Fiction and Copy Decoded

Ep. 339: A Webmaster, a Copywriter, and a World-Famous Author Step Over Writer's Block 13.08.2025 4:09 ↓

This one is about writer's block (and none of the people mentioned in the title are me :)

Ep. 338 Triple F: What Does This Remind You Of? 06.08.2025 4:25 ↓

A bit of a prompt about dish soap, or inspired by it...

Ep. 337: Better Than Drinking Palmolive? 30.07.2025 6:33 ↓

DISCLAIMER, this is not a sponsorship or anything like that, personal opinions only. This one's about dish soap, or rather, accidentally tasting dish soap.

Ep. 336: Better Than a Bullet: How the Honda Civic Can Help You Write Better Fiction and Copy 23.07.2025 5:28 ↓

No graphic depiction, but some aspects may be considered harsh for some audiences... This one's about a car commercial...

Ep. 335: It's Like Asking a Teddy Bear to be Mean 16.07.2025 8:12 ↓

Sometimes it's difficult for agreeable people in the world, every once in a while.

Ep. 334: A Client Meeting I Kind of Expected... 09.07.2025 4:21 ↓

Sometimes skill reminders come from unexpected places.

Ep. 333 Triple F: Strange Things 25.06.2025 4:42 ↓

This prompt was a bit odd, to be sure...especially with the parts switching locations.

Ep. 332: Why the Weather Is Weird, and What That Means for Your Writing and Creative Efforts 18.06.2025 4:32 ↓

I haven't seen the weather swoop one way to the other quite so forcefully as it did over a month or so back in 2016. Which of course you can use to your creative advantage.

Ep. 331 Some (Past) News, Computer Issues, and More 11.06.2025 7:08 ↓

And I realized fixing electronics and programs was a lot simpler years ago >>old man joints creaking<<...

Ep. 330: Triple F: Tell Me What You Want to Do 28.05.2025 7:47 ↓

This was a fiction prompt with quite a few different directions...And since I didn't do a specific example when I wrote it way back, I did one here.

Ep. 329: Caught Off Guard by the Post Office Guy 21.05.2025 9:40 ↓

And there was this one time I got asked a couple questions by a clerk at the post office. Unexpected, but I learned a lot from it.

Ep. 328: The First Big One and Having to Imagine...the Snow? 14.05.2025 4:18 ↓

Snow is useful for quite a few different things, even if it's not the season for it...

Ep. 327: How Someone Else's Success Inspired This Triple F (in 2016) 07.05.2025 4:04 ↓

This is a bit of follow-up from last week, with a friend of a friend who landed a role in a movie. But with a different twist on it, to make it a writing prompt, of course.

Ep. 326 This Happened to a Friend of a Friend 30.04.2025 6:11 ↓

This is how I realized acting and writing (as well as other creative endeavors) have things in common on the marketing side (as well as the persistence side).

Ep. 325 (Metaphorically) Eating Your Pizza 23.04.2025 5:30 ↓

Because of course, the idea of goals is a bit too abstract for me at times.

Ep. 324: This Was the First Prompt of 2016 16.04.2025 6:19 ↓

Yep, what the title says...

Ep. 323: This Was It (in 2015) 09.04.2025 9:18 ↓

So in 2015, I did a year in review thing. I got some more and some less done than I thought...

Ep. 322: How the New Year's Slide Can Make You a Better Writer, Marketer, and Creative 02.04.2025 10:22 ↓

This one's about routine, pacing yourself, and knowing when and how to use your creative juice...

Ep. 321: Last Triple F of 2015 23.03.2025 5:32 ↓

And so the prompts in 2015 ended (and I needed to remember to write a different number at the end of the year when I wrote dates on stuff soon after).Which is where the idea for the prompt came from.

Ep. 320: A Bit More About That Relative From Last Episode... 19.03.2025 5:48 ↓

A bit more about the relative whose funeral I went to, since I didn't know much of his circumstances until after.

Ep. 319: A Military Funeral, Family Get Together, and a Bit of Traveling... 12.03.2025 6:00 ↓

This happened years ago, but the reasons I reflect on it still persist.

Ep. 318 First Triple F on My Own Steam In a While 05.03.2025 5:56 ↓

So we've moved on from the crossword clue prompts, and this was my first crack at going it on my own, back then.

Ep. 317 Two Top Copywriters and The Day I Realized I Was Going to Expire... 26.02.2025 7:38 ↓

***I do talk about end of life as a concept here, so be warned.***Otherwise, this is about a strategy I found useful to get creative stuff done, in the midst of also doing work for others. Since of course, there's always work to be done.

Ep. 316: Triple F Crossword Clues 20 19.02.2025 3:49 ↓

A barebones way to make a writing prompt in this case, but I think it works for what it is.

Ep. 315: Why I Try to Write Every Day 12.02.2025 5:30 ↓

It's a number of reasons, but they work for most or all creatively driven disciplines.