The Writ Wit

In this episode, the two Matts play another excerpt of the serial detailing the wondrous adventures of Captain Writ, drone on about how tired they are again, reminisce on old guest co-hosts/friends of ours, and talk about adding new content in our final episode of our set about revision. What are particular reasons to add more content to an existing draft? How much or how little should be added when this happens? At what point does it just become unnecessary padding? Will Matt David ever get off of Matt Donald's case about a certain scene in a certain older story of his? We discuss it all, while desperately and ironically trying to add content to make up for the episode's short length, and talk about old versions of Megazoic, current versions of Megazoic, and some of Matt David's stories that I forget the name of. Because I'm such a good friend.

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 on a wacky time-traveling adventure, compare this episode's topic to getting a haircut, write a hypothetical story about a villain defeated by blackjack, and talk about clipping sections of a draft in our set about revising. What makes a scene so unnecessary that it needs to be clipped? How much or how little should be clipped? At what part of the draft should the author decide to clip sections out of the story? Why does Matt Donald have such an annoying sense of humor? We discuss it all, ironically clipping out none of the episode's content because it was all gold, and talk about older versions of Megazoic, newer versions of Megazoic, and some of Matt David's stories I guess.

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 episodes, the two Matts release the episode almost a day late and humbly apologize, sell tickets for a paintball prose tournament to help listeners splatter stories across t-shirts and walls, leave in an aside comment in said ad because Matt Donald thought it was funny, and talk about rewriting individual scenes in a story draft. When should writers decide to revise said scenes? Does rearranging the order of scenes count as rewriting them? How big or how little of a change should writers make when rewriting scenes? Will listeners appreciate the new segment of the show Matt David introduced about vocabulary? We discuss it all, with a twinkle in our smiles that you'll just have to trust is there due to the audio format, and talk about no other pop culture. Seriously, none! Unless I forgot and Matt David does a whole spiel about some other Tokusatsu show that I missed.

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 finally get back to the podcast after a bit of a delay of game (see last not-an-episode), sell a product that's ridiculous even for our standards, dwell on vacations and their pros and cons, and talk about redrafting stories in the first of our set about revision. Why should writers start a story from scratch? What are the things writers must do to prepare for such an endeavor? When is too soon to start the story over, or too late? Why did Matt David rage-quit from the ad at the beginning even though he stayed for a TON of crap we've done in the past? We discuss it all, making sure to remain flawless so we won't have to start again, and talk about older versions of Megazoic, Matt David's story Shattered Creek, the life of Nikola Tesla, and more damn Tokusatsu shows. Seriously, David, try watching something else sometime.

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 not-an-episode, one of the Matts (Matt David) records a message explaining why we're not releasing an episode this next couple of weeks, rambles on a bit as he does, doesn't actually explain the full reasoning as it's complicated (but everything's fine, it's just scheduling conflicts) and talks about how to get a hold of us. Why is there not an episode this week, or last week, or the week after? When will there be one again? How can our listeners help the show in the meantime? Why is there this normal-length description for an "episode" that's barely over two minutes? We discuss it all (or Matt David does), with a tit, a tattle, and a bit of a prattle, and talk about The Writ Wit, the show where us two twits talk about writting.

Have any feedback or questions...yeah, I'm not really gonna do this part for this episode. The joke's worn thin. But seriously, email us at [email protected]. And you can buy Matt Donald's books on Amazon, but get the links yourselves you lazy bums.

In this episode, the two Matts perform yet another parody of a famous ship-sinking movie, discuss the odd names of certain comic book characters, laugh too hard at really childish jokes (as always) and discuss anti-heroes and how to write them. What makes these characters so awesome? How can you best contrast them with more traditional heroic characters? What makes them more dubious morally and how can you keep it from going too far? How much of Matt David's laughing fit at the end had to be edited out for time? We discuss it all, with shady looks and a sneaky demeanor, and talk about Deadpool, Han Solo, Batman, and Osmosis Jones 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 celebrate the publication of Matt Donald's final Megazoic book, sell and test a writing procrastination hypnosis tape, lament about certain examples picked when so many better options exist, and discuss leaders and how to write them. What makes these characters so awesome? How can their sense of leadership be best shown? What are the best situations to write for a leader? What methods can Matt David employ to get him to actually write something for once for the "What Have We Writ" segment? We discuss it all, with such charisma and bravado that listeners have no choice but to follow our lead, and talk about Captain America, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Sydney White for some unfathomable 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 somehow make it to FIFTY episodes of this dumb thing, reflect on the origins of the podcast through hillbilly-laden flashbacks, sell a service that provides pets to help with writers' struggles, and talk about manipulators and how to write them. What makes these characters so awesome? How can the reader be the most impressed by their efforts? How can they believably pull the strings of other characters? Will Matt Donald's neighbors ever stop with their 4th of July celebratory fireworks despite it being WELL past the 4th? We discuss it all, with no strings to hold us down, and talk about Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta, How I Met Your Mother, and Music Man again 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, or its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course.

In this episode, the two Matts deal with a symbiotic goop from outer space, reflect on imitatable behavior from certain family movies, get onto each other for not watching certain things as per usual, and talk about badasses and how to write them. What makes these characters so awesome? Do they have to be awesome twenty-four/seven? What are the most effective ways to write a badass? How many books does Matt Donald have left to read before the world ends? We discuss it all, while holding our guns sideways like true gangsters, and talk about Lord of the Rings, George Mann's Ghost series, Power Rangers (of course) and Tangled 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, or its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course.

In this episode, the two Matts go way overboard with their childish humor in the opening skit, think every story should end with a massive battle regardless of genre, compare metaphors we've made to flypaper, and talk about writing more "cinematic" scenes in the decidedly non-cinematic format that is prose. How can a writer utilize the techniques of film in their prose writing? What are the benefits to a more cinematic style of storytelling? How can one write an action sequence with the fluidity and fast pace of a movie? Will Matt Donald ever grow up, or will he be a child for the rest of his life? We discuss it all, with plenty of flips and kicks you can't see due to the audio format of podcasting, and talk about Megazoic (of course), Power Rangers (of course), and other stuff I'm forgetting I'm sure.

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, or its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course.