Ty Mall

Fiction and Copy Decoded

Education EN ↓ 363 episodes

Here on The Fiction and Copy Decoded Podcast, you'll discover how fiction and copywriting borrow from each other, and how you can use one (or both) to grow in your writing skill.

Author

Ty Mall

Episodes

Ep. 239: 24 Reruns Wrapped Around: Here's How That Makes You a Better Writer 03.05.2023 8:17

It was interesting seeing the contrast between the 24 show's seasons 8 and 1, and here are things I learned.

Ep. 238: A Character, Their Mud, and Triple F 26.04.2023 7:28

I once wrote a prompt about mud, here it is. It's always interesting what creativity can do with only a little, and that's what fascinates me about it.

Ep. 237 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do? 19.04.2023 8:07

Sometimes you don't know your limit on a line of work or a piece until you hit it. And that's painful sometimes.

Ep. 236 Spring Ahead Plus Warm Weather Equals This 05.04.2023 4:10

Sometimes you get mud, but things don't turn out as badly as you thought they might.

Ep. 235 Triple F and a Cat 29.03.2023 7:25

Exploring different ideas for writing about fictional cats.

Ep. 234 My Take on Creating Universes and Editing 22.03.2023 6:58

It's interesting how my mind works starting from scratch versus starting with something from someone else.

Ep. 233 Target, Starbucks, Accidental Snooping, and Kelly Osbourne 15.03.2023 6:31

This is about the time I overheard a cool conversation in Target.

Ep. 232 Missing a Letter, and Tripe F... 08.03.2023 6:56

This prompt is about the chaos generated if we forget a letter (or maybe change it to another one by accident).

Ep. 231: The Package I (Almost) Cried Over 01.03.2023 4:41

This episode is about one time an unexpected package showed up.

Ep. 230 Are You Like Your Characters or Prospects? 22.02.2023 6:44

A bit of an idea that helped me if I had trouble getting started on a project. 

Ep. 229 Super Bowl LVII Commercials for a Bit Longer 15.02.2023 8:11

A bit of a story about me, and why I enjoy commercials so much.

Ep. 228 A More Difficult Triple F 08.02.2023 5:37

What could happen in fiction if a character tried to purposely make a task harder?

Ep. 227 I Thought This Was Inexcusable, Until I Tried It 01.02.2023 9:52

And I won't be trying to do that thing again if I can help it. Sometimes there's no frustration like experience.

Ep. 226 The Most Frightening Email I Ever Got 25.01.2023 11:41

Here's the link to the blog post I mentioned in today's episode that I wrote this week: https://manuscripts.com/making-the-connection-between-writer-and-reader/. Otherwise, yep, getting a notice about an email from my manager at the time about something I don't remember sending was scary, to be sure. And I got a lot of ideas out of it.

Ep. 225: A Comic Strip Prompted Their Readers Too, and Triple F 18.01.2023 6:47

It was interesting to see, even though I don't know how this turned out, with a comic strip using a prompt idea on their readers, much like I do here, minus comics.

Ep. 224 Back from an Unplanned Past Internet Hiatus 11.01.2023 12:35

So I lost the immediacy of mentioning a lot of the Super Bowl commercials from 2015 and had to catch up. I did the best I could.

Ep. 223 Foxes, Dogs, and Triple F 04.01.2023 8:23

Here's what I turned that touch-typing tutorial sentence into. I hope you enjoy it, and that your 2023 is a good one. 

Ep. 222 That One Fast Week in 2015 28.12.2022 10:40

Things were a blur for me back then, and I realized it was bad now, and then too. But it's usually not bad forever.

Ep. 221 Sometimes You Have to Leave Things Out 21.12.2022 7:15

Sometimes things have to be cut out, which is the tough part of any creative endeavor. I'm glad I didn't have to do it this time though.

Ep. 220 Super Busy Triple F 14.12.2022 6:03

If I get super-busy, stuff like this usually doesn't happen. I stayed more general since I didn't know if I should tell the other story or not.

Ep. 219 The Great Staples Coupon 07.12.2022 5:34

Some things I learned from a mystery coupon I got from an office supply chain.