Sheryl J. Anderson: Creator of Sweet Magnolias
04/06/21 • 38 min
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
• Navigating Hollywood’s Marriage Course, Pre-Marriage Course, Alpha Course
• Sheryl J. Anderson on IMDb, Twitter
• Allen Wolf on IMDb, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
Video for this episode can be found here.
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
• Navigating Hollywood’s Marriage Course, Pre-Marriage Course, Alpha Course
• Sheryl J. Anderson on IMDb, Twitter
• Allen Wolf on IMDb, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
Video for this episode can be found here.
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Navigating Hollywood - Sheryl J. Anderson: Creator of Sweet Magnolias
Transcript
Allen Wolf: Thank you for joining us for the Navigating Hollywood podcast. I'm Allen wolf and I'm a filmmaker, author, and game creator. Today, we're joined by Sheryl Anderson, the Creator and Executive Producer for the Netflix show, Sweet Magnolias. We’ll get to hear about her journey to make this breakout hit and what inspired her along the way. Welcome, Sheryl.
Sheryl Anderson: Thank you so much, Allen. It's great to be here.
Allen
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