Shonda Rhimes on ‘Queen Charlotte,’ creating ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ 

As parents we want to ensure our children grow up to be productive adults that we often forget to let them be children.

@@phunchurchgirl I never had that growing up which is why I never fully achieved my dream.

A fact! I am addicted to this show😅

and Inventing Anna

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I agree, somehow I didn’t know she created Greys Anatomy. I heard about the other shows.

Queen Charlotte is not in the Bridgerton Books. She was added to series 1 & 2. Based on a real person of that era, she was an immediate fan favorite, hence this prequel so see how she came to be queen.

It can't top this one. She put her heart and soul into it

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The short answer is to put yourself in situations where you can make connections to the right people. Her going to school at USC - the University of California in Los Angeles put her in an environment to be near film writers, producers, and (importantly for her) agents. She got her agent because that agent knew that that school produced certain types of writers. Then Shonda wrote and gave her writing to the agent who then sold it. It was cast - afterward. They couldn't have known beforehand that Britteny would be cast. But an LA location with a script featuring actresses the age of Britteny at the time increases the odds ... It's not magic. It's a series of steps that place you in the right location, to meet the right people, which then increases your odds of success. * I'm a therapist now. But I used to be an actress with agents. That world is all about who you know. And most importantly if you are someone who doesn't know anyone and isn't near them- utilize the avenues that have been created to get people who lack connections in the door. ABC has a writers program and an actors program. Google 'ABC writers program', The major networks have similar things.

No it is Grey. Considering it’s still on.

She went to USC. University of Southern California. Location and meeting people and establishing connections in the business is a big part of it. She didn’t just stay in her bedroom in Chicago. And nowadays you need to film your stuff yourself and establish a social media presence so that people can find you. That’s what Issa Rae did. And again, she was also already in Los Angeles.

I mean she’s written about her life.