{"podcast":{"title":"Happier in Hollywood","slug":"happier-in-hollywood-57013","podcast_index_feed_id":57013,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LEME3032179732","website_url":"http://www.happierinhollywood.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/275a03d8-34f3-11f1-b229-3b9dfbb95918/image/001507c5b398194d4569c172a7b90925.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lemonada Media","episode_count":481,"summary":"Veteran TV writers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain demystify Hollywood by making career and personal struggles universal. Friends since high school and writing partners for over 20 years, Liz and Sarah have survived and thrived in Tinseltown’s male-dominated entertainment industry, guided by blind optimism and a Midwestern work ethic. Along the way they've learned a lot about kicking ass, kissing ass, and office yoga. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 469: Putting Our Reading Into Our Writing","slug":"ep-469-putting-our-reading-into-our-writing","published_at":"2026-05-07T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013/ep-469-putting-our-reading-into-our-writing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/491/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEME7271674517.mp3?updated=1778092193","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/491/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEME7271674517.mp3?updated=1778092193","summary":"Liz and Sarah talk about how they plan to incorporate what they’ve gleaned from Natalie Goldberg’s book, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, into the next draft of their novel Bad Trip. Inner censor be damned! In Take A Hike, they share whimsy ideas from listeners who are participating in Mimsy May. Then they talk about why Writers Room Pro is one of their favorite HIH WFH tools. This week’s Hollywood Hack comes from career coach Carole Kirschner — spend twenty minutes researching whoever you’re going to meet with. Finally Liz recommends Caro Claire Burke’s buzzy new novel, Yesteryear. Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Sign up for Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter Chickening Out at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra 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. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within https://amzn.to/4umNtbn Writing Down the Bones Deck: 60 Cards to Free the Writer Within https://amzn.to/4tare7B WritersRoom Pro: https://www.writersroompro.com/ Career Coach Carole Kirschner: https://www.carolekirschner.com/ Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke: https://amzn.to/3RkCbWQ","meta_description":"Liz and Sarah talk about how they plan to incorporate what they’ve gleaned from Natalie Goldberg’s book, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1977,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happier-in-hollywood-57013/episodes/ep-469-putting-our-reading-into-our-writing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013/ep-469-putting-our-reading-into-our-writing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}