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Writing About Dragons and Shit

Writing About Dragons and Shit

This is the official podcast feed for Writing About Dragons and Shit - a podcast about writing with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. Each week B Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Idle Champions Presents), Erin M. Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers), and Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Psychology). New Episodes go live every Friday.

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00:59:09

Ep. 177: Schrödinger’s Brilliance with Amanda Cherry

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/11/07

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis are joined by Amanda Cherry! Together they record the most ADHD filled episode yet and eventually talk about Amanda’s Proccess and Moraly Grey Characters!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Special Guest:Amanda Cherry (FEMMES FATALE)https://www.thegingervillain.com/Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice

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01:00:05

Ep. 176: “I Got a Big Spaceship and I Need a Plot”...

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/11/04

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Rhiannon Held! Together they talk about Brainstorming and Writing Groups!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Special Guest:Rhiannon Held (Dungeon Scrawlers)https://twitter.com/RhiannonHeld Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social

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00:56:45

Ep. 175: Gothic Horror with Beth the Bard

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/10/24

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Beth the Bard! Together they talk about what make Gothic Horror so horrific as well as a little bit about game writing!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Special Guest:Beth the Bard (She is the Ancient)https://beththebard.com/ Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice

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01:00:32

Ep. 174: Taking on Too Much with Brandon Crilly

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/10/17

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Brandon Crilly! Together they talk about taking on WAY too much - something absolutely no one on this show has done at all. Ever. You can’t prove anything.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Special Guest:Brandon Crilly (Catalyst)https://brandoncrilly.com/ Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black

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01:03:50

Ep. 173: Monster Behavior with Keith Ammann

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/10/10

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Keith Ammann! Together they talk about how monsters could behave and what narrative you can tell in D&D with combat.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Special Guest:Keith Ammann (The Monsters Know What They Are Doing, Making Enemies)https://www.themonstersknow.com/ Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened

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01:05:07

Ep. 172: Plot Twists 2: What a Twist!

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/10/03

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Melissa Caruso! Together they talk about a fan favorite topic–Plot Twists!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Special Guest:Melissa Caruso (The Last Hour Between Worlds, The Obsidian Tower)https://melissacaruso.net/ Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice

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01:06:55

Ep. 171: Finding Your Arc

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/09/19

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis revisit Character Arcs and answer a connected listener question!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)https://bsky.app/profile/thetreavor.bsky.social Join the

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01:01:09

Ep. 170: Drunken First Draft

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/09/14

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer try something new and revisit an old topic!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)https://bsky.app/profile/thetreavor.bsky.social Join the

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01:14:22

Ep. 169: Back in the Day

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/08/29

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Web Comics, TV/Movie Scripts, Making Monsters, and more!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of

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00:55:48

Ep. 168: Spice to Plot Ration

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/08/22

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Childhood Writing, D&D Fanfics, and Spice to Plot Ration.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of

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00:58:02

Ep. 167: What’s My Hook?

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/08/15

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Writing Hooks, Musicals, Unexpected Success, and Talking to Authors.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragonsStarring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.socialB. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.socialTreavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of

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01:05:45

Ep. 166: Are My Heroes Villains?

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/08/08

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Heroes Being Villains, POV Mechanics, MORE Burnout, and Querying.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of

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00:58:43

Ep. 165: Writing Failure

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/08/01

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Writing Failure, Writing Bios, Freewriting, and Who Gets POV Chapters.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of

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01:05:36

Ep. 164: An Amish Paradise

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/07/25

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Amish Romance for a surprising amount of time and then answer questions about Getting Characters to Kiss and Tension in Genres.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class,

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01:03:18

Ep. 163: Does an MFA Help?

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/07/18

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis answer questions about MFAs, Difference Between Drafts, and Genre Conventions. Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)https://bsky.app/profile/thetreavor.bsky.social Join the

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01:01:04

Ep. 162: What We Love About Writing

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/07/11

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis answer questions about What We Love About Writing, Reader Expectations, and Bettering Prose!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)https://bsky.app/profile/thetreavor.bsky.social

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01:02:59

Ep. 161: Sometimes It’s Just Spartacus

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/07/04

This week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Querying, Pet Companions, and Chapter Titles.Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)https://bsky.app/profile/thetreavor.bsky.social Join the

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00:38:52

What’s Up With Your Output?

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/06/27

This week a different sort of episode. During the last Tangents episode B. Dave wanted to check-in with Treavor about his writing and we wanted you to hear it.

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Ep. 160: Burnout with Dr. Ben J. Searle

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/06/20

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis are joined by Dr. Ben J. Searle! Together they talk about Burnout - what it is and what it does to us - as well as Dr. Searle’s book about the subject!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Special Guest:Dr. Ben J. Searle (https://mindonthejob.com/)Experiences of Burnout Survey:https://mquni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e3z9srtBlI0nHSe Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone

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01:07:17

Ep. 159: Unlikable Characters & Foreshadowing Timing

Writing About Dragons and Shit ·

2025/06/07

This week Erin M. Evans B. Dave Walters and Treavor Bettis talk about Unlikable Characters and Foreshadowing Timing!Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/writingaboutdragons Starring:Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels)https://bsky.app/profile/erinmevans.bsky.social B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society)https://bsky.app/profile/bdavewalters.bsky.social Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Lore)https://bsky.app/profile/thetreavor.bsky.social Join the

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