Ep. 72: How To Staff A Writers' Room

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah discuss the art and science of staffing their writers' room on The Fix. What are they looking for? How many pages of a sample script do they usually read? What makes a writer stand out? Then they talk to their assistant Mary about her very "woo-woo" trip to the Integratron sound bath in Joshua Tree. Finally, this week's tech-savvy transaction Hollywood Hack: Venmo! Kimonos:https://shop.nordstrom.com/sr?origin=keywordsearch&keyword=kimonos&typein=kimono&position=1The Fix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7942774/Writers' Room: https://www.scriptmag.com/features/writers-room-101-first-writers-roomIntegratron: https://www.integratron.com/George Van Tassel: http://www.labyrinthina.com/amazing-integratron-at-giant-rock.htmlJoshua Tree: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htmSinging Crystal Bowls: https://www.amazon.com/TOPFUND-Singing-Crystal-Sticker-Included/dp/B00NM8MV2W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1537896897&sr=8-3&keywords=crystal+singing+bowlsSound Bath: https://www.elitedaily.com/p/what-is-a-sound-bath-5-thing-to-know-before-you-bathe-in-the-sound-2975477Venmo: https://venmo.com/The Bachelor: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313038/ Photo by Sasha • Stories on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.6	Oh my god, I'm so tired.
0:06.5	Yoga on Monday morning is a blessing in a curse.
0:11.2	So you owe me $50.
0:12.9	OK, I'll just I'll then know you.
0:14.8	Oh, perfect.
0:15.9	MUSIC
0:21.2	Hi, and welcome to Happier and Hollywood,
0:23.2	the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:25.5	sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive.
0:29.0	In a back-fighting, superficial, chaotic, unpredictable,
0:32.3	fundamentally insane world.
0:34.6	I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in LA,
0:37.4	and with me is my high school friend and writing partner
0:39.7	of 18 years, Liz.
0:41.8	That's me, Liz Kraft.
0:43.2	And this podcast we talk about being writers in Hollywood,
0:46.0	how we balance a career in friendship,
0:47.7	and how to survive the war of attrition that is life
0:50.1	in Los Angeles.
0:51.4	In this episode, we'll discuss how to staff a writer's room,
0:55.4	what we, as showrunners, look for in potential writers,
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