Fiction and Copy Decoded

By Ty Mall

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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. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Episode Date
Ep. 280: Already It's Proven Itself Worthy
Apr 24, 2024
Ep. 279: What a Chunk of Downed Tree And Four Tree Removal Guys Can Teach You About Life And Writing…
Apr 17, 2024
Ep. 278 Triple F and a Special (Past) Announcment
Apr 10, 2024
Ep. 277: Green Penguins, the Fuss, and My Cousin...
Apr 03, 2024
Ep. 276: I Breathed a Sigh of Relief
Mar 20, 2024
Ep. 275 Last Two Weeks Were Pretty Weird (in 2015)
Mar 13, 2024
Ep. 274: Fireworks and Triple F!
Feb 21, 2024
Ep. 273: Progress or Just Being Idiotic?
Jan 24, 2024
Ep. 272: The Flooding's Over: What Mud Can Teach You about Writing
Jan 17, 2024
Ep. 271: Triple F and Crossword Clue #2
Jan 10, 2024
Ep. 270 My Big Three
Jan 03, 2024
Ep. 269: Looking Back at 2023
Dec 27, 2023
Ep. 268: Here's Something I'd Hoped Never to Experience Again, but Did
Dec 20, 2023
Ep. 267: My Wild Last Week (in 2015) That Only Started with Wet Socks
Dec 13, 2023
Ep. 266 The Triple F Strategy I've Been Preaching For (Almost) Years
Dec 06, 2023
Ep. 265: Writing (and Walking) Through Water and Life
Nov 29, 2023
Ep. 264: Wet Socks and Dry Papers
Nov 22, 2023
Ep. 263: Triple F and What Could Have Been, But Is Anyway
Nov 15, 2023
Ep. 262 What a Shocker, But Then Again, Not Really
Nov 08, 2023
Ep. 261: Another Post Made Me Think of Cats, Which Led To...
Nov 01, 2023
Ep. 260 My Week's Almost Done and I Have to Catch Up Recap
Oct 25, 2023
Ep. 259 One Not-So-Obvious Difference Between Men and Women
Oct 18, 2023
Ep. 258 Grilled Chicken and Triple F
Sep 27, 2023
Ep. 257: A Hundred, and Still Rocking It?
Sep 20, 2023
Ep. 256 A Smidge of My Weekend and a Memorial Day Thank-You
Sep 13, 2023
Ep. 255: Triple F and Pipes
Sep 06, 2023
Ep. 254: My Promised Post about Pipe and Plumbing
Aug 30, 2023
Ep. 253: Wedding 3 of 3, a (Previous) Weekend, and Cows
Aug 16, 2023
Ep. 252 Triple F and My Hacking
Aug 02, 2023
Ep. 251 And Then They Locked Me In
Jul 26, 2023
Ep. 250 Comics? Crosswords? Heck No, I Was Thinking about This
Jul 19, 2023
Ep. 249 Triple F and an Early Well Wish
Jul 12, 2023
Ep. 248 My Weekend and a (Previous) Wedding Two
Jul 05, 2023
Ep. 247 How a Wedding Inspired Triple F
Jun 28, 2023
Ep. 246 Always Bring Your Instrument or Your Sword
Jun 21, 2023
Ep. 245 My Weekend and a Previous/Not-My Wedding
Jun 14, 2023
Ep. 244: My Computer Desert and the $5.80 that Opened New Doors
Jun 07, 2023
Ep. 243: I Nearly Forgot It Was April Fools' Day
May 31, 2023
Ep. 242 Things Got Turned Around, and Triple F
May 24, 2023
Ep. 241: I Thought This Was Over but I Was Wrong
May 17, 2023
Ep. 240: Cleaning, Green Carpet, and Triple F
May 10, 2023
Ep. 239: 24 Reruns Wrapped Around: Here's How That Makes You a Better Writer
May 03, 2023
Ep. 238: A Character, Their Mud, and Triple F
Apr 26, 2023
Ep. 237 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do?
Apr 19, 2023
Ep. 236 Spring Ahead Plus Warm Weather Equals This
Apr 05, 2023
Ep. 235 Triple F and a Cat
Mar 29, 2023
Ep. 234 My Take on Creating Universes and Editing
Mar 22, 2023
Ep. 233 Target, Starbucks, Accidental Snooping, and Kelly Osbourne
Mar 15, 2023
Ep. 232 Missing a Letter, and Tripe F...
Mar 08, 2023
Ep. 231: The Package I (Almost) Cried Over
Mar 01, 2023
Ep. 230 Are You Like Your Characters or Prospects?
Feb 22, 2023
Ep. 229 Super Bowl LVII Commercials for a Bit Longer
Feb 15, 2023
Ep. 228 A More Difficult Triple F
Feb 08, 2023
Ep. 227 I Thought This Was Inexcusable, Until I Tried It
Feb 01, 2023
Ep. 226 The Most Frightening Email I Ever Got
Jan 25, 2023
Ep. 225: A Comic Strip Prompted Their Readers Too, and Triple F
Jan 18, 2023
Ep. 224 Back from an Unplanned Past Internet Hiatus
Jan 11, 2023
Ep. 223 Foxes, Dogs, and Triple F
Jan 04, 2023
Ep. 222 That One Fast Week in 2015
Dec 28, 2022
Ep. 221 Sometimes You Have to Leave Things Out
Dec 21, 2022
Ep. 220 Super Busy Triple F
Dec 14, 2022
Ep. 219 The Great Staples Coupon
Dec 07, 2022
Ep. 218 Some Things I Had Going to Keep Things Flowing
Nov 30, 2022
Ep. 217 Where There's a Will, There's Triple F
Nov 23, 2022
Ep. 216 My Own Version of Burn After Reading...Sort Of
Nov 16, 2022
Ep. 215 I Flushed It and I Wasn't Supposed To
Nov 09, 2022
Ep. 214 The Prompt with a Boring Title
Nov 02, 2022
Ep. 213 I Almost Skipped This, but I'll Do It Anyway
Oct 05, 2022
Ep. 212 Definitely Not the Blogger Who Came to Dinner...
Sep 21, 2022
The Year-Switching Prompt
Sep 14, 2022
Ep. 210 What I Planned to Do in 2015
Sep 07, 2022
Ep. 209 At the End of 2014, I Wrote about This...Here's Why
Aug 31, 2022
Ep. 208 Something Commonplace Nowadays that Wasn't Always, at Least for Me
Aug 24, 2022
Ep. 207 Triple F and the Power of Suggestion
Aug 17, 2022
Ep. 206 Something My Mom Told Me a Long Time Ago
Aug 10, 2022
Ep. 205 Speed Plus a Writer Plus Shake Well Equaled a Prompt
Aug 03, 2022
Ep. 204 How I Tripped Myself Up Using an Amazon App
Jul 27, 2022
Ep. 203 Smartphones and Getting More Eyeballs
Jul 20, 2022
Ep. 202 How a Friend Inspired Me to Switch Up Spiderman
Jul 13, 2022
Ep. 201: Abe Lincoln, an Old Phone, and a Simple Solution
Jul 06, 2022
Ep. 200 This May Sound Cheesy but I'll Say It Anyway
Jun 29, 2022
Ep. 199 Fan Pull Chains and Taking Advice
Jun 22, 2022
Ep. 198: You, Younger and Smarter? A Prompt
Jun 15, 2022
Ep. 197 An Ezine that Inspired Me Disappeared a Long Time Ago
Jun 08, 2022
Ep. 196: Regular or Smoked? Some Thoughts on Repurposing
Jun 01, 2022
Ep. 195 Turkey Day and Triple F
May 25, 2022
Ep. 194 How to (almost) Fail a Blog Launch
May 18, 2022
Ep. 193 Using Jobs to Create Prompts
May 11, 2022
Ep. 192 Tailors, Writers, and Other Creators All Do This
May 04, 2022
Ep. 191 That Time I Froze My Sweatpants
Apr 27, 2022
Ep. 190: Can I Take Your Ticket?
Apr 20, 2022
Ep. 189: Almost Getting Fooled, and a Strange Fake Toy
Apr 13, 2022
Ep. 188 Fun and Concerts
Apr 06, 2022
Ep. 187 The Other Side Tells a Different Story: That Prompt about the Lorax
Mar 30, 2022
Ep. 186 Bonding with a Prospect Over Daylight Savings Time
Mar 23, 2022
Ep. 185 My Thoughts on The Lorax Movie
Mar 16, 2022
Ep. 184 Culligan and Zombies
Mar 09, 2022
Ep. 183 The Vacation Plumbing Mishap and Customer Service
Mar 02, 2022
Ep. 182 A Prompt Based on My Own Experience
Feb 23, 2022
Ep. 181 Super Bowl LVI Commercial Wrap Up
Feb 16, 2022
Ep. 180 I Had to Learn New Skills after This
Feb 09, 2022
Ep. 179 Water Filters and Your Future?
Feb 02, 2022
Ep. 178 The Upside-Down Prompt
Jan 26, 2022
Ep. 177 My Superpower (Maybe You Have It Too)
Jan 19, 2022
Ep. 176: Things I'd Learned During 2014
Jan 12, 2022
Ep. 175 The Prompt about Snack Food
Jan 05, 2022
Ep. 174 Important Things I Discovered I'm Taking with Me into 2022
Dec 29, 2021
Ep. 173 That Time I Wrote about a Dog's Journey Doing Their Business
Dec 22, 2021
Ep. 172 A Depressed Dog and Your Writing
Dec 15, 2021
Ep. 171 Writing about Something Fictional that Happened, and then Didn't
Dec 08, 2021
Ep. 170 How I Became a Business Editor and Why It Doesn't Matter
Dec 01, 2021
Ep. 169: What Gotham Taught Me about Being a Writer, Plus a Thank You
Nov 24, 2021
Ep. 168 Those Little Things We Use Every Day, and Triple F
Nov 17, 2021
Episode 167: Dropbox + Snickers = ???
Nov 10, 2021
Ep. 166 Cold Weather and Creative Endeavors
Nov 03, 2021
Episode 165: Writing about Something Simple
Oct 27, 2021
Ep. 164: My Cousin's Old Gaming Console
Oct 20, 2021
Ep. 163 Me, a Chicken Sandwich, and USP
Oct 13, 2021
Ep. 162 Losing a Fight
Oct 06, 2021
Ep. 161 A Bit about My Parents
Sep 15, 2021
Ep. 160 My Cousin, That Couch, and a Marketing Lesson
Sep 08, 2021
Episode 159: Moving Day and Falling Skies
Sep 01, 2021
Ep. 158 The Four Word Prompt
Aug 25, 2021
Ep. 157 A Game a Lot of People Play but Don't Like
Aug 18, 2021
Ep. 156 My Cousin's Couch
Aug 11, 2021
Ep. 155 The Prompt about a Pencil
Aug 04, 2021
Ep. 154 How My 4th Grade Teacher Helped Me in Business
Jul 28, 2021
Ep. 153 How a Conductor Almost Knocked Me Out of My Socks
Jul 21, 2021
Ep. 152 The Prompt I Did the Week Robin Williams Passed
Jul 14, 2021
Ep. 151 No-Contest Popularity Battle, or Why Megan Fox Supplanted Sunday Comics
Jul 07, 2021
Ep. 150 Veggies on the Side of the Road
Jun 23, 2021
Episode 149: Trends and Triple F
Jun 16, 2021
Ep. 148 World Building and Business Building
Jun 09, 2021
Ep. 147 Why I Put My Blog in a Nutshell
Jun 02, 2021
Ep. 146: The Prompt I Set Up after the Sharks
May 26, 2021
Ep. 145 Flooding and Flying Sharks
May 19, 2021
Ep. 144 How Being a Total Idiot Sometimes Pays Off
May 12, 2021
Ep. 143: Secrets about You
May 05, 2021
Ep. 142 Using Other Peoples' Brains to Boost Your Skill (in a Way)
Apr 28, 2021
Ep. 141 Seeing How the Other Half Lives
Apr 21, 2021
Ep. 140: Life Coach Expands My Brain
Apr 14, 2021
Ep. 139 Done, but Only for Now.
Apr 07, 2021
Ep. 138 I Missed Prompts for a Month, So I Did This
Mar 24, 2021
Ep. 137 My Third Session Leading an RPG Game
Mar 17, 2021
Episode 136: I Made a Bit of a Mess
Mar 10, 2021
Episode 135: Mistaken Identity and a Call from the Vet
Mar 03, 2021
Episode 134: It Started with a Prompt about Milk
Feb 24, 2021
Ep. 133 Consequences and Discoveries from My Second Session as a GM
Feb 17, 2021
Ep. 132: The Super Bowl LV Stuff I Didn't Mention Yet
Feb 10, 2021
Ep. 131 The Super Short Memorial Day Post of 2014
Feb 03, 2021
Episode 130: The Idol Finale Way Back When, and a Prompt
Jan 27, 2021
Ep. 129: The Aftermath of My First Campaign Session
Jan 20, 2021
Ep. 128 A Few More Random Thoughts before My First Session
Jan 13, 2021
Episode 127 A Few More Thoughts on Being a Newbie GM
Jan 06, 2021
Episode 126: My Thoughts and Ideas about Leading a Roleplaying Session for the First Time
Dec 30, 2020
Episode 125: Dealing with Things Getting Switched Up
Dec 23, 2020
Ep. 124 Predictions, Calm Friend Prompt, and Speculation
Dec 16, 2020
Episode 123: Using the End of the TV Season to Power Your Writing
Dec 09, 2020
Episode 122: Things I Learned from a Bunch of Spiderpeople
Dec 02, 2020
Ep. 121 When It All Began, and Thank You
Nov 25, 2020
Episode 120: My Failed Talent Show Prediction and an Early Prompt
Nov 18, 2020
Episode 119: The Science Fiction Race I Only Mentioned Once
Nov 11, 2020
Episode 118 How Jack Bauer Can Improve Your Writing
Nov 04, 2020
Ep. 117 The First Time I Wasn't Where I Wanted to Be
Oct 28, 2020
Episode 116 Writing and the Lawn
Oct 21, 2020
Episode 115: My First Prompt
Oct 14, 2020
Ep. 114 Spring Cleaning Anytime?
Sep 30, 2020
Ep. 113: Finding Value in Routine and Small Accomplishments
Sep 23, 2020
Ep. 112 How and Why I Try to Jazz Up Mundane Experiences
Sep 16, 2020
Ep. 111 Fitting Everything In
Sep 09, 2020
Ep. 110: Wrigley and Shakespeare Equal Inspiration
Sep 02, 2020
Ep. 109: Use These, Whether You're a Writer or Not
Aug 26, 2020
Ep. 108 Notebooks...Notebooks Everywhere
Aug 19, 2020
Ep. 107 I Didn't Know What I'd Write that Day Until I Read This
Aug 12, 2020
Ep. 106 Slow It Down
Aug 05, 2020
Episode 105: My Thumb Drive Sort of Ate My Homework, In a Way
Jul 29, 2020
Ep. 104: Anatomy of a Letdown, Plus a Special Announcement
Jul 22, 2020
Ep. 103 Wrapping Up the Biz Card Saga
Jul 15, 2020
Ep. 102: When I Got Confused by a Business Card
Jul 08, 2020
Episode 101: A New Month, Veggies, and This
Jul 01, 2020
Ep. 100 Not a Great Oration, but I Hope You Enjoy It Anyway
Jun 24, 2020
Episode 99: A Phone Call Made Me Grateful
Jun 17, 2020
Episode 98: Sparring with Friends and Learning about Business Much Later
Jun 10, 2020
Episode 97: How to Combat Long Wait Times
Jun 03, 2020
Episode 96: A Personal Update, and Here's Why I Would and Wouldn't Go Back
May 27, 2020
Episode 95: A Simple Question that Leads Almost Everywhere...
May 20, 2020
Episode 94: City of Bones, Hunger Games, Trends, and You?
May 13, 2020
A Northwestern Student's Daring Idea Led to This
May 06, 2020
Ep. 92 Spark Your Creativity with Superheroes
Apr 29, 2020
I Found a Shovel and a Truth about Myself and Circumstances
Apr 22, 2020
Episode 90: How the Seasons Can Make You a Better Writer
Apr 08, 2020
The Many Faces of Conflict, or What's Your Problem...
Apr 01, 2020
That Time I Checked In, Well, I'm Doing It Again.
Mar 25, 2020
Use These Nine Words to Boost Your Productivity
Mar 18, 2020
Episode 86: To Start Being More Productive, Stop Doing This Today
Mar 11, 2020
What My Dislike of Daylight Savings Time Can Teach You about Business
Mar 04, 2020
You Don't Have to Wait for Something Like This to Make Plans
Feb 26, 2020
The Value of Another Look
Feb 19, 2020
The Fiction Writer's Version of a Leg Up
Feb 12, 2020
Episode 81: The Rest of My Super Bowl LIV Commercial Commentary
Feb 05, 2020
Episode 80: That Time I Got Help I Didn't Expect
Jan 29, 2020
Episode 79: This One Time I Was Up at Three in the Morning Because of a Scary Noise
Jan 22, 2020
Episode 78: Lessons from Spending 54 Cents (Twice)
Jan 15, 2020
Episode 77: I've Been Away from This, and Reading about It Made Me Laugh
Jan 08, 2020
Episode 76: A Motivational Kick to Start 2020
Jan 01, 2020
Episode 75: Many Options Lead to Wild Weeks
Dec 18, 2019
Episode 74: This Technique Drives Me Nuts
Dec 11, 2019
Episode 73: What a Lost Shovel Taught Me about Circumstances and Happiness
Dec 04, 2019
Episode 72 I Say I'm Not an Eleventh-Hour Guy, and then This Happened
Nov 27, 2019
Episode 71: One of the Times I Tripped Over My Tongue on Facebook
Nov 20, 2019
Episode 70: That Time I Compared the Olympics and American Idol
Nov 13, 2019
Episode 69: Why Serialized Episodes May Not be a Good Idea
Nov 06, 2019
Episode 68: These Two Things Hadn't Happened Before, Up Until This Point
Oct 30, 2019
Episode 67: What I Learned about Planning from a Toddler in Walmart
Oct 23, 2019
Episode 66: One of Life's Most Important Questions
Oct 16, 2019
Episode 65: Crippled By Self-Doubt and Imposter Syndrome? Maybe This Is Why...
Oct 09, 2019
Episode 64: He Didn't Give Up, and My 2014 Super Bowl Wrap-Up
Oct 02, 2019
Episode 63: Yes These Can Make a Good Story
Sep 25, 2019
Episode 62: That Time I Got Confused by a Super Bowl Commercial
Sep 11, 2019
Episode 61: Commercials, Movie Characters in Planes, and an Announcement
Sep 04, 2019
Episode 60: This Particular Sunday Was Awesome
Aug 28, 2019
Episode 59: Of the Ends of Months, Goals, and This Yearly Event
Aug 21, 2019
Episode 58: Here's Why One Emoticon Sent Me into a Tailspin
Aug 14, 2019
Episode 57: This Simple Request Got My Wheels Turning
Aug 07, 2019
Episode 56: Snacks in Business
Jul 30, 2019
Episode 55: How Getting into Copywriting Helped Me Submit Fiction
Jul 24, 2019
Episode 54: These Robots Invaded My Life and Are Here to Stay
Jul 17, 2019
Episode 53: How Justin Bieber Can Punch Up Your Fiction, Copy, and Other Writing Too
Jul 10, 2019
Episode 52: After Doing This 16 Times, a Productivity Tip Finally Clicked for Me
Jul 03, 2019
Episode 51 How Spanish TV Strengthened My Writing Perspective
Jun 26, 2019
Episode 50 Using the Sunday Paper to Your Advantage
Jun 19, 2019
Episode 49: Food for Thought
Jun 12, 2019
Episode 48: In Fiction, You'll Need Both of These
Jun 05, 2019
Episode 47: Of Course You Need Both--Features and Benefits
May 29, 2019
Episode 46: What I've Discovered from Dungeons and Dragons so Far
May 22, 2019
Episode 45: Car Commercials, Humor, and Better Writing?
May 15, 2019
Episode 44: Yes, I Did Write This about Brains and Writing
May 08, 2019
Episode 43: What a Disney Movie Taught Me about Conflict
May 01, 2019
Episode 42: Snow Is a Four Letter Word: What a Bad Storm Taught Me about Writing
Apr 24, 2019
Episode 41: Those Times I Got Scared by a Funny Movie
Apr 17, 2019
Ep. 40 Fiction Can Use This, But Copy Can Too
Apr 10, 2019
Episode 38: The Mystery of I.I.T.I.
Mar 20, 2019
Fiction's Third Piece
Mar 13, 2019
Pens, Goals, and You
Mar 06, 2019
Pizza and Goals...No Eating Required
Feb 27, 2019
Another Voice on Fiction and Copy Decoded?
Feb 13, 2019
More Super Bowl Analysis (The Commercials, That Is)
Feb 06, 2019
Here's How Ideas About Weather Could Have Helped My Plans 5 Years Ago
Jan 30, 2019
On the Last Day of 2013, I Mentioned This Fairytale. Here's Why
Jan 23, 2019
Here's What I Said at the End of 2013
Jan 16, 2019
That Time Spending Money Scared Me a Little...
Jan 09, 2019
Goofy and the Dual Nature of Copywriters
Jan 02, 2019
What a Cartoon Duck Can Teach You about Fiction and Email
Dec 26, 2018
A Well-Known Mouse Taught Me Some Things...
Dec 19, 2018
Episode 25: Target Ads, World-Building, and Avid Fans
Dec 12, 2018
Episode 24: How a Grade-School Activity Can Improve Your Fiction and Copy
Dec 05, 2018
Episode 23: Why I Think Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories Are the Best
Nov 28, 2018
Episode 22: Avoid Flat, Roadkill Emails with This...
Nov 21, 2018
Episode 21: Fiction Writers Can Do This, but Copywriters Can't (Mostly)
Nov 14, 2018
Episode 20: There's Piercing, but Nothing Physically Gets Hurt
Nov 07, 2018
Episode 19: This Means Nothing, and yet Everything
Oct 31, 2018
Episode 18: It Didn't Go Like I Planned, or How Not to Do Character Backstory in D&D
Oct 24, 2018
Episode 17: A Four-Letter Word that May Not Have to Be That Way
Oct 17, 2018
Episode 16: Why Do We Have to Choose?
Oct 10, 2018
Episode 15: The Five Letter Key to the Kingdom
Sep 19, 2018
Episode 14: Okay, Here It Is
Sep 05, 2018
Episode 13: Sometimes Copywriters Ignore This, to Their Peril...
Aug 29, 2018
Episode 12: Fairy Tale Flashback
Aug 22, 2018
Episode 11: Further Musings on "Say What?"
Aug 15, 2018
Episode 10: How My Biggest Quirk Can Help Your Writing
Aug 08, 2018
Episode 9: An RPG Quest, Backstory, and Characterization
Aug 01, 2018
Episode 8: Fires, SEO, and Your Writing?
Jul 25, 2018
Ep. 7 How Traffic, Weather, and Sports Commentators Can Make You a Better Writer
Jul 18, 2018
Ep. 6 How an Australian Lady (Gently) Slapped Me in the Back of the Head
Jul 11, 2018
Ep. 5 A Few Thoughts on How July 4th Can Impact Your Fiction and Copy
Jul 04, 2018
Ep. 4 Know Your Limits...Or How My Mechanical Mishap Can Make You a Better Writer
Jun 27, 2018
Episode 3 How to Get Ideas--and Why "Opening Up" Sometimes Isn't Enough
Jun 20, 2018
Ep. 2 Between the Chaos, Explained...
Jun 13, 2018
Can These Two Pages Fiction Writers Use Increase Your Copywriting Dough?
Jun 06, 2018