Episode 141 - Writing Your Characters Out By NOT Completing Their Arcs

In this episode, the two Matts tell a tale of two writers at vastly different scales, have a record number of swears in the introduction that get beeped out, come up with a new name for the famous coffee shop that shall not be named for legal reasons, and talk about writing out your characters by NOT completing their arcs in the next of our set about how to write out your characters from your story. Why in the world would a writer want to leave a character's arc unfinished? How much of an explanation do you need for a character's sudden absence? Are there instances with the writer just forgot about the character? Will Matt David ever learn to not shout "I TOLD YOU SO!" while holding up a bright neon sign saying that he told you so? We discuss it all, while hoping the arc of this podcast's existence doesn't go unfinished, and talk about Ice Age, A Goofy Movie, Friends, and Clan of the Cave Bear. What an odd collection of pop culture works this week... 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 tracks at the beginning are Pumpkin Woods by Derek and Brandon Fiechter and Crawling by Karl Casey.