Ep 9 - Why Writers Need a Creative Process

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Writing 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.

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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 week

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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.

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