Crys and JP announce that they are taking a break to refuel and reset. Crys: Hello, friends. It’s the Write Away Podcast with Crys and JP. JP: Hello. Crys: I screwed you up by doing it differently. I knew I would. JP: You did. You ruined everything. Crys: I ruined everything. But as our listeners […]

One Month Break Announcement￼

This week, Crys and JP continue their Season of Marketing by discussing the different methods they use to keep marketing in mind while writing. Question of the week: What do you struggle with in marketing? And how can we help you? Share your answer here. Show Notes Support us on Patreon! Transcript Crys: Hello, friends. Welcome […]

Episode 114: Writing with Marketing in Mind

This week, Crys and JP discuss the new format of their upcoming season and what they are hoping to get out of it for their listeners and for themselves. Show Notes Support us on Patreon! Transcript JP: Hello, friends. This is episode number 113 of the Write Away Podcast, and it is October 7th, 2022 […]

Episode 113: Season Marketing – What are our goals?￼

This week, Crys and JP discuss what intuitive writing is and how they use tarot to guide their writing process. Question of the week: What have you used for writing inspiration? Share your answer here. Show Notes Support us on Patreon! Transcript Crys: Hello friends, and welcome to the Write Away Podcast. It is October 1st, […]

Episode 112: How to use tarot with intuitive writing?

Hello, friends. This is JP from the Write Away Podcast, and I just wanted to hop into your feed to let you know that we are still on break due to some illness and travel over the last few weeks. We are still in the process of recording our first set of Focused topic podcast […]

We’re Not Dead

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys discuss what they have planned for the show going forward now that their Journey through Tarot is complete. Question of the week: What topics would you like us to cover? Share your answer here. Show Notes Support us on Patreon! Transcript JP: Hello, friends. This is episode 111 of […]

Episode 111: What’s next?

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The World card to guide their discussion. They discuss when they find reader reviews helpful and when they avoid them. Question of the week: Can you pay attention to reviews? Share your answer here. Show Notes Support us on Patreon! […]

Episode 110: Do you pay attention to reader reviews?

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using the Judgement card to guide their discussion. They discuss how they leave their characters at the end of a story to leave their readers with a sense of satisfaction. Question of the week: How do you approach writing effective endings? Share your […]

Episode 109: How do we leave our characters at the end?￼

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Sun card to guide their discussion. They discuss what the MICE Quotient is and how to utilize it to improve your writing. Question of the week: How do you resolve the loops that you opened? Do you follow the MICE […]

Episode 108: How do you wrap up story threads satisfactorily?

This month, Alicia and Valerie join Crys and JP for another book club, this time reading Newsletter Ninja 2 by Tammi Labrecque. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book’s lessons into their writing craft. Question of the week: Have you written a reader magnet or a cookie? And what has […]

Episode 107: Book Club – Newsletter Ninja 2

Ditch traditional measures of success and pursue a life of freedom with your writing.

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Moon card to guide their discussion. They discuss what mirror characters are and how you can utilize them in your writing to improve your story. Question of the week: How do you develop mirror characters? Share your answer here. Show […]

Episode 106: What are mirror characters?

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Star card to guide their discussion. This time they’re talking about pacing, and the tools they use to keep things on track! Question of the week: What kind of pacing do you enjoy reading and writing? Share your answer here. Show […]

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In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Tower card to guide their discussion. They discuss how to write the dark night of the soul, whether you’re writing high stakes or low stakes fiction. Question of the week: How do you approach the dark night of the soul? Share […]

Episode 104: How do you write a dark night of the soul?

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Devil card to guide their discussion. They discuss how to write complex characters based on their strengths and weaknesses and the balance between the two. Question of the week: how do you write complex characters and flawed characters? Share your answer […]

Episode 103: How do you write complex characters?

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Temperance card to guide their discussion. They discuss how they find the balance between writing to market and writing for personal enjoyment. Question of the week: how do you balance writing what you want and writing to market? Share your […]

Episode 102: Writing What You Love vs. Writing to Market￼

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Death card to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to craft character arcs and show us detailed examples from famous works. Question of the week: how do you look at character change and arc, […]

Episode 101: How to craft character arcs

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using The Hanged Man to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to deal with writer’s block, whether that’s pushing through or allowing rest. Question of the week: how do you handle writer’s block? Share your answer […]

Episode 100: How do you deal with writer’s block?

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using the Justice card to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to capture the reader’s attention and keep them engaged. Question of the week: what do you do to capture your reader’s attention? Do you do […]

Episode 99: How do you capture your reader’s attention?

This month, Alicia, Janet, Valerie, Marianne, and Lon join Crys and JP for another book club, this time reading Three Story Method: Writing Scenes by J Thorn.They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book’s lessons into their writing craft. Show Notes Three Story Method: Writing Scenes by J Thorn Craft […]

Episode 98: Book Club – Three Story Method: Writing Scenes

In this week’s episode, JP and Crys continue their Author’s Tarot Journey, this time using the card The Wheel of Fortune to guide their discussion. They discuss the different methods they use to write the midpoint of their story and how midpoints vary across genres. Question of the week: What tools do you use to reach […]

Episode 97: How do you write the midpoint of your story?

This is a great podcast. It is just getting off the ground, but Crys Cain knows what she is doing. Two great guests right off the bat, informative, with a chill vibe that I think makes it great to listen to and take in the info.
Be sure to check this podcast out, even if you have been the writing biz for some time.

Informative and fun

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