The Creative Cut Up
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.
Episodes
19 episodes
Ep 18 - How to Create a One Woman Show
There 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 fo...
Ep 17 - Ways to Build an Audience For Your Work
As 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 episod...
Ep 16 - Additional things I wish I knew before breaking into Hollywood
In 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 Ho...
Ep 15 - How to Start Creating Again After Abandoning Your Art
We’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
Ep 14 - What We’d Do If We Were Trying to Break Into Hollywood Today
Hollywood 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, cre...
Ep 13 - What It's Like Working on a TV Set
There 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 ...
Ep 12 - What Does It Take to Get a TV Show On Air
Is 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 w...
Ep 11 - How to Manage Your Finances and Grow Your Income as an Artist
We 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 ou...
Ep 10 - How Therapy Can Help You Become a Better Storyteller
In 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 uncomf...
Ep 9 - Why Writers Need a Creative Process
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...
Ep 8 - How to Get Better At Your Craft
There 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...
Ep 7 - How to Find, Secure, and Adapt IP for Film and Television
Our sister production company, HONEY CHILE, knows a thang or two about adapting IP, as we’re fresh off the announcement that we’ll be ada...
Ep 6 - So You Want to Be a Comedy Writer?
No 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 fun...
Ep 5 - How to Deal with Rejection in Your Career
Rejection 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 wort...
Ep 4 - What it’s Like to Work in a TV Writer’s Room
Felicia 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 ...
Ep 3 - How to Work with Agents, Managers, and Other Reps
Having 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 le...
Ep 2 - Why You Should Consider Making a Short Film
Our 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 pro...
Ep 1 - Cuttin' Up About Breaking into Hollywood
The 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 wee...