As Liz and Sarah dive into the new draft of their novel, they’re experimenting with tense. They each wrote a scene in past tense, and now they’re going to write the same scenes in present tense. Which will they prefer? In The Craft (& Fain) they share a listener’s suggestion to assign every project its own theme song. Then they discuss their favorite parts of Mimsy May in Take Two. One takeaway? Whimsy should not be effortful. This week’s Hollywood Hack is on trend — a Mahjong mat with game instructions as part of its design. Finally, Liz recommends the show Firefly Lane on Netflix.

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LINKS:

Taylor Swift’s “The Man” video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAJLh9wuZ0

Annie Lennox:

https://www.annielennox.com/

Mahjong Mats:

https://amzn.to/4tQY4Li

https://amzn.to/4f2HyEe

https://amzn.to/4urdZ3Q

Firefly Lane trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdHwNt4GXfM

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