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>> My name is Janice Hirsch.

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I am a writer/producer for television primarily.

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Primarily sitcoms in television but I have also
worked in plays and musicals and screenplays.

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I live in Los Angeles and so that's
where everything happens for me.

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As a writer I always say that I'm like a
migrant worker and I go where there are oranges.

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So there are years, if I'm working
on a sitcom, where it's a season.

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It's like a school year.

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The sitcom season is usually July through
March and then it's going to work every day

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and the fun part is you sit in a room full
of people and try to make each other laugh.

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If they're people who are like you
and who you like, it's a pleasure.

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When they're people who don't share your
sense of humor, it can be a little tough.

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So that's the sitcom day.

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Right now I've been working freelance
because I'm supervising some young writers

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on their pilot and working on a
couple of plays and a screenplay.

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So then I work at home and then it takes
discipline because I just basically walk

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into another room and try not to make out with
the dogs all day long, try to actually write.

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But I do tend to write pretty much
every day or else feel guilty enough

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about not writing one day that
I write twice as hard the next.