Fiction and Copy Decoded
Latest Episodes
Episode 71: One of the Times I Tripped Over My Tongue on Facebook
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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