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Uncorking a Story

Hosted ByMike Carlon

Stories influence, teach and inspire us, but what about the storytellers who create them? Uncorking a Story profiles storytellers to uncover how their background and life experiences influence the stories they create. We learn what motivates them, their path to success, and what fuels them to keep creating. It all starts by asking one simple question, where does your story begin? Welcome to uncorking a story. All of the books promoted on Uncorking a Story can be viewed and purchased here: https://bookshop.org/shop/UncorkingaStory

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Monkeying Around with Carleton Eastlake

June 14, 2022 MPN Uncorking a Story 0 Comments
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About Carleton Eastlake: Carleton graduated from UCLA with degrees in political science and psychology and graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School with a concentration in law and the social sciences. After a career in public policy and consumer protection law, being hired on Steven Spielberg’s series seaQuest confirmed him as a television writer and producer.  He has shared an Edgar and Saturn Awards and is a former board member of the Writers Guild of America West and a past president of PEN Center USA and he is here today to talk about his book Monkey Business.

In this episode, Mike and Carleton discuss: 

  • The importance of having people who recognize your potential
  • The truth about being a television writer
  • Carleton’s book, Monkey Business

Key Takeaways: 

  • Having a strong network of supportive people who recognize your potential helps in bringing out the best in you, which absolutely influences your success.
  • Writing a novel is a lot different than writing for a TV series. The former is a very isolated process while the latter is more of a group effort.
  • Working in show business is not always as glamorous as we imagine. It also has an underside, particularly when the show is run by a toxic team of producers vying for primate superiority.

“There’s politics everywhere because we are noisy monkeys – we are very smart apes and we have all the dominance moves, all those impulses pushing on our consciousness to find expression.” – Carleton Eastlake

Buy Monkey Business:

Amazon

Bookshop.org

Connect with Carleton Eastlake:

Website: https://carletoneastlake.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carleton.eastlake

Twitter: https://twitter.com/c_eastlake

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carleton-eastlake-923b396/

Connect with Mike Carlon:

Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvS4fuG3L1JMZeOyHvfk_g

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncorkingastory/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uncorkingastory

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncorking-a-story/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco.

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