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QuitCast for Writers with Becca Syme
The QuitCast for Writers is a podcast created around the content of Becca Syme’s “What to Quit, What to Keep, and What to Question” model of coaching writers. We feature three types of shows. ~ What to Quit ~ We’re all doing too much. We need to do less. Focus more. How do we decide what not to do? This is how. Watch these shows. ~ What to Keep ~ There are proven models of success metrics. It’s important to know how to trust your own wiring to make choices for you and to stand out as a writer…
Episodes
- QuitCast for Writers with Becca Syme
Managing your Finances: Four Pillars of a Sustainable Author Career
Managing your Finances: Four Pillars of a Sustainable Author Career Released on Youtube as Episode 7.8 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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Managing Your Attention: Four Pillars of a Sustainable Author Career
Four Pillars of a Sustainable Author Career: Managing Your Attention Released on Youtube as Episode 7.7 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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What Drive This Character? Elinor Dashwood
What Drive This Character? Elinor Dashwood Released on Youtube as episode 7.06 Join our Patreon for exclusive information https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme…
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What Drives this Character? Mr. Darcy
What Drives this Character? Mr. Darcy Released on Youtube as Episode 7.05 Join our Patreon for exclusive information https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme Follow…
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What Drives this Character? Dean Winchester
What Drives this Character? Dean Winchester Released on Youtube as Episode 7.3 Join our Patreon for exclusive information https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme…
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What Drives this Character? Glinda and Elphaba
What Drives this Character? Glinda and Elphaba. Released on Youtube as episode 7.3 Join our Patreon for exclusive information https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme…
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Question the Premise: Write to Market
Do you have to write to market? Released on Youtube as episode 7.02 Join our Patreon for exclusive information https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme Follow us on…
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Ted Lasso: What Drives this Character?
Ted Lasso: What Drives this Character? Posted on Youtube as episode 7.01 Join our Patreon for exclusive information https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme Follow us…
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What is a Positive Emotion Cycle?
Since we've had a lot of questions about how to do these, I wanted to do a quick primer on this so you'd have the tool (and mostly so we'd have the tool for…
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Are You Building An Author House You Want to Live In?
Every decision you make is a hammered nail or placed board for the house you're going to live in as an author. Are you making choices that will build you a…
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How Do We Think About The Future of Being An Author?
How we relate to the future is so important. The majority of us are not meant to think about the future. First released on YouTube on Aug. 7, 2023 as episode…
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QTP You Should Do All The Things
Becca interviews Claire Taylor First aired on Youtube July 31,2023 as episode 5.10 Join our Patreon for exclusive information https://www.patreon.com/beccasyme…
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3 Ways to Get Un-Stuck
Becca discusses more options to help writers get unstuck. First released on Youtube as Episode 5.08 on April 5th, 2023 Join our Patreon for exclusive…
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How to Never Get Stuck Again!
Becca discusses the pros and cons of getting stuck. First published on Youtube as episode 5.07 on 3/28/2023 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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The New Rules of Publishing: Rule #2
What is a vertical platform? Why do I want one? First released on Youtube Feb. 21, 2023 as episode 5.03 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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The New Rules of Publishing: Rule #1
Is writing a compelling story that engages readers is the #1 rule for the Golden Age of Publishing? First released on Youtube as Episode 5.02 on Feb. 14th…
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The New Rules of Publishing
Becca talks about how the Gold Rush is over and there are new rules for Publishing. Are you playing by the old rules or the new ones? First released on Youtube…
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Fear of the Blank Page
QTPing the crappy first draft and exploring fear of the blank page. Do you understand why you get blocked? First released on Youtube on Dec. 9 , 2022 as…
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Am I Going To Burn Out Again?
Learning from past experiences of burnout and changing your unrealistic expectations. First released on Youtube on July 27th, 2022 as episode 4.15 Join our…
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Question the Premise - Giving Advice to Authors
Questioning the Premise of giving advice to others without first making sure it’s coming from the right place and that you’re allowing others to be who they…
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Question the Premise - But I Have Free Time
Questioning the Premise that all free time is usable time and making sure not to fall prey to unproductive guilt. First released on Youtube on July 3rd, 2022…
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Make Room for Strengths
Becca and Terry discuss giving those in your primary relationships the space to be who they are even when their Strengths are different from your own. First…
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The End of Recovery Road
In the last of the burnout recovery series, we explore when to push yourself. First released on YouTube March 14, 2022 as Quitcast 4.05 Join our Patreon for…
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I've Got It, I've Got It...
One of the most important aspects of burnout recovery is finding support. Becca offers several ways to reach out and get help. First released on Youtube on…
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Making It Rain Energy Pennies
How to find activities that plug the drain and make it rain energy pennies for your personality. First aired on Youtube Feb. 2, 2022 as episode 4.03 Join our…
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Why Is This Not Over Yet?
The second in the burnout series exploring why it's important during burnout recovery to do more of the things that give you energy pennies and less of the…
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How Did We Get Here?
The first in a new Burnout series that advises to first figure out what got you there. First released on YouTube Jan. 18th, 2022 as Episode 4.01 Join our…
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Author Marketing Myths #2
The three most common reasons the plans you made don't get executed. First released on Youtube as Episode 3.12 on Nov. 3 , 2021 Join our Patreon for exclusive…
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Author Marketing Myths #1
Questioning the Premise of whether social media is an effective use of your marketing time. First released on Oct. 21, 2021 on Youtube as episode 3.11 Join our…
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Did You Quit Yet?
This episode explores the hard truth about unrealistic expectations, magical thinking, and pain avoidance. First released on Youtube as Episode 3.10 on Oct…
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Intuitive or Empathetic? Are You the Decider
Exploring the need to QTP advice from others until you've had time to process and ask yourself, "Is this really the right thing for me, or am I responding to…
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Energy Penny Drains and Saves
All about energy pennies and their creation and drains. First released on Youtube Sept. 21, 2021 as episode 3.08 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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Why Doesn't That Work for Me?
We need to ask, are we following the wrong rules just because they worked for others? Can we align ourselves to what works for us instead? First aired on…
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I'm Tired Becca
We can't change the external factors affecting us, so we have to change internally by stopping the energy drain while creating more energy pennies. First aired…
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The Magical Past
Exploring the magical past and the catastrophe-ized future. First aired on Youtube Aug. 10th, 2021 as episode 3.05 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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Why am I Not Selling?
Questioning the premise of assimilation in order to be successful. First release June 29th, 2021 on Youtube as Episode 3.04 Join our Patreon for exclusive…
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Why am I not Writing? Being Burned Out
Exploring burn out and energy pennies. First released on Youtube June 22 ,2021 as Episode 3.03 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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Why Am I Not Writing? Being Blocked
Exploring different types of blocked-ness with Becca. First aired on Youtube as Episode 3.02 on June 14th, 2021 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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Why am I not Writing? Being Stuck
Exploring different types of stuck-ness with Becca. First aired on Youtube as June 8, 2021 as Episode 3.01 Join our Patreon for exclusive information…
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Why Can’t I Hit My Deadlines? Author Success #3
How data controlling vs. data responsiveness can aect us executing our plans and meeting our deadlines. First aired on Youtube on March 9th, 2021 as episode…
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Why Can’t I Keep My Resolutions? Author Success #2
Both inertia and trying to do all-the-things can aect your productivity. First aired on Youtube Feb. 9th, 2021 as Episode 2.18 Join our Patreon for exclusive…
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Why Am I Not More Productive? Author Success #1
Exploring how closed vs. open systems can aect our productivity. First airead on Youtube Feb. 2nd, 2021 as Episode 2.17 Join our Patreon for exclusive…
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The Stuck List
Five reasons we might get stuck in our manuscript and practical ways to get unstuck. Download out Free Stuck list Checklist…
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When Writer’s Block is Necessary
The last in the Writer's Block series exploring why writer's block could be necessary. First aired on Youtube June 24th, 2020 as episode 2.13 Join our Patreon…
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The Office
Becca speaks with guest stars Shawn and Terry about using community support to help break writer's block. First released on Youtube on June 16, 2020 as Episode…
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Breaking Writer’s Block
The fifth in the Writer's Block series and what to do when it's coming from multiple sources. First aired on YouTube on April 28th, 2020 as episode 2.11 Join…