Writing About Dragons and Shit

How do you know you have a good ending? And once you have one you gotta move onto your 2nd Draft! What do you do then?! (Seriously, Treavor needs to know!) This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Endings, 2nd Drafts, and Show Don’t Tell. 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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

What do writers mean when they say “my writing process”? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about what writing process is and how they went about finding their own way of writing. 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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

We’ve talked about Act Structure, but what gets you from one plot point to the other? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about pacing and tension and how they work - sometimes together - to move a story along. 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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

There are a lot of talks about Breaking In to the industry, and honestly there is no right answer. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about their experiences with the industry - and totally don’t at all try to do a second topic about Process. Of course they don’t, that’s next week’s topic... 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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

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 Join the Discord! (In the #roles channel, react to the first post with the WADS logo to get access to the WADS channels) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu

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) https://discord.gg/MdSVsfpTzu