Fiction and Copy Decoded

Fiction and Copy Decoded


Latest Episodes

Episode 71: One of the Times I Tripped Over My Tongue on Facebook
November 20, 2019

In this episode, I chat about a time I tried to be funny and it didn't work. At all. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Episode 70: That Time I Compared the Olympics and American Idol
November 13, 2019

In this episode, I chat about similarities between the Olympics and American Idol (competition, training, and a lot more). And when I said "that's the point of it," I meant of this episode, not Idol or the Olympics. --- Support this podcast: https://an

Episode 69: Why Serialized Episodes May Not be a Good Idea
November 06, 2019

In this episode, I chat a bit about the Olympics from about 5 years ago now, maybe a bit more. Plus my reaction to the end of Daylight Savings Time, and how I view sacrificing shows and more to get time to spend elsewhere. --- Support this podcast: htt

Episode 68: These Two Things Hadn't Happened Before, Up Until This Point
October 30, 2019

Today, I chat about a bad-weather conundrum involving a furnace and how you can use it to better your writing (and characterization, too). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Episode 67: What I Learned about Planning from a Toddler in Walmart
October 23, 2019

In this episode, I chat about the time my reading was interrupted by a small boy (and what I learned about business and life from it). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Episode 66: One of Life's Most Important Questions
October 16, 2019

In this episode, I talk about an important question you can ask yourself that can change your life, if you follow it up with planning. It's good for business and life too, not to mention creating good characters. I also mention why I didn't ask myself thi

Episode 65: Crippled By Self-Doubt and Imposter Syndrome? Maybe This Is Why...
October 09, 2019

In today's episode, I talk about a psychological phenomenon I recently heard and read about that made imposter syndrome make so much more sense, in a way. As well as explaining why/how people who are good at what they do sometimes aren't confident about i

Episode 64: He Didn't Give Up, and My 2014 Super Bowl Wrap-Up
October 02, 2019

In this episode, I slip in a few more mentions of commercials I thought were cool, as well as a couple words on a guy I thought did something pretty brave way back when...plus I talk about my "mind opening up" type feeling. --- Support this podcast: ht

Episode 63: Yes These Can Make a Good Story
September 25, 2019

In this episode, I talk about the shortest commercials I'd seen up to this point in the 2014 Super Bowl lineup, and what you can learn from them (and a regular dude some marketers called Ian, or maybe not). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/f

Episode 62: That Time I Got Confused by a Super Bowl Commercial
September 11, 2019

In this episode, I chat about a commercial that wasn't effective for me, for some reason. Yep, sometimes it's hard to liven up what many consider a boring subject, but transitioning and following through on your points will take someone far--if they actua