The Writ Wit

In this episode, the two Matts use a SUPER Thesaurus Machine, make up a new annoying character for future skits, realize that this dumb writing podcast actually has somewhat of a lore, and discuss writing comic relief in both comedic and dramatic works! When is the proper time for comic relief after a tragic moment? When should comic relief be set aside? How can comic relief and dramatic moments enhance each other? How many times does Matt Donald jump in with a fake Italian accent? We discuss it all, with plenty of laughs and zero dramatic moments, and talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lord of the Rings, a new Ultra series, and the works of Christopher Paolini 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 are cut in half by Matt David not being present (not as in their bodies literally being cut in half), bring in one of Matt Donald's friends from the theater/theatre business, woe about the lack of financial support society has for creative minds, and talk about theater management and all the tricks and trade in the field. What are the job specifics of a theater manager? How much of an active role do they have? How do they utilize their creative minds for the job? How many angry fan letters will the show get for daring to make fun of certain fans of the new Joker movie? We discuss it all, before giving a company bow at the end for a cheering audience, and talk about A Christmas Carol, the Drowsy Chaperone, a bit on Beauty and the Beast, and the aforementioned Joker (which isn't a stage play... yet. Don't give Warner Brothers any ideas!)

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.

Special thanks to Laura Owsley for helping out with this episode.

In this episode, the two Matts deal with serious friendship and insecurity problems but in a funny way, celebrate the fabled 64th episode in a series that jokes a lot about the number 64, woe the fact that they had to record this episode twice, and talk about having a massive amount of characters in a story. What are the benefits to having such a ginormous cast of characters? What kinds of genres work best for a cast this size? What do you have to give up to write a story with this cast? Will Matt David's new friend Fred be a mainstay on the podcast? We discuss it all, once again without an appropriately-sized cast because we have no friends but each other (and Fred) and talk about Harry Potter, Tolkien's Silmarillion, Game of Thrones, and Bionicle (of course of course)

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 release the episode a day late and are very sorry, sell a setting switch that's sure to suffice for any successful storyteller, talk about publishing fanfiction and working with marketing agencies, and discuss having medium-to-large casts of characters in a story. Why do so many stories have this size of a cast? What makes it better than having too many characters, or too few? What can writers do to best capitalize on this size of a cast? Will anyone buy Matt Donald's book if it does the things he claimed that would hypothetically cause bad publicity? We discuss it all, without any friends to boost this cast because we're all each other has, and talk about Power Rangers (of course), Megazoic (of course), and I think we mention Thanos and Goldilocks at some point, I dunno.

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 stop a story-train from going off the rails, forget to do a skit themed around Halloween like we have for the last two years, reminisce on old theater productions Matt David was once in, and talk about minimalist casts in stories and shows. How many characters is the maximum in a minimalist cast? What are the advantages and detriments to writing such a small cast for a story? Are you limited on what kinds of stories you can tell? Will Matt David ever get back into trick-or-treating and scare off little kids with his grown-man-doing-a-child's-activity antics? We discuss it all, with a minimalist cast of two, and talk about They're Playing Our Song, Urinetown, Zombieland, and a potential future story idea of Matt Donald's called Io. Will anything come of it? Probably not.

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 forgo a skit in line with the episode's theme, organize the whole thing a little differently in line with the episode's theme, do the "What We Have Ripped Off" segment separately in line with the episode's theme, and talk about monologues or one-character shows, in line with the episode's theme. What are the benefits to having only one character in a scene or a whole show? What should writers avoid when doing these? How much of the writer's personal beliefs should the monologue inject, or how little? How many times can Matt Donald fit "in line with the episode's theme" into the episode description? We discuss it all, starting off solo in line with the episode's theme, and talk about the Anno Domini video games, Ultraman, Dirk Pitt novels, and Atlas Shrugged for some reason. Oh wait, because there's a big filibuster in the middle of that book that functions like a monologue! So of course we bring it up...in line with the episode's theme.

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 get bored on a rainy day and play with action figures, make fun of each other about certain shows they watch as per usual, spout some really long numbers at the end, and talk about shipping fanfics in the last of our set about fanfiction. What kind of ships, or relationships between characters, are the most appealing? How similar or different do the characters have to be? Is there such a thing as "unshippable" or not? How many nautical puns can both Matt David and Matt Donald make before the whole show sinks? We discuss it all, providing plenty of fodder for listeners to ship the two co-hosts, and talk about (deep breath) Glee, Friends, Marvel, Merlin, Rock Raiders, Batman, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Pokemon, My Little Pony, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland, Megazoic, and, to top it all off, Bionicle and Power Rangers (again again again)!

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 recite a poem with barely a beat to be found, apologize about the "short" length of a normal-length episode, bicker with one another about timeliness and punctuality, and talk about crossover fanfics where writers combine two or more stories into one fanfiction. What is the best kind of combination of original stories? Should it always be fifty/fifty in terms of content from each? How different can each story be from one another? Did Matt Donald actually find a Land Before Time/Titanic crossover fic, or was it just from a wild fever dream? We discuss it all, without a crossover with another podcast because we have no other friends, and talk about the aforementioned Land Before Time, Titanic, Bionicle (yet again) and Power Rangers (yet again).

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 do yet another skit about yet another type of story cooking as if it hasn't gotten old yet, define a super-specific word that we'd like our audience to use, test how far we can push the content without having to use the "explicit" tag, and talk about original character fanfics as well as a little bit about new-setting-same-character fics. What kinds of characters should fanfic writers put into existing stories? How can they make these characters feel like they fit? How much new stuff can you add, and how much old? When will Matt David ever work at any of Gaston Crayon de Papier's shops? We discuss it all, as existing characters in an existing work that is this podcast, and talk about Star Trek, Star Wars, Bionicle (again) and Power Rangers (again).

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 go waaaaay overboard on the alliterations at the start, make fun of one another about the shows we watched, reflect on old fanfics we used to write, and talk about continuation fanfics in the first of our set about writing fanfiction. What defines a "continuation" fic? Does it always have to be a sequel to a canon work, or can it be something else? What are the different methods fanfic writers could use to continue a canon work? What will the internet do after finding out Matt Donald's true age (true, TRUE! Except not at all) We discuss it all, with the utmost professionalism and respectful demeanor, and talk about Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Bionicle, and Power Rangers.

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.