Sheryl J. Anderson: Creator of Sweet Magnolias

Sheryl J. Anderson, the Creator and Executive Producer of the hit Netflix show Sweet Magnolias, discusses how she started as a storyteller, the way her life experience made her uniquely qualified to create this hit show, and how faith has played a crucial role for her as an artist. She also talks about her life priorities and how she has been able to get where she is today.On writing Sweet Magnolias, Sheryl explains, "We had a running joke in the writer's room that we wanted to make the audience laugh out loud once an episode, cry once an episode, and then whatever they wanted to do in between was fine. But the running joke became that we wanted to do that to each other every day in the room and we laughed a lot together and we cried a lot together."Allen ends the interview by asking about the cliffhanger in Sweet Magnolias. "Who was in the car?" See more at NavigatingHollywood.org.Links:• Sweet Magnolias Official Site• Sweet Magnolias on Facebook• Navigating Hollywood’s Marriage Course, Pre-Marriage Course, Alpha Course• Sheryl J. Anderson on IMDb, Twitter• Allen Wolf on IMDb, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter• Allen Wolf’s websiteThe transcript for this episode can be found here.Video for this episode can be found here.

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Film and TV professionals talk about the ups and downs of navigating Hollywood and how they've worked to stay relationally and spiritually healthy in a demanding industry. Hosted by filmmaker and author Allen Wolf.