Hosted by Kayla Ogden & Rachel Cyr · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 35 episodes
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Two writers. Zero gatekeeping. Maximum drafts. Kayla & Rachel read your stuff, roast their own, and dive into craft, contests, and the messy, hilarious writer life. Drops every other Wednesday. Submit: contact@writeyourheartoutpod.com • IG @writeyourheartoutpod
Kayla Ogden & Rachel Cyr hosts Write Your Heart Out, a arts show with 35 episodes published.
Thanks for everything, Hearties. We hope each of you has a wonderful summer. We'll be back in the fall, but In the mean time, send us your short stories, episode ideas, interview requests, offers of representation, or ju
What makes a good critique in a writers group? How do you workshop fiction without destroying a writer’s confidence? In this episode of Write Your Heart Out , Kayla Ogden and Rachel Cyr dive deep into creative writing cr
This week on Write Your Heart Out , Kayla and Rachel dive into a packed Storytime episode featuring three wildly different works of fiction: a lyrical fable about creative burnout and artistic devotion, a chilling modern
In this episode of Write Your Heart Out , Kayla Ogden and Rachel Cyr dive into a lively, spoiler-light discussion of Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash—a sharp, darkly funny debut novel that blends family drama, literary fictio
In this heavy yet gripping episode, Kayla and Rachel record from the closet amidst a backdrop of global tension and personal transitions. The duo navigates the "dark energy" of the world by leaning into the stories sent
In this episode, Kayla returns from the San Francisco Writers Conference with a lot more than just a fancy hotel receipt. While the "volunteer-to-pitch" lifestyle had its quirks, it led to some major new connections—incl
What happens when the thrill of drafting collides with the slog of revision? We open the door on a month of messy pages, tempting new ideas, and the uneasy question: hobby or publication. Kayla makes the case for hiring
In this STORYTIME episode of Write Your Heart Out , Kayla and Rachel dive into the mailbag to read and critique work from two listeners they’ve never met! The duo travels from the eerie, rain-soaked landscapes of Ireland
We are officially relevant. In this episode of Write Your Heart Out , Kayla and Rachel dive into Jeanette McCurdy’s debut novel Half His Age , the much-anticipated follow-up to her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died . We unpack
In this craft-focused episode of Write Your Heart Out , hosts Kayla Ogden and Rachel Cyr tackle one of the biggest questions in creative writing: what is voice? From author voice to narrator voice to character voice, the
My Hero Academia fanfic meets Write Your Heart Out storytime! In this first episode of 2026, Kayla and Rachel reflect on how their definition of “success” has shifted—from big, flashy milestones to the small, meaningful
In our final episode of the year, we reflect on how Write Your Heart Out began (yes, including the lucky underwear lore) before diving into a sharp craft conversation inspired by Rebecca Makkai’s essay on why novels shou
In this wide-ranging, candid episode of Write Your Heart Out , Kayla and Rachel talk about creative resistance, privilege in publishing, and what it really takes to get a book across the finish line. Kayla shares a hopef
Ever cried reading your own poem on mic? Rachel did. And Kayla cried too, because friendship. And then Jessie Wingate blew our minds with The Beholden. And THEN Kayla read the full #VanLife you’ve all been asking for...
On a rainy night Kayla and Rachel brought clipboard to the movie theater to watch Bugonia (2025).Now they’re breaking down this absurdist black-comedy thriller beat by beat. Is there any chance that Yorgos Lanthimos’s ne
We’re back—and now bi-weekly! Kayla and Rachel dive into the messy middle of revisions: what developmental editing actually looks like, why you should delay line edits, and how to plant undercurrents so readers guess the
It’s a craft special! We kick off with Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest (yes, the hairdresser, the church, the drugs— what is even happening ), then dive into the good stuff: how to build believable, unforgettable characters u
In this solo mini-episode of Write Your Heart Out , host Kayla Ogden dives headfirst into the lyrical feud—or maybe flirtation?—between pop titans Taylor Swift and Charli XCX . With Taylor’s The Life of a Showgirl and Ch
Kayla and Rachel host a reader-submitted showcase featuring three luminous poems by Blair Vischer —“Easy Dark,” “Halfway Heroes,” and “Salt”—plus Rachel’s one-hour continuation of her “ Enemies to Lovers ” work-in-progre
This week we go full craft-nerd. Kayla shares how adding interiority (yes, telling!) is transforming Pillow Forts Down , and we break down the long-misunderstood “ show, don’t tell ” rule—from Chekhov to Hemingway’s iceb
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