The Weekly Scroll Tabletop Podcast · Episode 21 · January 5, 2025 · 1 hr 42 min
Writing Literary Adventures for Cloud Empress & Beyond
On this episode of The Weekly Scroll Podcast, Ryan is joined by Watt for a Cloud Empress writing seminar. Watt discusses Literary Adventures (the what and the why) and shows how they outline their ttrpg adventure design philosophy and workflow. Find Cloud Empress here: https://cloudempress.com/ 0:00 Start 0:49 Presentation Begins 1:15 About Watt, Worlds by Watt, Cloud Empress & more 9:23 Who Cares Whether a TTRPG Adventure Is Literary or Not? 11:25 What is a "Literary Adventure?" 18:31 Writing for Cloud Empress 26:30 Method: Location in Conflict Writing Workflow 26:49 Ideate a Concept 30:15 Define the Space 43:25 Fill in the Details 49:41 Reflections and Final Thoughts 55:31 Closing and Next Steps 56:35 Q&A All our links here: https://linktr.ee/theweeklyscroll YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theweeklyscroll Live Streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.weekly.scroll Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyscroll.bsky.social