The Writ Wit

In this episode, the two Matts only have three minutes left to defuse the contrived plot device bomb before it blows up the narrative facility, take shots at classic writers that were so influential that they directly started modern English, lament the decline of the mid-budget rom-com, and finish hosting the luxurious sorta-annual awards show The Witties by covering works we hope to see in 2021 should everything go according to the schedule (which it won't). What works initially from 2020 were we most disappointed got delayed to 2021? What works are we looking forward to the most? Which works are we dreading the most? How will this wondrous awards show be the same if Matt David refuses to return for them in the future? We discuss it all, with shiny new suits and ties in hopes of a better tomorrow, and talk about Black Widow, Godzilla vs. Kong, Cruella, and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.

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 creative muscle massage chair in an ad that gets real kinky real quick, brag about how one of our other shows actually ranked in the podcast charts for its category, offend each other by comparing our writing to something more scatological in nature, and continue hosting the glamorous sorta-annual awards show The Witties by covering creative works we saw not from 2020 due this pandemic keeping most stuff from coming out and being trapped in our homes with nothing to do but watch old stuff. What works from years past did we like the most? Which ones did we not like? What works should others have really watched by now that they haven't? How many people will we offend in our next shallow physical-body award we keep changing every year? We discuss it all, with old, barely fitting suits we scrounged up from events past, and talk about Community, Zyuranger and Power Rangers, Inception, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

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. 

Also, the music at the beginning is "Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone)" by Soft Jazz.

In this episode, the two Matts partake in a fiercely competitive auction of story elements, have two seamless segues that you barely notice due to how seamless they are, continue the high seas piracy joke that's very funny and no one can tell us otherwise, and continue hosting the prestigious sorta-annual awards show The Witties by covering creative works we did not like from 2020. What works were the ones we liked the least? What were the most overrated? What creators are bad and should feel bad? How can anything bad media content-wise that's come out this year be bad compared to this year in general? We discuss it all, with fine suits and champagne for an extra dose of irony, and talk about Tiger King, Tenet, the Disney live-action Mulan, and Cyberpunk 2077.

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 after a brief holiday break, sell a writing-themed product that's even grosser than usual, reflect on how much money this show makes us, and begin hosting the esteemed mostly-annual awards show The Witties by covering the stuff we liked from 2020. What were our favorite works from this historic year? What works needed more love? What works got too much hate? What books should we have read rather than watching more superhero movies? We discuss it all, with ripped suits and slashed apparel as a metaphor for the last year, and talk about Soul, The Last of Us Part 2, Extraction, and Wonder Woman 1984.

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 finally reaching the end of the absolute cluster-poo of butt-heck that was 2020, mention fan-mail that one of us got for real about our books, rag on our favorite non-ending author punching bag a bit longer, and talk about concrete endings in the last of our set about resolutions. How can you relay to your audience that this is really, truly the end? How happy or sad do they have to be, if they have to be anything? Does everything about every character need to be absolutely resolved? Did Matt Donald and Matt David time this right to be the last episode of the year on purpose, or was it a dumb accident? (hint: it was a dumb accident) We discuss it all, sticking a fork in this year and set and calling it done, and talk about The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and Captain Underpants for some reason.

Want to further support the show? Sign up to our Patreon for exclusive bonus content here. If you have any feedback or questions for our hosts, you can 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 yet another Christmas song parody in our "proud" annual tradition, realize they're further along in what we have writ than we initially had in our notes, mention a new potential podcast for one of our co-hosts, and talk about cliffhanger endings in the next of our set about resolutions. What are the best ways to make this type of ending feel earned? How can you make stories satisfying when they're by definition unfinished? Can you resolve any of the conflict offscreen between installments? Will Matt David actually be able to write a certain thousand number of words each month in 2021 to make up for not doing NaNoWriMo this year? We discuss it all, while leaving the set unfinished in a classic cliffhanger scenario, and talk about Star Wars, Avengers, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and the works of George R. R. Martin.

Want to further support the show? Sign up to our Patreon for exclusive bonus content here. If you have any feedback or questions for our hosts, you can 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 listen to the hottest daytime soap opera about writers, gush over certain children's juice drinks, congratulate an actor for his recent personal announcement, and talk about ambiguous endings in the next of our set about resolutions. What's the benefit of leaving something deliberately ambiguous or unresolved? What kind of stories would this work best? How much should you leave off the table versus how much you explain? Why does Matt Donald have such a seething unreasonable hatred for these types of endings? We discuss it all, while remaining ambiguous as to why we bother continuing this stupid podcast, and talk about The Fountain, Inception, Cast Away, and The Birds.

Want to further support the show? Sign up to our Patreon for exclusive bonus content here. If you have any feedback or questions for our hosts, you can 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 after a brief hiatus due to increased COVID-19 restrictions in our area, sell plotline seeds that grow into branching plotline plants, release another fairly short episode because recording a bunch together is a lot of work, and talk about endings that are only mostly resolved in the first of our set about resolutions. How can you leave enough stuff dangling for a sequel without comprising the completion of the narrative? Do all endings like this need sequels? How big can these hooks for later installments be? How big of a shock is it that Matt David was the one that did the forced segue joke rather than Matt Donald? We discuss it all, resolving this topic but keeping it open for later installments in the set, and talk about Earth's Children, Watership Down, The Road to El Dorado, and The Avengers.

Want to further support the show? Sign up to our Patreon for exclusive bonus content here. If you have any feedback or questions for our hosts, you can 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 second not-an-episode, Matt David releases a statement about how we're unable to record new content for a few weeks, tells listeners to stay safe and keep listening to our show, has a couple of Captain Kirk-style pauses, and explains the details of what happened and why we have to have this break. Why can't we record at the studio? What are the technical difficulties that plagued us this time when trying to record from home? Will this break be as long as the one earlier this year? (Probably not, but you never know with 2020) How can there be a second not-an-episode like it's an actual episode episode? We discuss it all, or at least Matt David does in his precious Matt David way, and talk about The Writ Wit, the pandemic, lockdowns, and washing hands. 

Have any feedback or questions, like why I'm doing a normal-length description again for this second not-an-episode? Email us at [email protected]. And you can buy Matt Donald's books on Amazon I guess, but the links are in the other episodes, and I'm feeling lazy this week.

In this episode, the two Matts sell a variety of spices designed to enhance stories that seem plain in comparison, discuss the character alignment of certain fonts, go on tangents about nineties sitcoms, and talk about balancing long-term consequences with episodic fun in the last of our set about the pitfalls of writing episodic works. What are the ways to balance the drama of long-form storytelling with the humor of episodic stories? How can you manage these two different paces of narrative flow? What are some examples of this balance being done well? How hot of a take is Matt Donald's theory about why George R. R. Martin hasn't released the final installment of his book series? We discuss it all, while balancing the fun of our episodes with the equal fun of lore-building skits, and talk about Black Panther, Friends, Game of Thrones, and Bionicle.

Want to further support the show? Sign up to our Patreon for exclusive bonus content here. If you have any feedback or questions for our hosts, you can 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.