The Writ Wit

In this episode, the two Matts advertise a dating app meant specifically for writers, destroy any remaining credibility we could have possibly had with a single joke, go on a journey across multiple fictional worlds we love, and talk about world-building via preplanning like certain fantasy giants do it. What are the benefits to planning everything out beforehand? What are the traps writers could fall into when doing this? How much should you plan out before starting? What the heck is Matt Donald's world of "Groth" and why did it not pan out? We discuss it all, having carefully preplanned every last word of this episode like the professionals we are, and talk about Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillian, Harry Potter, and guess what you think the last one is. Go on, guess. That's right, BIONICLE!

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, then two Matts sell a virtual-reality console meant to make writers experience things they never would otherwise to aid them in their writing, talk about the world of difference between M&Ms and Skittles, enjoy having a simple button to press for cheap plugs rather than having to painstakingly edit it in each time, and talk about world-building via unexpected inspiration from things you see or experience. What different things can inspire you? How can you force the inspiration when you're feeling particularly dry creatively? How different from giant fantasy worlds can the things be that inspire you to world-build? Why is Matt David's story Starburst inspired by a different candy other than Starburst? We discuss it all, while talking a walk outside to take in the sights and inspire us (yeah right) and talk about no other pop culture. At least, I'm fairly certain we don't. Go listen and find out!

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, the two Matts open a therapy program right up Matt David's alley, finally fix the gain level of Matt Donald's new microphone, recognize our main contribution to writer's podcast is dumb jokes about farts and stuff, and talk about world-building via chance in the first of our set about various world-building means. What can writers do with dice, coins, and generators to help create worlds? How much should they plan beforehand? How much should writers use these methods versus their own creations? Why does Matt Donald sound like he has minimal enthusiasm for most of this episode? We discuss it all, stopping every five seconds to throw dice (it made it a pain to edit) and talk about Dungeons and Dragons, Animorphs, the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books, and geometry for some reason.

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, the two Matts air an episode of a classic writing-themed show from the early 90s, tiptoe around how under-qualified we are to host a show like this with all the stealth of a steroid-ridden grizzly bear, make incredibly hypocritical comments about people not watching stuff before expressing their dislike of it, and finish off hosting the Witties with our picks of the worst or most overrated works and creators from 2019. Which work was our least favorite? Which one got way too much praise or attention? Which creators deserve to be blacklisted by our dumb standards? What kind of horrific feedback are we gonna get by expressing our dissatisfaction with an eleven-time Oscar-nominated movie from this year? We discuss it all, hanging up our tuxes as we finish the ceremony at last, and talk about Anthem, Joker, the Disney live-action remakes, and The Rise of Skywalker.

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, the two Matts still deal with Matt Donald having the gain on his new microphone turned up far too high, sell a spellbook simplifier for any writers of incantations, lament on how we use the word "writ" to kid ourselves about making actual progress on our writing, and continue hosting the Witties by talking about the stuff we liked in 2019. What were our favorite works of 2019? What were the most underappreciated works? Did we actually read any books this year, or is it just movies and video games again? Will Matt David ever come around to liking hosting the Witties despite how woefully unqualified we are? We discuss it all, with a glass of champagne to celebrate the winners with class, and talk about Avengers: Endgame, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Captain Marvel, and Glass for some reason.

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, the two Matts advertise some totally real and not at all made-up summer camp about audiobook narration, give out another big word of the month in our monthly "vocabulary vitamin" set, relish in the honor of being the only sponsor of the esteemed Writ Wit Witties awards, and continue hosting said awards by talking about the bad things of 2018. What was our least favorite work of pop-culture from 2018? What was the most overrated? What creators should be blacklisted from creating stuff, or something less severe? How many fans of certain works is Matt Donald gonna piss off by saying they're overrated? We discuss it all, in our finest tuxes and formal wear which you can't see because it's audio format, and talk about Venom, Solo: A Star Wars Story, A Star is Born (yep) and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (YEAH I SAID IT. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT, HUH??!?!?! ...please keep supporting the show...)

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, the two Matts return from their holiday break of one week and one day, celebrate the start of a new decade by asking the hard questions about the future, use the power of orbs of foresight to see what lies beyond, and host the mostly-annual award show, the Witties, after missing it last year and covering two years to catch up, starting with the good of 2018! What were our favorite movies/TV shows/video books/books (yeah right) of 2018? Which ones were the most over-hated? Which ones were the most underrated? What are the parts of characters we creepily would like to combine to form our own giant Frankenstein's monster? We discuss it all, with fireworks and booze as a backdrop, and talk about Black Panther, Aquaman, Jurassic World, and Dragon Prince.

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, the two Matts sing holiday song parodies of wildly different voice qualities, recoil in disgust about how dad bods are in despite both hosts having said bods, sing praises about certain cartoons and their amazing writing, and talk about references and when and how to use them. What is the difference between homage and plagiarism? How much of one story can you reference before it just becomes a rip off? What makes a comedic reference or a dramatic one? How accidentally spot-on was Matt Donald's potshot at a certain director after the influx of bad reviews for their movie out this week despite this episode being recorded weeks earlier? We discuss it all, while referencing the greats of podcasting (except not really) and talk about Joker, Phineas and Ferb, the works of Mel Brooks, and other references that we masterfully use and integrate into our work.

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. 

In this episode, the two Matts sell a revolutionary new computer while sacrificing a beloved old one, talk about the benefits of being an English major versus the many, many detriments, cry a fit and smack each other like good friends always do, and talk about using active verbs versus passive ones in our most boring yet practical topic. What are the passive verbs and what makes them bad? How can writers easily switch from passive to active voice? What makes active voice so much more immersive for readers? How is it that Matt David can constantly complete his 50,000 word NaNoWriMo stories in such inhumanly fast time?! We discuss it all, using no passive verbs whatsoever because we are professionals, and talk about bad fanfiction, some decent canon fiction, and Matt Donald's new podcast Paleo Bites, which you can find here.

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course.

In this episode, the two Matts tune in to the latest Captain Writ serial using an old-timey radio, talk about word plays with the term "status quo," go on rants about certain characters again while ranting about rants about certain characters again, and talk about writing characters who seem flawless and how to successfully make them progress in the narrative and conflict. What makes a character plot exciting in this case rather than just boring? How can you make characters like this interesting? How can you avoid characters like this being Mary Sues? Will Matt David's word for Vocabulary Vitamin of the Month next month be better than the one Matt Donald did this month? We discuss it all, while progressing the podcast plot despite being such flawless characters ourselves, and talk about Power Rangers (of course), Marvel movies (of course), Star Wars, and Wonder Woman.

Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course.