Ep. 460: The Inside Board Is Everything

About this episode

Liz and Sarah discuss the concept of an 'Inside Board' and share insights from their experiences with Fannie Flagg and a listener's recommendation.

Liz and Sarah recently learned the concept of an “Inside Board.” From now on, whenever they run a show they’ll be forming one. In Take A Hike, they share how a listener turning Sarah on to a fiber center in North Dakota made them realize the value of leaning into Niche Nirvana. A recent visit with American writer Fannie Flagg led to this week’s The Craft (& Fain) — ask yourself “who are you writing for?” Fannie Flagg is also the source of the Hollywood Hack: To figure out structure, clip scenes to a clothesline and move them around. Finally, Sarah recommends the book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach. Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCraft Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com and Sarah’s Chickening Out Substack at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. They’ll come right to your inbox! 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Liz, Sarah

Guest: Fannie Flagg

Topics covered

• Inside Board
• Niche Nirvana
• writing
• structure
• human anatomy

Keywords

• podcast
• creativity
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy

Books & works: The Inside Board Is Everything, Take A Hike, The Craft (& Fain, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, Substack, Chickening Out Substack, Happier in Hollywood, Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Places: North Dakota, Hollywood

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