How do you keep making work without becoming hollowed out by the conditions of making it?

After an eighteen-month hiatus, Playwright’s Process is back! And we’re jumping straight in with an episode on sustaining a creative career. I talk about the unpaid labour artists absorb, the pressure to turn every spare hour into something productive, and how an underfunded arts sector can make systemic problems feel like personal failures. It’s an honest and hopeful chat about creativity, money, parenthood, and making room for writing inside an actual human life.

This episode is for playwrights, writers and artists thinking about how to keep making work over a lifetime.

I share what’s helped me protect my writing time, find joy in building a body of work, make room for rest, and stay connected to a creative community.

Playwright’s Process Podcast is hosted and produced by Emily Sheehan.

To learn more about my work you can visit my website or connect with me on Instagram @emilysheehan__. If you’re interested in working with me as your dramaturg then send me an email at emily@emilysheehan.info.

Thanks for listening!