I dream I get a Note from a higher up: You must put your grandmother Roberta in this episode. I say to them, but my Grandma Roberta has been dead for many years, and they …
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Notes
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First Look
Yesterday we announced our premiere date for Five Star Weekend (JULY 16!) and released our first look pictures, and the stars are stunning, and I’m still processing the fact that we have gotten to write …
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you can’t control it
Remember when, for ten years, I wrote on this blog everyday like it was my job, because sometimes it was? And then remember when I had children and decided to back off this commitment and …
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good job
Waiting for studio notes on the first cut of my pilot, I spend the entire day baking. I make molasses cookies for my executives, a tray of blueberry pie bars for my editor, two loaves …
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on empty
I, and only I, would return home after 100 days of production, after 5 months of running her first writers room, after the overseeing of writing and writing of 8 hours of television, and expect …
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Questions
On set one day, one of my writers notes that she can’t believe how much of a show runner’s job is answering questions, all day. The props guy (WHO I LOVE) comes up to me …
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set life balance
Bobbie says she wants to go to work with mama, I tell her there’s no toys there, she says BYE MAMA! Joe comes to set with me and finds it full of trucks and snacks, …