Writing About Dragons and Shit

This week we are trying something new. Host Treavor Bettis sits down with Bethany Jacobs to talk about her novel These Burning Stars, as well as her background with writing and what her writing process is like. Special Guest: Bethany Jacobs (These Burning Stars) https://www.bethany-jacobs.com/   Get her book, These Burning Stars, here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/these-burning-stars-bethany-j...

You’re done with your first novel! …and now they want more? What do you do?! This week special guest Bethany Jacobs, author of These Burning Stars, joins Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis to talk about Sequels and how to handle them! Special Guest: Bethany Jacobs (These Burning Stars) https://www.bethany-jacobs.com/   Get her book, These Burning Stars, here: https://www.barnesandn...

At the time of recording we are halfway through nanowrimo 2023! Which means many of you are halfway through your book and you might be feeling those Mid-Book Blues! So this week Erin M. Evans and Treavor Bettis talk about what they do when they hit the midpoints of their books and how they stay motivated to keep writing! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.c...

NaNoWriMo is right around the corner! To get yall just a little more prepped and ready we did an episode of NaNoWriMo questions that will hopefully help all of you. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Death Scenes, Dialogue, Scene Connection, and More! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A D...

November is getting closer! Are you ready for NaNoWriMo? To help you get ready during Preptober Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Structure and Outlines! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champi...

We continue Preptober with a talk about Worldbuilding! Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about some ways they go about worldbuilding and what they would do to get prepped before November 1st! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor...

Erin and B. Dave claim the title will make sense to parents. Welcome to Preptober! This month we’ll be releasing episodes that will (hopefully) get you in the mindset to write a whole book in November! To start things off Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Finding a Project, Finding a Plot, and Finding Your Characters! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone...

There are several methods out there for making plot, characters, and settings - and on this episode we’re going to talk about a listener suggested one! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about the Snowflake Method as well as how to make Characters You Care About. Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walter...

The final listener questions from our backlog are here! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about changing things 20%, Writer Voice, Pacing, and Super Hero Stories! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis...

Sorry for the delay! Treavor is Hot Spotting his phone to upload this episode! We had even MORE listener questions in the backlog so here’s more answers for you! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Swearing, Theme, Point of View, and More! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Da...

We’re back answering more questions from our amazing listeners! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Calendars, Religion, Prologues, Novel Format, and Pantsing vs. Outlining! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters...

We’re continuing where we left off last week with more listener questions! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Self Promotion, Making Loveable Characters, and Writing in a Story Format You Enjoy! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twi...

Time to get serious about listener questions! This week we kick off the first of a few episodes focusing on questions from listeners like you - that’s right you! Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Buddy Cop stories, Foreshadowing, and Research! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darken...

This week we catch up more on our listener question backlog - and one gives us a topic for the second half of the show! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Theme, Plotting, Travel, Graphic Novels, and then discuss Redemption Arcs! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Di...

We are SO lucky to have a group of awesome listeners that send in questions to the show so we’re doing another listener episode! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Magic Systems, Editing Process, Genre, and Writing Tools! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Socie...

My main character is SO perfect! There’s nothing wrong with them and that’s why people love them! …what do you mean they aren’t interesting? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Flaws and why your characters should have them! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Soc...

How do you give critiques? Do you just tell them it sucks? Well about taking critique? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Critiquing as well as answer a few listener questions! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor...

Over all the time we’ve been getting emails (thank you for those by the way) we’ve been getting topic suggestions with them. So we decided to talk about as many of them as we can in an episode! On this week’s episode Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Monsters, Publishing, and Humor! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmeva...

What are Bad Ideas? When do you Reread Your Book? What do we do when we just have TOO MANY Ideas?! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer these Listener Questions and more! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavor Bettis (Diff...

What are the differences between writing YA and Adult Fiction? What can and can’t you do? And we’ve talked about tie-ins - but what’s really going on with those? This week special guest James L. Sutter joins Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis to talk about these topics and more! Special Guest:  James L. Sutter (Dark Hearts, Starfinder)  http://jameslsutter.com/   Starring: Erin M E...

Hey! We had a few weeks off, but we’re back and ready to answer YOUR questions! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer questions about Character Dialogue, Beta Readers, and where to start when Building Characters! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twit...

Trilogies. How do they work? Do I really need three books to tell a story? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Trilogies and what to look out for when planning one. They also answer questions about Writing Outside Your Genre, and - surprise - a question about a trilogy! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B....

We were off for a few weeks, but we’re back with some listener questions and a quick topic! This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about Graphic Novels, Plot Twist, Writing About Mental Health, and Writing When You Don’t Feel Like It! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice So...

How do you take down the villain in a satisfying way? What do magic stats look like? And how do flashbacks work? This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis answer a bunch of fun listener questions! Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Black Dice Society) https://twitter.com/BDaveWalters Treavo...

“I just need to do more World Building.” “I need a perfect outline…” “I need to know EVERYTHING about my magic system!” If you’ve had those thoughts this episode is for you. This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis talk about What’s Stopping You from writing? Starring: Erin M Evans (Empire of Exiles, Brimstone Angels) https://twitter.com/erinmevans B. Dave Walters (A Darkened W...