Write Away

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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! […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using the card The Hermit to guide their discussion. They discuss the different methods they use to make time to put words on the page, even when it is a struggle. Question of the week: How do you get to the writing […]

This month, Janet and Valerie join Crys and JP for another book club, this time reading Fast-Draft Your Memoir by Rachael Herron. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book's lessons into their writing craft. Question of the week: What were your hot takes from Fast-Draft Your Memoir? Share your answer […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys the use the tarot card, The Fool, to answer the business question: how do you come into new projects and set yourself up for success? Show Notes Fast-Draft Your Memoir by Rachael Herron Support us on Patreon! Transcript Crys: Hello, friends. Welcome to the Write Away Podcast. This […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using the card Strength to guide their discussion. They discuss how they use fear to guide their story and what fear can look like in different genres. Question of the week: How do you find that fear shows up in your stories? […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The Chariot to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to finish their first drafts and final drafts and the steps they take along the way. Question of the week: Do you struggle with getting to […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The Lover to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to create believable relationships between their characters, whether that's love, friendship or animosity. Question of the week: How do you write believable characters relationships? Share your […]

This month, Janet joins Crys and JP for another book club, this time reading Editing Your Novel Structure: Tips, Tricks, and Checklists to Get You From Start to Finish by Bethany A. Tucker. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book's lessons into their writing craft. Question of the week: What […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The Hierophant to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to discover the obligatory scenes of their genre and how they use them to develop their stories. Question of the week: What are the obligatory scenes […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The Emperor to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to create rich societies and governments in their writing. Question of the week: What's an aspect that you focus on to develop your governments and societies? Share […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The Empress to guide their discussion. They discuss the different tips and tricks they use to create richer settings in their stories. Question of the week: How do you create rich settings? Share your answer here. Show Notes Id List  Episode 84: […]

This month, Alicia, Janet, Lon and Marianne join JP for another book club, this time reading Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell. 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 ever written from the middle? If […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The High Priestess to guide their discussion. They talk about how they use the layering of secrets to write a better story. Question of the week: What books use secrets really well to create depth in the story? What tips and […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The Magician to guide their discussion. They talk about what tools and resources they use to determine the scenes and trials their characters need to reach their end goals. Question of the week: How do you plan out the scenes that […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys decide to try something new and guide their question using tarot, making this episode 0 in The Author's Tarot Journey: The Fool. They use this card to analyze how to introduce your story world without overwhelming their reader.  Question of the week:  Do you have tips for introducing […]

In this week's episode, Crys and JP rant about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and offer alternatives to use in character creation. Question of the week:  How do you develop your characters in terms of wants and needs? Do you use any other methods that we may not have mentioned? Share your answer here. Show Notes […]

This month, Janet and Lon join JP and Crys for another book club, this time reading Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book's lessons into their author business and writing craft. Question of the week: What were your hot takes from Everything is Figureoutable […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their conversation from last week about finding your theme. They discuss how to go about digging into existing work to figure out what themes you have included. Question of the week: Tell us about your themes! Share your answer here. Show Notes Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo  Support us […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys discuss different ways to figure out the theme/armature of your book.  Question of the week: Tell us about your themes! Share your answer here. Show Notes Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo  Support us on Patreon! Transcript JP: Hello friends. This is episode number 80 of the Write Away […]

In this week's episode, Crys and JP talk about all things co-writing. They discuss the pros of co-writing, how to find a co-writer, contracts, how to split up work, how to split royalties, and more.   Question of the week: Do you have more questions about co-writing? Share your answer here! Show Notes JP's Goodreads Author Page  […]

This month, Crys is joined by Janet, Marianne, and J Thorn for another book club, this time reading How To Write Funny Characters by Scott Dikkers. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book's lessons into their writing craft. Question of the week: What were your hot takes from How […]

In this week's episode, Crys and JP talk all about burnout, what can cause it, how to avoid it, and how to recover from it. Question of the week: Have you been dealing with burnout recently? Share your answer here! Show Notes Support us on Patreon! Transcript Crys: Hello, friends. Welcome to the Write Away Podcast. […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys talk all about their goals and intentions for 2022 and their different methods of planning for the year.  Question of the week: What are your goals or intentions for the new year? Share your answer here! Show Notes How To Write Funny Characters by Scott Dikkers Support us […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys talk about how to write to a specific genre while still creating a unique story.  Question of the week: How do you write the ‘same but different' within your genre? Share your answer here! Show Notes How To Write Funny Characters by Scott Dikkers Support us on Patreon! […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys talk all about 2021. They discuss goals completed, goals they'll continue to work towards, and accomplishments they hadn't even planned for! Question of the week: What goals did you accomplish in 2021? Share your answer here! Show Notes Support us on Patreon! Transcript JP: Hello friends. This is episode […]

This month, Janet and Marianne join JP and Crys for another book club, this time reading The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald J. Maass. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book's lessons into their writing craft. Question of the week: What were your hot takes from The Emotional […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys talk all about writing to different story lengths and the different things you need for that. Whether its short stories, novels or series, they discuss how to reach your writing goals.  Question of the week: If you write one type of story, whether it's series or whether it's […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys go into detail about what Pixar Pitches are, how they use them, and why they are helpful in their writing.  Question of the week: If you have a story that you're working on, what is your Pixar Pitch? What was weird about it, what was hard, what was […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys talk to special guest, Dana Kaye, all about figuring out your author brand. From social media, newsletters, websites and more, they discuss the ins and outs of what they find works for them. Question of the week: What confuses or scares you the most about figuring out your […]

This month, Janet joins JP and Crys for another book club, this time reading Your Book, Your Brand by Dana Kaye. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book's lessons into their author business. Question of the week: What were your hot takes from Your Book, Your Brand by Dana Kaye? […]

On this week's episode, JP and Crys talk all about returning to projects that they have set to the side, how they restart them, and what changes they tend to make. Question of the week: What have you done to revitalize past projects? What does your process look like? Share your answer here! Don't miss […]

In this week's episode, JP and Crys talk all about the tools they use to track progress and how their methods change as their workload does.  Question of the week: How do you track your progress? What can we steal from you? Share your answer here! Don't miss our weekly check in on Patreon (it's public!) where […]