Joan Digba: On Motherhood, Perfection, and the Coveted 'Creative Flow'

In this episode, Andrea sits down with screenwriter Joan Digba to talk about how we can use storytelling to explore complex emotional and social questions, like how the idea that striving for perfection, especially in parenting, can come at a cost. Joan shares how her work engages with the Black experience, including themes of adultification and identity, and how becoming a parent has shaped the way she writes. We discuss our shifts in writing habits after motherhood and how important it is to be able to take advantage of nap times and to enter that creative flow state as quickly as possible.