk and always wear the same outfit to travel. Finally, Sarah recommends Richard Osman’s new Thursday Murder Club book, The Impossible Fortune.
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| 0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
| 0:05.8 | Sarah, I looked at all the changes you made in the pitch deck, and it looks so good. |
| 0:10.9 | You have a gift. |
| 0:14.1 | Should this TV thing go south? |
| 0:16.9 | I'll just make decks. |
| 0:18.7 | Yes, you could. |
| 0:27.1 | Thank you. I'll just make decks. Yes, you could. Hi, and welcome to happier in Hollywood, |
| 0:32.6 | the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive, and a backbiting, superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. |
| 0:42.1 | And with me is my high school friend and writing partner, Sarah. |
| 0:46.0 | That's me, Sarah Fane. |
| 0:47.5 | On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, |
| 0:52.9 | and how to survive the war of attrition that |
| 0:55.5 | is life in Los Angeles. |
| 0:57.6 | Today we're going to talk about one of the key things we do to prep for a TV pitch. |
| 1:03.7 | Then we have a take-a-hike inspired by Taylor Swift's new album. |
| 1:08.7 | And in The Craft and Fane, we'll share some of our favorite takeaways |
| 1:12.3 | from our slow read of Ann Lamott's Bird by Bird. This week, we have two Hollywood hacks, |
| 1:19.5 | and finally, Sarah has a book recommendation for all of you cozy mystery lovers. And we have a |
| 1:26.0 | quick update. I am working on altering my algorithm. |
| 1:30.2 | Are you doing the Alter Your Algorithm challenge with me? |
| 1:34.3 | Let me know how it's going. |
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