On Riting
Three writers—a recovering academic, a writing professional, and a megaconsumer—take on Riting Communities, those online communities full of writers and terrible advice. Along the way (be warned, dear listener) there will be jokes, as well as some de minimis amount of Actual Writing Advice. Updates every other Wednesday.
Episodes
82 episodes
082: To The People: NaNoWriMo Configuration
In this episode, Chadd and Sean (MJ was busy making money from her writing) take on the "largest" "ai writing" subreddit, the Rings of Power fandom, and the radioactive core of the streaming economy. It's to the people, it's going to have a spe...
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Episode 82
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081: Le Podcaste des Vampires
In this episode, MJ, Sean, and Chadd look the Vampyre, the most bougie of all monsters. Other topics include Interview with the Vampire, Pamplicestousness, and the werewolf apocalypse. And NaNoWriMo, yeah.https://linktr.ee/onriting Oh look,...
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Episode 81
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080: National Ukelele Apology Month (NaUkApMo)
In this episode, Chadd, Sean, and MJ go through the NaNoWriMo drama, specifically the rancid apology letters and the company's defense of AI plagiarism. Other topics include The AI Mummy, the Imaginary Disability Community, and the inimitable o...
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Episode 80
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1:15:51
079: Hustling Samurai
In this episode, MJ, Chadd, and Sean, see examples of bad writing all around them, it's in the WALLS. Other topics include the NYPD, the most interesting man in WW2, and MJ subtweeting (subcasting?) about her nemesis.https://l...
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Episode 79
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1:08:31
078: 1812 Overture
In this episode, MJ, Sean, and Chadd look at canon and canonicity as concepts in writing, and how your writing SHOULD NOT think about canon. Other topics include angry MIT fanmail, Spider-man, and James Baldwin.https://linktr.ee/onriting Co...
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Episode 78
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1:07:47
077: Starting Over From Folklore: A System LitRPG Progression Fantasy Story
In this episode, Sean regales Chadd and Marjorie with the saga of Xianxia, with its roots in folklore to its current dominance of the amazon fantasy bestsellers. Other topics include Chinese Traditional Medicine, Chadd's dating history, and Dra...
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Episode 77
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1:11:30
076: 10 The People 20 Goto 10
In this episode, MJ brings the Substack, Sean brings the Reddit Cinematic Universe, and Chadd brings the Lightning Round. Other topics include Achilles, the musical response to Danny, and the return of the Character Sheet Fallacy.
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Episode 76
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1:06:23
075: Dance Dance Dance
In this CROSSOVER EPISODE, Final Fantasy, Writing, and Dance combine! Expert Witness MJ presents her case with the assistance of court recorder Sean and Judge Chadd. Other topics include the dream ballet, the history of Modern Dance, and the le...
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Episode 75
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1:03:14
074: Riter to King's F15--Checkmate
In this episode, MJ, Chadd, and Sean look at Chess in Fiction, Substack, and the grim specter of Snarf. Other topics include Horses, the protective layer of furries safeguarding the internet, and the dubious Catholicism of Master and Commander'...
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Episode 74
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1:03:41
073: Book Club I: A New Hope
In this episode, Chadd's Book Club takes off as he examines a variety of passages in three examples of the neo-Gothic. Other topics include Licensed Fiction Sins, Hauntology, and atypical narrators.https://linktr.ee/onriting LINKTREE, GO!
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Episode 73
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1:07:56
072: Morlockmaxxing
In this CHAOS CONFIGURATION episode, MJ, Chadd, and Goblinsean discuss permanency of publishing and the enduring power of Dune. Other topics include industrial engineering in WW2, Captain America (Nomad), and the illustrious career of Laurence ...
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Episode 72
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1:09:13
071: Newtonian Swordmasters
In this episode, Chadd, MJ, and Sean talk about the implications of expertise and ease, and why your antagonist is allowed to kick Unlimited Ass. Other topics include Left Behind's confused antichrist, the nature of the sword, and Sean's procli...
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Episode 71
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1:03:57
070: To the 9eo9le
TO THE PEOPLE TIME! In this episode, Sean, MJ, and Chadd head to reddit, tumblr, and BACK TO REDDIT for the worst of the worst. Topics include the Worst Poem, why you want content warnings, and a friend of the show having shooters in the cast.
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Episode 70
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1:10:01
069: Anne Ricist
In this episode, Returning Champion MJ, Chadd, and Sean talk about Anne Rice and Adaptations! Other topics include Deadly Drifter, The Beat Poets of Rohan, and the massive antisemitism of Australian Jesus Christ Superstar!Donate to the ...
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Episode 69
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1:18:10
068: Saints of the Patrickiots
In this SPECIAL episode of On Riting, we recorded a commentary track for The Last Starfighter, Chadd's filmographic home turf! If you want to sync us up, we're paused at 18 seconds, approximately when the rosy fingers of dawn reach over the glo...
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Episode 69
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1:57:13
067: Boat Jams
In this (sadly MJ-less) episode of On Riting, Chadd and Sean explore the strangely ideology-less Death and Other Details, and what it can tell us about using themes without using themes. No, not like that. Other topics include Billy Zane, Huysm...
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Episode 67
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1:03:25
066: Conventional Wisdom
In this episode, MJ, Chadd, and Sean look at Writing Conventions, as well as the darkest road of fanfic. Other topics include Furry Police, the Wisdom of Solomon, and the fate of Pennsylvania. https://linktr.ee/onriting In many ways, ...
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Episode 66
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1:03:04
065: Saltier than Riting (Star Wars)
In this episode MJ, Chadd, and Sean look at a community that feeds directly into r/writing, and the media property that surrounds it. Other topics include Indian In the Cupboard, X-Files licensed fiction, and the Expanded Universe (Bad). <...
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Episode 65
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1:09:56
064: Not Stephen King One
In this episode, MJ, Shaun, and Chadd basically just fangirl out over Borges. He's a genius, what more do you want us to say? Other topics include Final Fantasy VII, Charlie Chaplin, and the power of numbering drafts. https://linktr.ee...
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Episode 64
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1:11:12
063: Red-Flag Reads (Britney's Version)
In this episode of the premiere California Politics Fanfiction Podcast (just kidding we're about writing and writing communities) Shawn, Chad, and MJ take a look at reads, both red-flag and worse. Other topics include the Roald Dahl's kill coun...
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Episode 63
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1:05:15
062: Kill Bill (Because He's a Vampire)
Hi, Bob, in this episode, MJ, Shaun and Chad take a huge vampiric, and yet somehow festive, bite out of the Riting discourse around Bill Shakespeare. Other topics include Middle School, Antisemitism, and Pictures of your Boss Shaking Hands With...
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Episode 62
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1:10:51
061: To the People 8 - The Ocho
In this episode, Chadd, Sean, and MJ go back to the endless nightmare wells known as reddit and tiktok. Other topics include Mollusk-Donny, The Boodle Fight, and Chadd's psyche shattering like a window crossing the road in front of Jackie Chan ...
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Episode 61
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1:07:36
060: An Archetype Named Portia
In this episode, MJ, Shawn, and Chadd look at a difficult-to-name concept: the neoarchetype. Other topics include the ways in which LotR the Movies were superior to LotR the Books, Cyberdolphins (Ee-Eee-e, E-e-eee-ee?), and a very strange appli...
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Episode 60
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1:05:34
059: The Witching Pod w/Diana Helmuth
In this episode, MJ, Sean, and Chadd interview Diana Helmuth, author of the recently-released The Witching Year, available wherever books are sold! Other topics include Vampires, regionalism, and conspirituality, plus about 4,000 '90's...
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Episode 59
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1:06:44