The Writ Wit

In this episode, the two Matts once again listen to an old-timey radio to follow the adventures of Captain Writ, officially run out of ideas for episode intro statements, look up the names of German longswords, and talk about character physical appearances in the last of our set about character features. What are the most important features for a character? What do certain features like clothes or physical traits tell readers about your character? How often do you have to remind your readers about these features? How fired up does Matt Donald get during his rant about a certain physical feature that he thinks isn't nearly as important as some people insist? We discuss it all, sporting the best physical features a podcaster could ask for, and talk about Harry Potter, Final Fantasy, Overwatch, and Mortal Kombat. A lot of video games this week, I guess.

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In this episode, the two Matts open with a statement about the protests and how black lives matter, talk about having dreams from when you're a kid and sticking to them, wonder about how old certain comic characters are, and talk about character backstories in the next of our set about character features. What kind of backstories work best? How much of a backstory should you reveal? How much of the backstory should you plan? How mad was Matt David at Matt Donald for one-upping his statement about childhood dreams? We discuss it all, giving our support to our friends protesting injustice, and talk about Joker, Solo, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Megazoic: The Primeval Power (buy on Amazon.com!)

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In this episode, the two Matts do a crossover event with Matt Donald's other podcast Paleo Bites, stumble with our words because we're tired but actually because we're dumb, add in a new sound effect that represents our Patreon, and talk about character personalities and quirks in the second of our set of character features. What constitutes a character quirk? How many boxes should you tick when coming up with character traits? What are some quirks you should avoid? How did Matt Donald manage to do a perfect G note off the cuff despite being a terrible singer and not musically trained in the slightest? We discuss it all, with all our own quirks on full display, and talk about Big Bang Theory, Gods of Egypt, and Magic School Bus.

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In this episode, the two Matts air a very serious update in the world of writting news, discuss the dissonance in our moods versus the weather while recording, celebrate the soon-to-be new unclehood of one of our co-hosts, and talk about naming characters in the first of our set on various character features. What are the things to keep in mind when naming characters? How does a name's meaning work with coming up with a character? What about names that are of completely fantastical origin? How many relatives of exotic lands does Matt David have in his mutt blood? We discuss it all, with the benefit of sharing our first names to keep things simple, and talk about Harry Potter, Spider-Man, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and BIONICLE. 

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In this episode, the two Matts sell a writing robot that quickly and predictably goes rogue, list their favorite and least favorite historical explorers, point out all the times fans forgive an evil character because they're good-looking, and talk about third-person omniscient writing in the last of our set about point-of-view. What constitutes third-person omniscient compared to other types of POV? What are some of the benefits of writing this way? What are some of the things writers should avoid? What lengths will Matt Donald go to profess his love of third-person omniscient writing? We discuss it all, with the most proper etiquette and poise, and talk about Star Wars, Spirited Away, the works of Christopher Nolan, and Clash of the Titans.

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In this episode, the two Matts discuss the woes of social distancing for such obvious extraverts and social butterflies like writers, mention a key difference between golfers and skydivers, mention big fancy studios we now have access to that we can't use thanks to this danged virus, and talk about third-person limited perspective and how to write it. What defines third-person limited versus the other third-person perspective? How does it help the narrative? What limitations does it have (I mean, it is third-person LIMITED, after all)? When will Matt David have more than violin practice to mention for his part of "What We at the Writ Wit Have Writ?" We discuss it all, hoping to turn people's frowns upside-down, and talk about Harry Potter, Eragon, the Dinoverse books, and mistakenly Hunger Games, which actually isn't third-person limited, or is it? Eh, who can be bothered to check.

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In this episode, the two Matts dwell on working at the various story food shops by the Papier brothers, wonder how a second person video game could work, pad out the episode length due to the lack of examples about the subject, and talk about the oft-forgotten second-person perspective and how one could write it. What benefits does having the prose say "you do this" or "you did that" bring to a story? Why is it so rare? What examples are there other than those Choose Your Own Adventure books from back in the day? When will Matt Donald ever do that skit about the characters from The Magic School Bus meeting up with the world of Megazoic? We discuss it all, keeping an acceptable distance of ten thousand miles between us to do our part in social distancing, and talk about the aforementioned Choose Your Own Adventure books, Animorphs, the Revenge of the Sith novelization, and Ratatouille for some reason.

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In this episode, the two Matts are back (BAAAAAAAAACK!!!!), explain the necessity (or lack thereof) of the lengthy break, check in with everyone about COVID-19, and talk about first-person perspective writing in our first of a set about point-of-view. What are some famous examples of first-person writing? Is there a limit in what genres can be written in this perspective? How does the story benefit from writing it in this way? Why does Matt David still have lesser audio quality and will the show EVER get back to our smooth-as-silk quality we consistently had months back? We discuss it all, washing our hands and wearing masks like the good folks are doing now, and talk about Sherlock Holmes, The Lost Years of Merlin, Great Gatsby, and Community.

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 week late to space out the time between episodes (there's a big break coming here for reasons Matt Donald discloses at the beginning), come up with some crucial details for things on the spot, make plans to work on future stories that we'll surely never even come close to starting, and use all the tricks and methods we've discussed on world-building the last month for the WORLD WE'VE BUILT! What type of world is this? How did we use each method of world-building, such as chance, random inspiration, pre-planning, or planning ad hoc? How can we use such a world later? Why did Matt David name his character something that's completely different from the style of naming from the other characters? We discuss it all, while putting our money where our mouth is with our world-building, and talk about our world, whatever it's called. I forgot.

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In this episode, the two Matts go to court for murdering the momentum of a story through excessive wordiness, get interrupted by a dog's barking numerous times, discuss the varied definitions for "moon" as a unit of time, and talk about world-building via as you go along, or "ad hoc," in our second-to-last episode in our extended set about world-building. What are the benefits to building the world of your story as you go along? What are the things that can go awry? How much of the style of the story can you change, or how much do you have to stick to the standard theme? When will the audio quality ever be normal for either Matt Donald or Matt David for an extended length of episodes? We discuss it all, while continuously building up the lore of the show as we go on, and talk about Star Wars, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, and more about Matt Donald's mysterious old story, Wildlife of Tomorrow. What is it about? What, WHAT?!

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.