Rite Gud

Sep 05 2024 90 ep. 63 mins 250

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This isn’t a podcast for total beginners. We’re going to assume that you know what plot structure is, what a protagonist is, where ideas come from, and how to use a semicolon. This is a podcast for people who can already write okay, but want to do better.

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Sep 05 2024 5 mins

Welcome to Rite Gud. The podcast that helps you write good. I’m RS Benedict. We’ve been putting out this podcast for five years now, and it has been quite a ride. I’ve been genuinely surprised by the outsized response we’ve gotten. We’ve made a lot of friends and a lot of enemies. We’ve triggered multiple tempests in multiple teapots, without even meaning to. We’ve be

Take Gud Care of Yourself (or: A Cure for Wellness)

Aug 22 2024 83 mins

There are many podcasts about writing, but how many are there about wellness? Approximately a million billion. And they all want you to know: you’re doing everything wrong, and you should buy my product. Tan your taint! Eat raw bull testicles! Wake up at 4am every day! In this episode, Kurt Schiller joins us to talk about the hellish wellness industry and the siren song of creati

Do the Hustle!

Aug 01 2024 72 mins

In this podcast, we tend to focus on the craft of writing: handling character, setting, theme, and so on. But there’s another side to writing, the business side. We acknowledge it but don’t talk about it a lot on this podcast, mostly because, to be perfectly honest, I’m not very good at it. I make very little money doing this. I have a day job for a reason. I am terrible at t

Escape From New York

Jul 11 2024 54 mins

Many writers dream of moving to one of the big cool culture cities to make it. New York. L.A. Portland. Seattle. Increasingly, Austin. But not all of us can live there, for whatever reason. Some of us live in itty bitty rural hamlets, and we’re happy there. Some of us live in cities with a terrific cultural scene, but the city gets overlooked for being in a landlocked state. And

The Glup Shitto Episode

Jun 20 2024 74 mins

What’s in a name? A lot, really. That’s why they’re so hard to come up with. Parents agonize over picking the right baby name for their children. We gave up on naming this podcast. And as authors, sometimes it’s hard to come up with a good name for your character or your imaginary monster, or your fake magical bullshit. So in this episode, a writer named Karlo Yeager Rodri

Self-Publishing with Evan Dahm

A lot of this podcast is about the publishing industry: breaking into it, working within it, and our frustrations with it. But some writers and artists strike out on their own. Joining us in this episode is Evan Dahm, writer and artist of 3rd Voice, Rice Boy, and other online serialized fantasy-adventure comics. Links: * Rice-boy.com * Evan Dahm on TopatoCo About Rite Gud: R. S.

Against Worldbuilding

May 09 2024 74 mins

I can show you the world. Shining, shimmering splendid. Tell me, writer, now when did you last read a worldbuilding guide? In this episode, returning champions Karlo Yeager Rodriguez and Simon McNeil join us to talk about worldbuilding. Links: * “As the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood” * Simon’s essay that absolutely no one is mad at Image by Eric Horwitz. About

I Just Wanted a Website That Was Fucking Normal

Apr 18 2024 69 mins

In this episode, we’re talking to Matt Wolfbridge about his new online magazine, Typebar. We discuss how and why he put the magazine together, the grim state of internet-based publishing, and typewriters. Links: Typebar Magazine “Don’t hate me because I’m rich!” Wingspan and Post-Capitalist Forms of Competition Just my typewriter Abridged Thoughts The Blood Kn

i Pony: Blueprint for a New America

Apr 01 2024 34 mins

We’re back from our brief sabbatical with an all-new episode to discuss the most important work of utopian–or dystopian, depending on your interpretation–fiction of the past decade: i Pony: Blueprint for a New America by libertarian presidential candidate and boot model Vermin Supreme. About Rite Gud: R. S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and G

Based & Rhino Pilled

Mar 21 2024 74 mins

Howdy, Matt here! As you may remember from last month’s episode, Rite Gud is taking this month off. We’ve taken out one of our book club episodes from behind the paywall to share with you all. We’re looking at the Ionesco’s Rhinoceros with Simon McNeil, recorded in August of last year. If you like this and want more, the Book Club is available for $3 patrons.. This week, Ki