If you want to know what it’s *really* like to be a television writer, this book speaks the truth. I am a television writer and as I read this I swung between PTSD and laughing ruefully.

Kaplan is trying to sell a show, juggling the egos of actors and producers, trying to get meetings scheduled, and doing an inordinate amount of work for free over the course of a year. At the same time, Covid is happening, and he’s dealing with family stuff, endless trips to the grocery store, and a possible move across country. Oh, and the stress of potentially getting offered a job on a show he hates and wondering if he can make that work.

It’s all extremely real as Kaplan veers between optimistically finding meaning in small things, and wanting to quit everything forever.