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Neal Baer

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3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

They want to be left alone. They want to live a fulfilling life. And I think Modern Family did a good job at that. And Will and Grace, they normalized it. We haven't really been able to, quote, normalize trans characters. I brought trans characters on my show. I think it's normal for me as a physician and a gay man, but it's certainly not normal for a lot of people.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

They want to be left alone. They want to live a fulfilling life. And I think Modern Family did a good job at that. And Will and Grace, they normalized it. We haven't really been able to, quote, normalize trans characters. I brought trans characters on my show. I think it's normal for me as a physician and a gay man, but it's certainly not normal for a lot of people.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

So I want to tell more of those stories and not in like cadre ways. So I think that's where we have to go.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

So I want to tell more of those stories and not in like cadre ways. So I think that's where we have to go.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

The first takeaway is to listen to other people's stories, to tell them your stories. We can tell our own stories. We can tell about our own feelings, but we have to listen to other people's stories. We don't know what's best by telling people what their story should be. We should welcome people to tell their stories.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

The first takeaway is to listen to other people's stories, to tell them your stories. We can tell our own stories. We can tell about our own feelings, but we have to listen to other people's stories. We don't know what's best by telling people what their story should be. We should welcome people to tell their stories.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

The second takeaway, I think, is to read widely and all kinds of things, novels, nonfiction, that will help develop compassion and also rage and what I call accompaniment. I think it's important. And the third takeaway is to go back and watch these movies, particularly that inspired you as a child and ask you, do they still inspire you? Do they still move you? Share them with folks.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

The second takeaway, I think, is to read widely and all kinds of things, novels, nonfiction, that will help develop compassion and also rage and what I call accompaniment. I think it's important. And the third takeaway is to go back and watch these movies, particularly that inspired you as a child and ask you, do they still inspire you? Do they still move you? Share them with folks.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

It's not just what the latest thing is on any streamer or on YouTube or TikTok because it's so ephemeral. But there are films that speak across generations. I watch Wuthering Heights, the original, and I cry. I cry and cry because it speaks to me about love that just doesn't quite work out.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

It's not just what the latest thing is on any streamer or on YouTube or TikTok because it's so ephemeral. But there are films that speak across generations. I watch Wuthering Heights, the original, and I cry. I cry and cry because it speaks to me about love that just doesn't quite work out.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

Thank you, Lynn, for having me. It's been really fun.

3 Takeaways
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

Thank you, Lynn, for having me. It's been really fun.

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