Fiction and Copy Decoded

In this episode, I talk about a writing technique that drives me up the wall. Don't know if it's because I can't do it, or I think people who say they can do it are fooling themselves.

Do we always have to react negatively to something? Or react at all? I chat a little about that in this episode, which was about me being able to find a shovel after it hit 40 degrees above zero--in February.

In this episode, I chat about an essay contest I almost gave up on, and what I learned about my own writing quirks, the perils of creative freedom in fiction, and what I learned from the whole experience. If you're in the U.S., have a great Thanksgiving this week. I don't think anyone reads these notes, but if you do, I'll let you know that gratitude and serving others are great pick-me-ups and can be done any time.

In this episode, I chat about a time I tried to be funny and it didn't work. At all.

In this episode, I chat about similarities between the Olympics and American Idol (competition, training, and a lot more). And when I said "that's the point of it," I meant of this episode, not Idol or the Olympics.

In this episode, I chat a bit about the Olympics from about 5 years ago now, maybe a bit more. Plus my reaction to the end of Daylight Savings Time, and how I view sacrificing shows and more to get time to spend elsewhere.

Today, I chat about a bad-weather conundrum involving a furnace and how you can use it to better your writing (and characterization, too).

In this episode, I chat about the time my reading was interrupted by a small boy (and what I learned about business and life from it).

In this episode, I talk about an important question you can ask yourself that can change your life, if you follow it up with planning. It's good for business and life too, not to mention creating good characters. I also mention why I didn't ask myself this question very often.

In today's episode, I talk about a psychological phenomenon I recently heard and read about that made imposter syndrome make so much more sense, in a way. As well as explaining why/how people who are good at what they do sometimes aren't confident about it.

Sources:

Alexa Donne’s video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_9UBfHOlc Are You a Good Writer? How to Tell…

VeryWellMind's take in Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#targetText=In%20the%20field%20of%20psychology,recognize%20their%20lack%20of%20ability.