1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:05,720 This is MJ. I'm an author. I'm an artist. I'm an analyzer. You can find all my work at MJMunoz.com 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,620 Welcome to story over everything. This is a special bonus slash 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:17,540 Personal slash potentially unnumbered episode that I'm doing kind of mid-april. I think it's mid-april. I don't know 4 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:22,480 I'm not even gonna check the date. That's how uh, that's how casual we're gonna be on this episode. Yeah casual anyway 5 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:27,240 Like kamikaze 6 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:32,920 I who will get that? I don't like anybody if you do though, you know, let's talk. Let's talk anyway 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,600 so I 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,600 have 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,480 Been 10 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:41,480 reading or listening a lot and 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:47,520 I found an incredible series of books that is short and 12 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,720 is 13 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:59,120 It's worth and its substance has nothing to do with the page count or the length that it would take to read these books 14 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,760 or the length in of time in which they were 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,940 Which was utilized for them to be written. I I believe that's an accurate statement to make 16 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,880 And I won't tell you quite what that series is just yet. However, if you 17 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:19,120 Have been around for a few episodes. I've mentioned Tolkien and Lewis's work that being 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:24,440 Hobbit and Lord of the Rings and which could we just call the Lord of the Rings saga or something like that anyway 19 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,240 and 20 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,760 the 21 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,200 Chronicles of Narnia 22 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,960 I've also enjoyed some of Lewis's other work, but specifically that I mentioned those fantasy series 23 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:38,600 Which is interesting because I am NOT a fantasy author or a an aspiring 24 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,720 Fantasy author though. I do have at least one fantasy book in my head if it can be called fantasy 25 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,400 Which I could argue for yes anyway, I 26 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,400 I 27 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:56,360 have discovered a new series of books and it was actually brought to my attention by my eldest child and 28 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,560 She started on them and 29 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,480 Told me you're really gonna like these books and I 30 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,400 listened to the first one and I really liked it and I just it I've 31 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:13,720 I've just consumed these books in a very short amount of time because they're that good and it actually 32 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:18,760 inspired me to add a dimension to the story over everything feed and 33 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,800 and general 34 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,840 Podcast slash whatever else you want to call it and that is this 35 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:32,520 That not only will I track my progress as an author and artist and analyzer and Chronicle all those things in story over everything 36 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:39,760 I will actively talk about books that I am enjoying or have enjoyed or think are wonderful 37 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:45,440 And I don't quite yet know the scope of how I will handle the books 38 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,400 I had the idea to I actually stumbled across something while researching something 39 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:56,200 while reading or listening to I think the Hobbit years like two years ago that somebody had done a 40 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,400 chapter by chapter analysis and breakdown of 41 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,040 the Hobbit and I 42 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,680 love that idea I 43 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:11,800 I really love the idea of actually taking any book and doing a chapter by chapter review and then a 44 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:18,920 Whole review, you know an entire book review after the fact and that seems like a really fabulous project to endeavor on 45 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:21,120 I think for now though 46 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:28,160 I'll start off kind of wave one or phase one of my story over everything book reviews or book 47 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,680 discussions book chats, I'm gonna call him I guess and 48 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:36,080 Yeah, this is a story over everything book chat today. We're talking about 49 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:43,440 Anyway, I I do like the idea of that and I like the shape that's taking my mind that I can 50 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:49,920 Broadly cover a book not book a book of not do a book of the month club type thing just yet 51 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,120 I'll wait till I have you know more clout or more more something or other 52 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,240 I don't know and I don't know the pace yet at which I will cover 53 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,680 The many books that I'd like to discuss because I want to keep it reasonable for myself, but also 54 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,220 You know consistent so I'm not doing I mean maybe a book a month is a good idea and maybe I can have it be 55 00:04:08,220 --> 00:04:10,220 a bonus episode and 56 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,920 Or kind of well, no, I could it doesn't need to be a bonus 57 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,780 I can just replace all my episodes that would be fine because I don't want to yeah 58 00:04:17,780 --> 00:04:23,280 Actually, that might be a fine idea to do one a month. Hmm. Okay. So yeah, like I said, I'm going easy 59 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:29,040 On myself and I'm I'm actually making this part of what I'm doing. This is me 60 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:36,960 I'm I'm giving you an insight into my creative process and honestly a lot of the time I have to talk things out for myself 61 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,240 Thinking in my mind only gets me so far 62 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:46,360 verbalizing what I have to say or the ideas I have really helps me in fact, I have had several I 63 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,760 breakthrough is too strong of a word for the 64 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,200 The level the humble level of my writing at this point 65 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:59,680 But I've had several breakthroughs for lack of a better term while narrating to myself or just thinking stories out loud 66 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:05,360 In fact that happened earlier in the history of story over everything where I was trying to write a book plot out 67 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,360 Just a single book or maybe a whole novel series. I think or series of novels rather 68 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:11,280 by 69 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:15,320 Bullet point was the idea and I was what that meant was I was just kind of 70 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,520 Dictating to myself and recording it and saying oh what if I did this? What if I did that? 71 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,960 This is the issue I have with this character. This is an idea. I have how I like that work 72 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,200 I molded over they said oh, this is what I'll do and actually 73 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,280 It was more than that 74 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:29,400 I was able to 75 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:35,920 Think and and share my thoughts and kind of stream some of them out as they were coming and then as I wanted to pause 76 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:42,680 And develop them I would pause the recording let myself mull over it for a few minutes and then again go ahead and record it 77 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:43,600 so 78 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,880 This mixture of structured and unstructured 79 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:54,520 Production of of content is a something I favor actually and I 80 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:00,000 Don't really have a desire to hold them as two separate things since they're all part of the creative process for me 81 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 I kind of like to have them 82 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,920 I don't know held in like with each other because I value them equally and in fact 83 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,280 I don't think I could do what I do without 84 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,920 doing both 85 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,480 meticulously planning and plotting things out and also just shooting from the hip and 86 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,080 Yeah, I so 87 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,000 What does that mean? 88 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,480 As if to prove the point to myself or just to please myself 89 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:28,620 I am just coming back from pausing and reflecting on what I'm saying and what I want to do 90 00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:35,180 And I'm thinking I almost want to talk about one book at a time in a very broad 91 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:38,280 manner and 92 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:41,320 highlight key points from the book maybe the most 93 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,680 impactful or most enjoyable aspects of the book as well as 94 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:52,120 Try to sell anybody listening to me talk about this book on 95 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,140 The merits of the book without fully spoiling it 96 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:56,480 I might delve into some of the spoilers 97 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,940 But I'll try to avoid them as much as possible so that I can kind of tease and promote the book 98 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,840 Kind of work on that muscle of well 99 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:08,080 How can I make this book sound most appealing to people and maybe I'll even write that ahead of time 100 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,800 okay, I'm gonna spend time writing, you know for lack of a better word ad copy and 101 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:21,960 You know a promotional blurb type thing for the book to pitch it to people, you know today's listener of 2023 and beyond and 102 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:29,880 After I do that I can in a less structured way talk about the things that I enjoyed most in the book and also 103 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:36,760 Frame them or and then additionally to that discuss the 104 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,520 technique in the writing of the book that I find most appealing as a 105 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,880 reader so what did I enjoy that the author did and 106 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,440 as a writer 107 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:53,200 What do I enjoy that the author did that I feel like I could get away with doing as well because I think 108 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,840 that's a 109 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,080 wise thing to consider 110 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:04,500 Even if these books aren't all in the genre, I'm wanting to write because like I've said before I have no 111 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:06,100 No 112 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:09,980 Not that I have no interest in writing fantasy, but fantasy is not my primary 113 00:08:11,260 --> 00:08:13,260 Genre that I'd like to write in 114 00:08:13,780 --> 00:08:20,780 Unless you consider superhero X fantasy which I could see somebody forcing it to be if they were really wanted to be but you know 115 00:08:20,780 --> 00:08:24,480 I mean kind of the more epic fantasy sword and sorcery type thing 116 00:08:25,140 --> 00:08:27,140 Although I don't know is sword and sorcery 117 00:08:27,620 --> 00:08:31,940 Considered to be separate from fantasy because I have heard sort of and sorcery can 118 00:08:31,940 --> 00:08:39,940 Apply to things like the writings of Howard Conan and 119 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:45,820 Solomon Cain who I believe is called the Grey Pilgrim 120 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:51,700 But that that name or that title that Appalachian jumped into my mind before I could conjure the name 121 00:08:52,180 --> 00:08:54,180 Solomon Cain, but 122 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:56,420 anyway 123 00:08:56,420 --> 00:08:59,540 I've heard it referred to I've heard those things and probably 124 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:05,780 Princess of Mars or the Barsoom Saga by whoever that's by is that Kipling? That's not Kipling. That's uh, oh boy 125 00:09:06,660 --> 00:09:08,660 Well, I don't remember his name, but 126 00:09:09,180 --> 00:09:10,540 but 127 00:09:10,540 --> 00:09:12,540 Anyway, it doesn't matter 128 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:20,500 It's uh, you can find that out easily enough Barsoom or Princess of Mars John Carpenter's is the an athelic. That's the titular character 129 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:25,700 Of the story. She's the eponymous hero John Carpenter of Mars, etc. Etc 130 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:31,700 Anyway, so that's how she well anyway, like I said, it's immaterial for now. You can look it up 131 00:09:31,700 --> 00:09:35,500 I can look it up, but that's it's not a good time to do that. So I will just continue 132 00:09:36,220 --> 00:09:40,100 I heard sword and sorcery referred referring to those sorts of things not 133 00:09:40,860 --> 00:09:44,940 Lord of the Rings first for example, which contains literal swords and 134 00:09:45,540 --> 00:09:51,620 Much sorcery so I don't know why there's a distinction there or that's just a different way to say it or if it's because 135 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:55,820 sword and sorcery stories stand apart from your 136 00:09:56,540 --> 00:10:02,620 standard fantasy fare by perhaps having more gore more violence a different sort of edge to them 137 00:10:03,620 --> 00:10:05,620 because Solomon Cain 138 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:09,060 was written by Howard who was a fan of 139 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:12,300 HP Lovecraft who 140 00:10:13,060 --> 00:10:17,500 Specifically, I believe wanted to emphasize the actual 141 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:23,580 specifically, I believe wanted to emphasize the aspects of cosmic horror and 142 00:10:24,140 --> 00:10:28,060 the ineffable and the strange and the weird in its classic 143 00:10:28,820 --> 00:10:30,900 understanding or definition of the word and 144 00:10:31,580 --> 00:10:38,740 emphasize those factors as opposed to the wonder and the grandeur perhaps of a Tolkien's fantasy or 145 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:43,780 even something mythological like Arthurian legend or even 146 00:10:43,780 --> 00:10:48,460 No, I wouldn't say Robin Hood counts as fantasy at all. That's more like a period 147 00:10:49,180 --> 00:10:51,180 adventure story than anything else 148 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:54,260 anyway, so 149 00:10:54,780 --> 00:11:00,900 Yeah, like I said, I can try to pitch the books to you and 150 00:11:02,740 --> 00:11:10,380 Then go ahead and just specifically talk about what I enjoyed from the book both as a reader and as a writer and things 151 00:11:10,380 --> 00:11:12,220 that I would like 152 00:11:12,220 --> 00:11:16,220 to exploit as a writer and for my readers to enjoy from my writing as well and 153 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:19,740 That sounds like it's a pretty good 154 00:11:20,420 --> 00:11:22,420 setup for a 155 00:11:23,940 --> 00:11:31,340 Sub series on story over everything and I like the name of story over everything chats or 156 00:11:32,940 --> 00:11:40,340 The story over everything book chat book discussion something like that. I'll just be honest with you. I am a fan of chat GPT 157 00:11:40,340 --> 00:11:42,340 I have 158 00:11:42,340 --> 00:11:45,300 use of chat GPT 3 right now and 159 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:49,380 I will probably go ahead and throw a 160 00:11:49,980 --> 00:11:54,580 Prompt into it to come up with a suggestion for what these book discussions should be called 161 00:11:55,140 --> 00:11:57,420 Can you have a discussion if it's only one person? I don't know 162 00:11:57,420 --> 00:12:01,740 I don't think so so book chat it chats even it's a less formal thing 163 00:12:01,980 --> 00:12:07,860 But it almost more depends on a single person or rather on two people as opposed to a single person 164 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:13,640 So I'm not quite sure how to call that but I'll figure it out and I'll share those suggestions with you in fact 165 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,740 I am if you're looking at 166 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:23,140 the website at mgm news.com and seeing what other things I do and you've discovered it from story over everything being out there in a 167 00:12:23,860 --> 00:12:29,380 Podcatcher or whatever on YouTube or any other Odyssey any other video site 168 00:12:29,860 --> 00:12:36,180 Where you can find things like this and you're curious as to the different things I'm into and what I've used chat GPT 169 00:12:36,180 --> 00:12:41,420 chat GPT for I use it to find a name for a series of 170 00:12:42,860 --> 00:12:47,660 Podcasts let's just call them for the sake of argument that I'm doing right now where I'm recording an audiobook for something 171 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:54,260 That's of you know science fiction genre fiction for an anime actually where they're coming out with a book for it and 172 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,540 I ended up asking 173 00:12:56,980 --> 00:13:03,260 For a lot a lot of suggestions for what to call it, and I didn't end up using any of them specifically I you 174 00:13:03,260 --> 00:13:08,580 Reading through some of the key phrases. I came up with my own individual term 175 00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:15,400 So if that's anything to go by I may end up using an individual idea or name or title for this 176 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:22,660 You know book chat thing that I come up with on my own after having a back-and-forth with the the AI 177 00:13:23,660 --> 00:13:30,700 So anyway, that's those long diversion and that the thing is that it's Digimon Chronicles where I'm talking about the or where I'm reading 178 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:37,060 Actually the Digimon Seekers web novel that's being released on a weekly basis by I guess Toei Toei 179 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:41,740 Yeah, Toei who is the owner and operator of the Digimon? 180 00:13:44,380 --> 00:13:49,140 License so anyway and just another insight into me. Yeah, I like Lewis 181 00:13:49,140 --> 00:13:55,180 I like Tolkien, but I also like Digimon and I actually think Digimon has a very strong literary 182 00:13:55,180 --> 00:14:00,460 Not basis, so I mean no not basis, but like core to it 183 00:14:00,460 --> 00:14:03,340 And some of the stories are very fascinating and very well written 184 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:06,460 Even though it is a sort of monster of the week 185 00:14:06,460 --> 00:14:09,100 You know kids show meant to sell stuff 186 00:14:09,300 --> 00:14:15,500 but I kind of think I would argue that anybody who makes anything and puts it out there for people to 187 00:14:16,220 --> 00:14:21,020 Read watch listen to enjoy is selling something in one form or another 188 00:14:21,020 --> 00:14:27,580 Whether you're selling your ideology you're selling your books you're selling your comic book magazine or your superhero magazine 189 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:35,180 Or you're selling you know toys, so it's all kind of the same thing and I think story itself at its very core 190 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:37,820 is a device for selling something and 191 00:14:39,380 --> 00:14:44,180 You exchange the time and attention of your audience for the 192 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:50,260 The message that you're trying to put forth to them and like I said, that's what you're selling to them and 193 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:55,860 I don't think that's a bad thing at all because we sell our morals and our ethics and 194 00:14:56,460 --> 00:15:03,460 wisdom to our children the future you know our children our fellows and in future generations through the stories that we tell and there's 195 00:15:03,580 --> 00:15:05,420 nothing wrong with that and 196 00:15:05,420 --> 00:15:09,020 That's actually that idea that concept that I have of story 197 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:11,700 being such a powerful tool and 198 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:18,900 Being such a powerful mechanism and device is why I've called this show 199 00:15:19,940 --> 00:15:25,940 story over everything because I believe story is the most important thing the details the graphics the 200 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:31,220 You know there's a lot of little nuances that go into how well a story lands 201 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:36,980 But and there's you know many genre and many media that stories can be in 202 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:45,700 but to me what matters is how well the stories conveyed and that the story actually has something good and beautiful at its heart and its core and 203 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:53,580 I believe I'm very selective with the stories. I enjoy and that they only are the good and the beautiful. They're only the ones that have 204 00:15:55,180 --> 00:15:57,180 Something worthwhile in them 205 00:15:58,140 --> 00:16:03,020 Anyway, I've waxed philosophical after not meaning to for far too long 206 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:07,220 So I will go ahead and bid you adieu for now. This is MJ signing out. I 207 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:15,540 Hope you enjoyed that go to MJMunoz.com to leave any questions comments or other feedback you might have 208 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:19,620 There you can find all of my analysis art and fiction. I 209 00:16:20,260 --> 00:16:24,540 Cover books tokusatsu comic books anime and more 210 00:16:24,540 --> 00:16:33,220 Look around you're sure to find something else that you'll enjoy as well. This has been a story over everything production