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What could happen in fiction if a character tried to purposely make a task harder? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

And I won't be trying to do that thing again if I can help it. Sometimes there's no frustration like experience. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Here's what I turned that touch-typing tutorial sentence into. I hope you enjoy it, and that your 2023 is a good one.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Some things I learned from a mystery coupon I got from an office supply chain. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I had new experiences going way back when, because I knew I needed to do this. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

A bit of fun with the idea of inheritance this time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This was the weirdest twist on confidentiality I'd ever seen. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I chat about a time I was thinking of too many things and hilarity ensued. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This was after a serious incident in my life, and I didn't want to stop my routine too much, so I picked a boring title and moved ahead with it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This episode is about death. But it was good for me to get my thoughts out about the person I mention here, as well as my thoughts in general about it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

I chat a bit about my favorite old movie in this one, and how it connects to basics and fundamentals of the craft (from my perspective at least). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

If the year always switched in the middle of the week, would it make your life and plans better or worse? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

Sometimes we make plans and things go in a different direction. For me way back in 2015, that was no exception. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support

This is about the end of my 2014, and also got me thinking about going into September 2022 as well.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiction-and-copy-decoded/support