When Shay Potter woke up one night with some things heavy on her heart, she didn’t know it would turn into an 8-month long journey of telling her story growing up as an LGBTQ+ adolescent in the 90s on her podcast Crack This Shxt Open. In this episode, Shay talks about finding the bravery to tell her story, putting together a solid team, and the emotional labor of working through her life’s story for a public medium.
Markers
12:20 min - Story development and collaborating with a team
17:24 min - Managing emotions when writing a memoir
35:00 min -Creating each episode of the memoir podcast
43:00 min - Writing tools and Workflow management
50:00 min - Steps to getting started
Follow Shay on IG: https://www.instagram.com/shayla.d.potter/?hl=en
Visit her site: https://shayladpottermedia.com/
Order Building a Storybrand: https://amzn.to/2MJI0wf
Disclosure: Blackxecutive is a female, black-owned business. By clicking these links, Blackxecutive may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Send feedback to the show: feedback@blackxecutive.com
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Special Summer Offer: Exclusively on Apple Podcasts, try our Dateline Premium subscription completely free for one month! With Dateline Premium, you get every episode ad-free plus exclusive bonus content.