For a thousand generations the - all right that’s enough of that; this week we are talking about info dumps! B. Dave Walters, Erin M. Evans, and Treavor Bettis talk about all the ways they go about diving out information about their worlds in their stories. And there’s totally not at all a second secret topic that should totally be in the title...

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

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Structure is an important part of storytelling no matter how you do it. This week B. Dave Walters, Erin M. Evans, and Treavor Bettis talk about different types of structure - from Three Act to Five Act to the Hero’s Journey.

B. Dave Walters on Structure: https://t.co/fznsWekTbf?amp=1

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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Wrapping up our small block of World Building episodes, Treavor has a new project and needs help focusing on what to build. Erin M. Evans and B. Dave Walters answer his questions about what is and isn’t important to work on at this early stage and how to best go about building his world.

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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We continue this block of world building episodes with THE Ed Greenwood. He joins Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis to talk about ways of building governments and what role they play in the process of world building.

Special Guest:

Ed Greewood (The Elminster Series, The Saga of Shadowdale)

https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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World Building is a HUGE part of fantasy writing and who better to talk to about than Patrick Rothfuss himself. He joins Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis to talk about how they go about world building and to also give Treavor a new nickname.

Be sure to check out Worldbuilders.org June 21st - 28th for #GeeksDoingGood and help support an awesome cause!

Special Guest:

Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Worldbuilders)

https://twitter.com/PatrickRothfuss

https://worldbuilders.org/

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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Books can deal with trauma in many ways. A character could have a trauma, the plot could heavily deal with one, or it could be about processing one. This week Dr. Janina Scarlet joins Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis to talk about the ways trauma can be done in a story.

Special Guest:

Dr. Janina Scarlet (Super-Women, Superhero Therapy)

https://twitter.com/ShadowQuill

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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Do I write in First Person? Do you write in Second Person? Do they write in Third?! Picking a point of view can be a tough decision and this week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walter, and Treavor Bettis talk about how they pick which POV to tell a story. Oh, and they also tangent into Symbolism at one point.

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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Where do characters come from? Do they just pop in out of the abyss? Or do you have to go find them? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about they way they go about finding characters and the ways they fit into their stories.

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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Inspiration can come from any number of places and this week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about some of the places they find inspiration. As well as several other tangents they find along the way...

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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Now that the fun episodes are out of the way - let's get into everyone's favorite topic: Writer's Block. This week Erin, B. Dave, and Treavor talk about their experiences with writer's block and what they have done to combat it. 

Starring:

Erin M Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers)

https://twitter.com/erinmevans

B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)

https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters

Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)

https://twitter.com/TheTreavor

Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels)

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