The Creative Cut Up

Felicia Pride, Driadonna Roland, Georgette Pierre

A lively and honest space for storytellers that sits at the intersection of craft, business, and independence. Join us weekly where Felicia Pride and her co-hosts, Dria Roland and Georgette Pierre, talk shop and smack, share the good, the bad, and the ugly. And provide tangible tips to support your creative practice, your career, and your artist self.

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Ep 18 - How to Create a One Woman Show
Jul 10 2024
Ep 18 - How to Create a One Woman Show
Send us a textThere are so many different ways for us to tell our stories. We delve into the one woman / man / person show, which has spawned TV shows like Fleabag, Baby Reindeer, and Chewing Gum. Our guest, Dahéli Hall, is no stranger to the form. Her latest one woman show, SPADURA, injects her personal life experiences as she “unapologetically takes on the unique fertility obstacles faced by Black women in America.”In this episode, we cut up about what it takes to pull off a one-woman show, the stamina that comes with performing, taking your career into your own hands, and what she sees next for her career.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:03:16) Dahéli’s journey to creating her one woman show, SPADURA(00:04:12) Her parents being great examples for her entrepreneurial and creative efforts(00:06:49) Black women and artistic sacrifice(00:08:09) The challenges of being a multi-hyphenate(00:10:53) The lack of support she experienced as a young filmmaker(00:17:02) The importance of authenticity(00:19:00) The challenges of the pandemic(00:20:03) Artistic grief(00:22:58) Putting pressure on our art to save us(00:26:26) The challenges of creating about a life experience that you’re currently going through(00:28:21) How the story and performance of SPADURA has evolved(00:31:35) The iterative process of developing a one person show(00:34:00) How she managed real time feedback for SPADURA(00:36:25) Touring as part of the iterative process(00:38:47) Knowing when your work is completed(00:41:18) Benefits and challenges of solo shows as a platform(00:44:33) Crowdfunding for SPADURA(00:47:27) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: House of Dragons on MaxDria: Therapy and drawing what makes her special as a personGeorgette: Slow Horses S3 on Apple TV+Dahéli: Asking for $100,000, believing in herself, and remembering her worth and valueDahéli’s one woman show, SPADURA, is currently on tour. She’s also filming her special September 25, 2024 at Dynasty Typewriter in LA. Support her crowdfunding campaign here and learn more about her journey.LIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter. If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal. And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy t
Ep 17 - Ways to Build an Audience For Your Work
Jul 2 2024
Ep 17 - Ways to Build an Audience For Your Work
Send us a textAs intentional as we are about creating the work, we must be just as intentional about who we’re creating for. Hint: It’s not everyone. But defining your audience isn’t always easy.Still, there is magic in the specificity. In this episode, we cut up about getting honest about who you want to write and create for, why trying to appeal to everyone shouldn’t be a thing, and the importance of establishing a direct connection with your audience.If you’ve been needing a jump start, no more excuses. Sign up for The 21 Day Creative Comeback Challenge starting in June. Your creative self will thank you later! Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule! Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:05:41) How more projects came Felicia’s way when she got super specific about the audience she serves(00:07:30) Marketing 101(00:10:50) Knowing who we write for helps us be specific in the work(00:13:00) Whether it’s best to stick with a niche target audience(00:14:24) Knowing who and what your audience wants is attractive to Hollywood(00:15:03) Carving out your personal brand(00:17:09) Two ways Felicia branded herself as a writer and the target audience she wanted to reach(00:18:47) Ways to get clear about your brand and your audience(00:20:38) Being honest about the stories you want to tell(00:24:14) People are attracted to the specific(00:25:50) Things Felicia has done to cultivate an audience(00:29:56) A project is new if someone hasn’t heard of it(00:31:59) Can’t take people’s attention or views for granted(00:33:41) Putting in the same creativity in making the work to promoting the work and connecting it to the audience(00:34:35) Encouraging writers to stop playing the background, finding your tribe, and moving your audience along your career journey(00:35:00) How We Create segmentHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Eric on NetflixGeorgette: The Idea of You on Amazon Prime and The Year of Yes by Shonda RhimesLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 16 - Additional things I wish I knew before breaking into Hollywood
Jun 11 2024
Ep 16 - Additional things I wish I knew before breaking into Hollywood
Send us a textIn our premiere episode, "Cuttin Up About Breaking into Hollywood", me and my co-hosts, Dria and Georgette, spoke about the things we wish we knew before breaking into Hollywood as a writer / director, creative executive, and producer.In this bonus episode, I had a lot more to say about other things I wish I knew, including:Romanticizing folksDifferent levels of commitment to the workChoose your own adventureWhat revelations are you having about the business of your art?Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.LIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD? Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and become more discoverable across platforms. TAP IN Sign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITS This podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.
Ep 15 - How to Start Creating Again After Abandoning Your Art
Jun 4 2024
Ep 15 - How to Start Creating Again After Abandoning Your Art
Send us a textWe’ve all needed pick me ups to get back to our work but the one mistake we have made as artists was walking away from our craft. In this episode, we cut up about getting unstuck, our creative comeback and challenges, and how The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal was one way for us to get back to our creative practice.If you’ve been needing a jump start, no more excuses. Sign up for The 21 Day Creative Comeback Challenge starting in June. Your creative self will thank you later! Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule! Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:04:06) How I stopped writing for seven years and the challenge of reconnecting to my art(00:05:08) Why I stopped writing(00:06:23) Dealing with imposter syndrome(00:07:45) Never stop writing(00:09:29) How The Creative Comeback came to be(00:13:30) Protecting your creative process and having time with the work that’s sustainable(00:14:08) The psychological shift on not seeing writing as a way to support me(00:15:26) What my healthy relationship with the writing looks like now(00:15:54) Advice on getting back to your art after abandoning it(00:18:10) What the expansion of The Creative Comeback looks like(00:18:50) Georgette’s experience with The Creative Comeback Challenge(00:23:16) How The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal and The 21 Day Creative Comeback Challenge, launching in June, can help you get unstuck(00:24:09) Concrete steps I took to get back to my creative practice being laid out in The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal(00:24:51) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Romance novels including Kennedy Ryan’s “Before I Let Go”Georgette: Her the movieLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter. Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career. If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal. And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network. Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you bu
Ep 14 - What We’d Do If We Were Trying to Break Into Hollywood Today
May 28 2024
Ep 14 - What We’d Do If We Were Trying to Break Into Hollywood Today
Send us a textHollywood is a mess right now. Yet and still, there are so many things we would’ve done differently to break in had we known what we know now.In this episode, we cut up about the privilege of hindsight, the importance of networking, creating no matter what, and not putting all of your eggs into one basket.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:03:53) Having a strong sense of self(00:04:50) How emotionally jarring the business is(00:05:50) Not talking ourselves out of an opportunity(00:06:14) Expanding our network with industry peers and folk outside of Hollywood(00:08:44) Not discrediting the work you create and being in service to others(00:11:11) Wishing we created more(00:12:33) Solidifying yourself with one focus(00:15:50) Changing paths sooner than later and not letting fear lead(00:16:54) Finding her own opportunities vs. working OWAs (open writing assignments)(00:18:47) Having a healthy confidence in the work and asking for what we want(00:20:45) Making sure you have a North Star and know your why(00:22:34) Believing in what you want to do and trusting it will happen(00:22:55) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: 10x is Easier than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More By Doing Less by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin HardyGeorgette: The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show on HBOLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 13 - What It's Like Working on a TV Set
May 21 2024
Ep 13 - What It's Like Working on a TV Set
Send us a textThere isn’t much like seeing a group of people come together to make something, be it a television show, a film, heck a commercial. There’s a magic in it all.We cut up about the roles of a writer and producer on set, why writers should produce their episodes, and the levels of pre-production that goes into making an episode of TV come to life. It’s a lot.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:1:58) Felicia’s first time on a TV set through QUEEN SUGAR(00:3:03) What happens during prep for a TV episode(00:6:05) Georgette’s entry point into working on set(00:8:14) What it means to produce a tV episode as a writer(00:9:10) The writer/director collaboration on set(00:12:12) The production team being the go-to problem solvers for everything(00:14:57) What non-writing executive producers (EPs) do on set(00:15:38) What makes a strong non-writing EP(00:17:03) Being in service to the creative and the budget(00:17:38) The importance of seeing the work get made(00:19:09) Learning to let things go as a writer(00:21:47) Crew members being great collaborators(00:22:49) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Her friend Rochée JeffreyGeorgette: The group Thee Sacred Souls + BJ the Chicago Kid “Long Time”LIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 12 - What Does It Take to Get a TV Show On Air
May 14 2024
Ep 12 - What Does It Take to Get a TV Show On Air
Send us a textIs it just us or does the process of selling a TV show or film in Hollywood seemed cloaked in mystery? Like how is it done? And then once you sell it, how does it make it to air? There are many, many steps. So in this episode, we cut up about what it means to actually sell a show, the roles studios and networks play, why selling a show doesn’t guarantee it being greenlit, and why films are often easier to pitch than TV shows.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:04:56) Felicia’s experience of selling her first TV show(00:06:25) What happens during open writing assignments (OWAs)(00:10:53) The role of the studio and network when pitching a TV show(00:12:22) Setting up a show doesn’t mean you sold it(00:12:50) Understanding if-come deals(00:13:53) Next step after setting up an if-come deal(00:16:44) The challenges of getting a show on the air(00:18:38) The process when taking out a project yourself vs. an OWA(00:21:23) How the wrong attachments can hurt a project(00:23:55) Writers needing to wear their producer hats when pitching a show(00:26:24) Development hell(00:27:08) The difference between pitching a TV show vs. a film idea(00:30:37) Films taking a long time to make(00:30:59) How HONEY CHILE and other entities can position themselves to be more involved creatively(00:32:00) Selling a project doesn’t mean it’s greenlit(00:33:07) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Old Black ‘90s sitcomsGeorgette: The film Zola and Amazon Prime’s Mr. and Mrs. SmithLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 11 - How to Manage Your Finances and Grow Your Income as an Artist
May 7 2024
Ep 11 - How to Manage Your Finances and Grow Your Income as an Artist
Send us a textWe don’t play about our money. And in this business, we don’t have the luxury to, especially when we’re part of historically excluded groups. As an artist, it’s important that we cultivate a healthy relationship with money and to ensure that our money is working for us. In this episode, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about having multiple streams of income as freelancers (cause this business will try to play in your face), not having any job be our master, and what financial freedom looks like for us. Hint: Looks a lot like creating forever, but not having to for money. Oh and retiring on some beautiful island.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule! Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career. Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:03:22) Hollywood not being encouraging of entrepreneurship(00:04:41) Difference between freelancing and entrepreneurship(00:06:30) The pursuit of financial, creative, and professional freedom(00:8:03) Dria still making the shift on building her enterprise up to be sustainable outside of these traditional systems (00:10:25) Folks wanting to put you in a box and Hollywood not wanting you to create your own destiny(00:11:45) How living the life you’re supposed to live can also be part of your purpose(00:12:42) Our experiences getting a taste of living the way we wanted to live(00:13:31) Felicia knowing the type of life she wants to live and the fear that comes along with building it(00:16:07) The capacity to have(00:19:38) Working through our lies of not being able to manage money well(00:22:26) Multiple streams of income we’ve dabbled in(00:26:44) What does scaling look like (00:27:08) Entrepreneurship and balancing multiple things not being for everyone(00:29:03) The work works especially when you’re consistent with it(00:30:04) Believing energetically that money is easy to make(00:32:23) Drip comes at a cost(00:35:58) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Our Rich Journey couple on Instagram who FIRED at 39 (Financial Independence, Retired Early)Dria: Movie marathon with her friendGeorgette: The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake KogaTAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter. Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career. If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal. And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy throug
Ep 10 - How Therapy Can Help You Become a Better Storyteller
Apr 30 2024
Ep 10 - How Therapy Can Help You Become a Better Storyteller
Send us a textIn this episode, it got real with Felicia, Dria, and Georgette having a vulnerable discussion around navigating their personal sh*t in therapy and how our mental wellbeing is connected to our art-making. We’re clear that sitting with the uncomfortable emotions helps with the work we create, but that the self-work ain’t easy. We cut about our entry points into therapeutic practices and how therapy helped give us a deeper perspective. Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:04:53) Felicia’s entry point into therapy(00:09:31) How life and therapy opened Georgette up as an artist(00:13:44) The ability to sit in our emotions and feelings to transfer it to the page(00:14:10) Dria’s experience seeing the importance and connection between therapy and art(00:14:23) Writing from your scars and not your wounds(00:15:53) How Felicia channeled the relationship with her father in her work(00:18:44) How therapy helps to give us different perspectives and context(00:21:13) How self-work made us sensitive and appreciative of other artists’ work(00:22:36) Self work making us hypersensitive to other people’s sh**(00:23:53) Needing to refine tools that were formed during a time of trauma(00:25:58) The amount of vulnerability in the writer’s room(00:26:43) Being able to work through shame and traumatic experiences(00:28:10) Artists being put on a pedestal and disrespected at the same time(00:29:15) New tools we’re using to increase groundedness and be more embodied(00:33:14) Knowing when there’s a break in the healing work(00:34:19) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Percival Everett + his visual artistry (also author of Erasure, the novel in which the film American Fiction was based)Dria: DJ setsGeorgette: Synthesis drag performance show in BrooklynLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 9 - Why Writers Need a Creative Process
Apr 23 2024
Ep 9 - Why Writers Need a Creative Process
Send us a textWriting ain’t for the faint at heart and not having a process can make it miserable. In this episode, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about their own writing processes, learning to trust the process, and the importance of being aligned with projects they want to work on. Because on the other side of that is not putting out your best work. And we can’t afford to do that.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:06:08) Felicia breaks down her writing process into three phases: outlining, drafting, rewriting(00:10:16) What it means to have a script as studio ready as possible(00:12:00) Why it’s important for writers to have a process and protect that process(00:13:09) How having a writing process can help you develop confines and write faster(00:16:24) Georgette’s experience taking writing classes and developing a writing process(00:19:40) How the writing process can reveal if your story’s working or not(00:21:16) Georgette using writing classes to become a better producer(00:23:05) Folks not understanding the messiness of the creative process and being careful about who you bring into your process(00:25:42) The development aspects of working with writers(00:26:53) Having empathy for the writer while still being in service to the story(00:29:17) Why early feedback is helpful(00:30:52) Getting a lot of notes doesn’t make you a bad writer(00:32:30) How getting notes is part of the process in Hollywood and having the skill to pull off the draft(00:33:50) Notes calls(00:35:06) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Quinta Brunson and her journey to keep going Dria: Personal heart break and what she can learn from itGeorgette: ABC’s Not Dead YetLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD? Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 8 - How to Get Better At Your Craft
Apr 16 2024
Ep 8 - How to Get Better At Your Craft
Send us a textThere is so much that is out of our control in Hollywood. But the one thing they can’t take away from us is how we choose to show up for ourselves in the work we create.In this episode, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about different forms of inspiration that helps them hone their skills, how putting in the work landed more opportunities, and the importance of remaining a student of the craft.Grab your notebook. In addition to this episode, The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal is a great tool to help you hone your craft and help you get clear on your creative journey. Get your copy at http://creativecomeback.com.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:04:12) How putting in the work has landed Felicia more opportunities(00:06:30) What separates “writers” from “people that write”(00:08:44) What Felicia looks for in writing classes(00:10:43) The value of being in a writer’s group(00:13:23) How Dria hones her craft as a development executive(00:15:47) The importance of living life and using other mediums to hone your craft(00:20:12) How Georgette hones her craft as a producer(00:22:39) Why we need to create our own schools(00:24:15) People of color not having the luxury to skip steps(00:25:43) Taking writing classes as a producer to understand the creative process(00:27:55) The reality of what it takes to get a draft to a solid place(00:29:01) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: A live DJ Jazzy Jeff performanceDria: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia WilliamsGeorgette: Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter edited by Veronica ChambersLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & JournalAnd check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuf
Ep 7 - How to Find, Secure, and Adapt IP for Film and Television
Apr 9 2024
Ep 7 - How to Find, Secure, and Adapt IP for Film and Television
Send us a textOur sister production company, HONEY CHILE, knows a thang or two about adapting IP, as we’re fresh off the announcement that we’ll be adapting Tia Williams’ New York Times’ bestselling book, SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE for Amazon, along with our production partners, Will Packer Media and Kinetic. Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about HONEY CHILE’s unique approach to sourcing the right stories for Honeys, the nuances of adapting books, articles, and life rights, and what makes a story worth adapting. For a more in-depth look, check out our first on-demand class called BASED ON: How to Adapt Books, Articles, Real Life Stories for Film and TV. Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career. Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:04:53) HONEY CHILE’s process of adapting books and finding IP(00:06:10) Strategy around how we approach the books we want to adapt(00:09:03) Other ways HONEY CHILE locks in big IP (work with production companies that lock in the rights / relationships with authors that come to us)(00:10:12) What else goes into locking in IP if you don’t have the relationships or money (using a lot of intangibles)(00:12:44) If any form of IP is easier to adapt than others(00:13:59) Our experience developing projects in the three main IP areas (books, life rights, and articles)(00:16:12) Studio perspective on why books are more attractive to adapt(00:17:38) How HONEY CHILE became attached to SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE with Will Packer and Kinetic(00:21:03) Factors that can make adapting IP a hit or miss(00:23:02) How HONEY CHILE sources IP(00:25:47) More details about what we covered in our BASED ON, Adapting IP class now available on-demand(00:27:11) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Author Terry McMillanDria: As a Man Thinketh by James AllenGeorgette: The Secret by Rhonda ByrneLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter. Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career. If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal. And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network. Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy
Ep 6 - So You Want to Be a Comedy Writer?
Apr 2 2024
Ep 6 - So You Want to Be a Comedy Writer?
Send us a textNo shortage of laughs, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up with our first ever guest, award-winning writer and stand up comedian, Rochée Jeffrey, as she walked us through her initial resistance to becoming a comedy writer, her fear of being funny on the page, and how she honed her comedic voice. Rochée will also be teaching The Create Daily Lab’s multi-week class on comedy writing starting April 14. Learn more at https://www.thecreatedaily.com/crafting-comedy.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:06:12) What led Rochée to comedy writing(00:08:20) How TV writing informed Rochée’s skills as a stand-up comedian(00:10:16) The differences between drama writing rooms and comedy writing rooms(00:12:13) The differences between writing comedy and writing drama(00:14:30) Rochée’s fear of being funny on the page and working up the confidence to be funny in her NAACP Award winning scripted podcast, Yes We Cannabis(00:16:16) How aspiring writers can find their comedic voice(00:20:11) What development execs look for in comedy writers(00:22:44) Tips on getting to the root of who you are and ways to bring that into your writing(00:26:34) The importance of artists dealing with their trauma and living their lives boldly(00:28:52) The value of people being able to see the connective tissue between you and your work(00:29:24) Advice for emerging writers preparing for a career in writing comedy(00:31:43) The benefits of improv classes and why all comedy writers should take them(00:32:59) How Rochée stays grounded through the rejection and the challenges of the business(00:34:45) Rochée’s upcoming class on comedy writing at The Create Daily Lab(00:34:58) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: HGTV’s Mediterranean LifeDria: Financing webinar by Mara McCann to support HONEY CHILE’s programming goalsGeorgette: Inspired by all the Black women getting their flowers during this past award seasonRochée: Cord Jefferson’s Oscar winning speech for his directorial film debut, American FictionLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD? Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production
Ep 5 - How to Deal with Rejection in Your Career
Mar 26 2024
Ep 5 - How to Deal with Rejection in Your Career
Send us a textRejection is the one thing that remains consistent in life and in the work we create. Cutting up per usual, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette remind themselves to focus on the things they can control, to move with integrity, and to detach their worth from how the business chooses to respond to the work they create…cause folks be wildly insecure.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:03:01) Helpful ways to separate your worth from the work(00:05:10) Realizing the work is bigger than ourselves(00:06:45) Age and perspective helping navigate rejection(00:07:23) How taking it personally can limit what’s for you(00:09:21) How life helps build resilience(00:10:15) Felicia’s biggest experience with rejection with the release of film Really Love(00:12:36) Not taking no for an answer(00:14:27) Don’t tell yourself no. Let someone else tell you no.(00:16:05) Remember who you are(00:18:12) People being threatened by your magic(00:19:07) Takeaways on dealing with rejection in this industry(00:20:20) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Angel Laketa Moore (the star of LOOK BACK AT IT and 2024 NAACP Image Award winner for Outstanding Social Media Personality)Dria: Creating a 10 year plan as an act of faithGeorgette: Rocky film franchiseLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD?Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 4 - What it’s Like to Work in a TV Writer’s Room
Mar 19 2024
Ep 4 - What it’s Like to Work in a TV Writer’s Room
Send us a textFelicia Pride is an award winning (and working) TV and film writer, producer, and director. And one of her happy places is being in a writer’s room. Currently working on Bel-Air S3, with past rooms including Grey’s Anatomy and Queen Sugar, she shares what a healthy writer’s room looks like, her journey to getting staffed, and insight for aspiring TV writers looking to get hired in their first room.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:04:39) Felicia’s first experience in a writer’s room with Queen Sugar(00:07:18) Thoughts on comedy vs drama(00:08:27) How Felicia learned her way around a writer’s room(00:10:39) Co-writing episodes and the hierarchy of a writer’s room(00:13:44) What it means to break an episode(00:15:12) The process of writing and rewriting an episode(00:16:34) What writers should expect working in a writer’s room(00:18:57) The types of experiences that helped Felicia strengthen her storytelling skills(00:20:33) Ways to land your next writer’s room job(00:21:08) Understanding your job in the writer’s room(00:22:33) Three takeaways to help aspiring writers land their first writers room job(00:25:29) Know your superpowers(00:26:35) Three things a writer must know how to do(00:27:31) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Tanya Trotter’s (of The War and Treaty) Grammy nomination for Best New Artist at 50Dria: Inspired by her mother’s second actGeorgette: Ryan Leslie “You Know My Speed”LIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD? Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.*
Ep 3 - How to Work with Agents, Managers, and Other Reps
Mar 12 2024
Ep 3 - How to Work with Agents, Managers, and Other Reps
Send us a textHaving the right team - reps that have your back - can make all the difference in Hollywood. In this episode, we’re cutting up about landing representation, why you want folk chasing you (and not the other way around), and how to boss up and lead your team.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:05:34) What it means to be hip-pocketed by talent agents(00:10:45) The difference between agents and managers(00:11:28) When building your team, start with a lawyer(00:13:00) Why you shouldn’t query agents(00:15:20) Dealing with agents/teams that gate-keep information(00:17:13) Being in community with your peers to learn what you don’t know(00:18:27) Setting the strategy and tone for your team to work on your behalf(00:20:07) Knowing your alternative if your team isn’t working for you(00:26:07) Felicia breaks down her team’s roles (TV and feature agents and manager)(00:28:28) Other members on Felicia’s team including a publicist and story editor(00:32:13) Top ways to land an agent/representation(00:33:12) The point where should you be thinking about representation(00:35:58) Having tempered expectations of what agents do(00:38:10) Are having agents/going through a middle person an antiquated part of the business?(00:40:17) Having more agency in our careers and not being afraid(00:40:38) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: True Detective: Night Country Season 4Dria: Atomic HabitsGeorgette: Tara Brach’s PodcastLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD? Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms.TAP INSign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITSThis podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.
Ep 2 - Why You Should Consider Making a Short Film
Mar 5 2024
Ep 2 - Why You Should Consider Making a Short Film
Send us a textOur Head Storyteller, Felicia Pride, knows a few things about making successful award-winning short films if we do say so ourselves. With LOOK BACK AT IT coming off of a successful festival run, Dria and Georgette learn more about Felicia’s process on films serving as great proofs of concepts, writers needing to direct, and Felicia pushing past the lie she told herself of “not being a director.” ICYMI: As part of The Create Daily Lab, Make Your Short Film intensive, taught by Felicia, is available on demand access at thecreatedaily.com. Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:4:04) Short films as calling cards(00:4:41) Feature films being a director’s medium(00:5:46) How “tender” came about and why she kept it simple for her first time directing(00:9:18) Three ways your short film could serve as a proof of concept(00:9:46) If short films for everybody and Felicia’s thoughts on why writers should direct(00:11:13) Misperceptions and benefits of going the short film vs. something else(00:12:58) Being clear on your goals for making a short film(00:15:30) Dria’s experience on “LOOK BACK AT IT”(00:19:19) Opportunities that came from Felicia making “tender” and “LOOK BACK AT IT”(00:20:18) Anything Felicia would’ve done differently making these short films(00:21:55) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: Musiq Soulchild’s most recent album Victims & Villains and music overallGeorgette: The Creative Comeback Workbook & JournalDria: (Recorded before the Super Bowl), Dria’s support of the Detroit Lions beating Tampa Bay)LIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD? Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and be more discoverable across platforms. TAP IN Sign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITS This podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.
Ep 1 - Cuttin' Up About Breaking into Hollywood
Feb 27 2024
Ep 1 - Cuttin' Up About Breaking into Hollywood
Send us a textThe Creative Cut Up podcast is a lively and honest space for storytellers that sits at the intersection of craft, business, and creative freedom.Being an artist is hard AF, especially without purpose, community, and support. Join us weekly, where Felicia Pride and her co-hosts, Dria Roland and Georgette Pierre, talk shop and smack, share the good, the bad, and the ugly, and provide tangible tips to support your creative practice, your career, and your artist self.In our premiere episode of The Creative Cut-Up, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about what they wish they knew before breaking into Hollywood.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.A breakdown of our chat:(00:04:10) Felicia learning the importance of self-care after selling her first feature film.(00:07:16) The level of gatekeeping that takes place and not attaching your worth to your work.(00:09:34) It’s not about who knows you but who likes you and if your name is being mentioned in rooms that you’re not in.(00:11:44) Building genuine relationships and doing things within your control.(00:13:17) Navigating people’s limited imagination on not being able to see you beyond what they know you for vs. what you want to do.(00:16:20) Dria learning the importance of staying centered and having a North Star.(00:18:00) Hollywood being an industry where you may have to take two steps back to move three steps forward.(00:20:02) This business being very freelance and having to piecemeal opportunities.(00:22:18) Insights on how they’re moving forward with or without Hollywood(00:26:38) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this weekHOW WE CREATE RecommendationsFelicia: May the Lord Watch documentary by Little BrotherDria: American Fiction (film)Georgette: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick RubinLIKE WHAT YOU’VE HEARD? Please rate, subscribe, review, and tell a friend. The reviews really help our podcast reach other storytellers like yourself and become more discoverable across platforms. TAP IN Sign up for The Opportunity Roundup, our free, signature newsletter.Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.If you need help getting back into your creative practice, grab your copy of The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal.And check out The Lab, our hub for courses and workshops.PRODUCTION CREDITS This podcast is a production of The Create Daily. It was produced by Georgette Pierre and executive produced by Felicia Pride. It was edited by Wize Grazette of the Indie Creative Network.Our newsletter or show notes may contain affiliate links, so if you buy through them, we get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). We only recommend stuff we actually dig.