Fiction and Copy Decoded

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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

Yep, what the title says...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

***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.

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

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

This one's about a fictional character (or another character) and a real type of amphibian (I think that's what this creature's called).

This is about me, a bit about Canada, and some about Australia too...

Another one from crossword land this week. Hope you enjoy it.

This day comes around once a year, and I forgot it's come around quite a bit more than I realized...

This is about ducks, at least in part...

**While there's no explicit content here, I DO mention anxiety a little bit.** Otherwise, this is about perfecting my craft, and how some of that happened, especially with expectations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Another prompt this week, about a former president and a place I don't think he could have visited... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So I'd forgotten I made so many prompts in a row with crossword puzzles... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A bit of a crossword puzzle prompt today, as well as a bit on writing fiction involving characters who aren't human. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A little story about a hard-luck French explorer and ways you can benefit (beyond history and a good story). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

All of that stuff about the only constant being change is great for creatives, it turns out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Another crossword clue blast from the past this week... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So yeah, this is about a mix-up that I had had, or put another way, the biggest lapse in attention I ever had. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So I didn't get done what I thought I would, at least that week... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I thought I would do something unexpected, a bit, for this episode. Here it is. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I've taken time away from work before, of course, but this time I thought a bit about what it meant to me, and to the rest of my life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This prompt I did change, since I pretty much had to, to be safe. But I hope you still enjoy it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

He's cool like that, and this also works in fiction and business too. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This one's another in the crossword clue series for fiction prompts--this time about a curious computer program (partially). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

In a creative field you get training every day, if you're open to it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Not a lot to go on here, but that's what makes it fun sometimes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

So I could have handled this a bit better, or should have if I wanted to help them out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This one's about a script... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This was a hard piece of advice to take, but it doesn't make it less true. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Another fiction prompt gem that I hope will give you a laugh. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

One time I got stuck on implementation--has this ever happened to you? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A lot of pasta in this one... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Much of the creator's inspiration and other turns of events come from this one thing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Another prompt based on a couple crossword clues (and birds!) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

It's less direct than "don't call us, we'll call you," but I did learn quite a bit from it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Here's another one about crossword clues, one is a mode of transportation for small life forms. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Not always contempt, at least, not at the beginning... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

The episode about one of the times I bought an editing book... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Some more riffing with crossword clues. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

More comments on my departure from the Dark Ages (at least as far as internet was concerned). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support