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Are there any books with hunters as heroes? I'm not sure. When I think hunter, I think of a man with a gun. Island of the Blue Dolphins features the heroine hunting and killing animals and it reads as good to me.Original Post - https://mjmunoz.com/2022/11/01/soe-5-what-makes-a-hunter-heroic/Home - https://mjmunoz.com/Support - https://mjmunoz.com/support/Flote - https://flote.app/user/mjmunozTwitter - https://twitter.com/MJ_ScribeTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mjmunozaaa

My Live Writing Prompt this session will be: What Makes a Dark Hero Shine?Full Show Notes - https://mjmunoz.com/2022/10/21/soe-004-dark-hero-anti-hero/MentionedGuyver 2: Dark Hero - Sean BarkerGuyver - Guyver III, Agito MakashimaTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - RaphaelMegaman - ProtomanGatchaman/Battle of the Planets - Mark, IIRCDigimon - Matt; Ken; Rika; Koji and KoichiYu Yu Hakusho - Yosuke UrameshiBurn Notice - Michael WestenArmy of Darkness - AshSpider-Man - Peter ParkerBuffy, then Angel - Angel and SpikeKamen Rider - Takeshi HongoKamen Rider Black - Minami KotaroKamen Rider Kiva - Wataru Kurenai and Otoya KurenaiSkull Man - Skull Man, Tatsuo KaguraThe Hobbit - Bilbo BagginsBible - SamsonHome - https://mjmunoz.com/ Support - https://mjmunoz.com/support/Flote - https://flote.app/user/mjmunozTwitter - https://twitter.com/MJ_ScribeTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mjmunozaaa

FULL SHOW NOTES WIPWhat is the status of my current projects: progress made, length of time on the backburner?ActiveGrobug Series – 5 Books PlannedManuscript Completed: Books 1 and 2Drafts Completed: 0Drafts to Start: Books 3-5Outlines Started: Book 3, sort of. I have one outline paragraph written for the book.Outlines to Start: Books 4 and 5.Next Action from 10-07-22: make text descriptions and thumbnail sketched for all 32 pages. 1 week late.Actions Taken by 10-14-22: I finished all my text descriptions. It was actually a lot of fun to do. It took about 2 sessions. I wonder how long the others will take?Next Actions: make sketches for Grobug Book 1.Follow-Up-Research Crowdfunding-Make Crowdfunding Proposal-Send to artist-Negotiate Rates and TermsBack BurnerMTM – Breastfeeding Book for big brothers and sisters. (3 Weeks)MTM – Next actions to publish: make text descriptions and thumbnail sketched for all 32 pages (3 Weeks)Fantasy Dragon Book – Manuscript may need revision. On hold.Fabula Ex MachinaPart brainstorm, part drafting out loud.Prompt: When Can You Break the Rules?Listen to the episode to hear the straining of the creative process.10-14-2022497 Words10 MinutesThey say that rules are meant to be broken, but they aren’t. If everybody broke the rules, that would be bad. Imagine coming to an intersection and everybody runs the red lights: people would be smashing into each other, people would be getting into accidents, their cars would be getting ruined, people would be dying. It would be really bad! Think about if everybody at their job, didn’t follow the rules. If rules are meant to be broken, then farmers would plant at the wrong time and plants wouldn’t come out the way they are supposed to and we would all starve to death! Following the rules is a good thing and it it something that we should do because when you follow the rule, yo know exactly what results you are going to get. Sometimes though, you have to break the rules. The thing is, you have to know when you can break the rules. Right now I am in a situation where I am in big trouble and if I follow the rules I could be in bigger trouble. So I am thinking, is this the right time to do the wrong thing? And if it is the right time to do the wrong thing because it will save someone’s life, then does that mean that it is really the right thing to do after all?I don’t really know. I am just a kid, I don’t know how to answer that kind of question, but I do know one thing: I know that if I do this right now, I can save somebody’s life and that is more important to me than following some rule, so that is what I am going to do. There is just one little problem that I haven’t thought about until now. If I go into the lab to get the tools I am going to need to get to do this, I am going to have to either sneak by everybody, lie to them, or find some way… I can’t hurt them, I am not strong enough. Maybe I can find a way to distract them all with a diversion so I can go in there and get what I need.Uuhhhh. It will all be OK. As long as everything goes perfectly. How hard can that be, right?

Full Show NotesWIPWhat is the status of my current projects: progress made, length of time on the backburner?ActiveGrobug Series – 5 Books PlannedManuscript Completed: Books 1 and 2Drafts Completed: 0Drafts to Start: Books 3-5Outlines Started: Book 3, sort of. I have one outline paragraph written for the book.Outlines to Start: Books 4 and 5.Next Action from 09-27-22 : make text descriptions and thumbnail sketched for all 32 pages.Actions Taken by 10-07-22: I made a copy of the text document and formatted it for the descriptions and sketchesNext Actions: make descriptions and sketches for Grobug Book 1.Follow-UpResearch CrowdfundingMake Crowdfunding ProposalSend to artistNegotiate Rates and TermsBack BurnerMTM – Breastfeeding Book for big brothers and sisters. (2 Weeks)MTM – Next actions to publish: make text descriptions and thumbnail sketched for all 32 pages (2 Weeks)Fantasy Dragon Book – Manuscript may need revision. On hold.Lessons LearnedWhat did I learn from the world of story this week?I need to learn to be a funny writer. It seems like Inoue treats writing like a game in some ways. He plays with the structure of the show, the characters and the situations in such a way that it is entertaining, even when it isn’t serious or important. The fact is: this is fiction and while stories matter, the only ones that count are the ones that stick with you. I think all the fun I have had with Donbrothers will cause it to stick in my mind for a long time. [Donbros 31]Is it artistic integrity to do something you want to do as the author even if the audience will think it is dumb? Maybe, it is definitely gutsy, and I do admire that. In other words, be bold and make choices you like, even if some of our audience will balk at them. [Fuuto PI 10]Make sure your cast and setting match each other well. The author is in control and can right size the elements so they all flow well. You have to make choices and stick to them, even if it is hard. [Geats 05]Fabula Ex MachinaPart brainstorm, part drafting out loud.Prompt: Make a Creation story for my Super Hero universe.Approach it with the question, what was before dark?Listen to the episode to hear the straining of the creative process.10-09-2022 – Before the Dark89 Words5 MinutesMentionedThe BibleThe “Bet” at the start of the Torah ScrollMasculine and Feminine traits of the DivinePhysicsConservation of Matter and EnergyShotaro Ishinomori

Show NotesRSS Feed | Podcast Index | Spotify | Amazon Music | Samsung Podcasts | Listen NotesApple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pandora | Tune In | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | DeezerIntroductionI am MJ Muñoz. I am an aspiring author who dabbles in drawing and can’t seem to stop analyzing the world around me. I am passionate about good stories. My taste is eclectic, but the stories I love are probably tied together by the human journey of overcoming the self. Cool fights help, too.MJMUNOZ.COM is the place for all my work. I post my analysis, art and fiction here. Story Over Everything is a production log and development journal of sorts to give you an insight into my creative process and spurn me on to write more and finish ongoing projects. The audio and video can be found here on MJMunoz.comBackgroundI am a self taught writer. I am a Junior College dropout and I work for a small business in Southern California. I have a beautiful wife and family and much of my time goes into them. My faith is a foundational part of my life and very much informs my political perspectives and my writing. I recently described my massive “Holy Heroes” project as a combination of The Chronicles of Narnia and Marvel Comics. Super Heroes, shonen anime, tokusatsu and the best of Star Wars are my major fictional influences. I think all that woven together by the Bible will make for some amazing stories and I want to share them with the world.InvitationPlease join me every week for a fresh new edition of Story Over Everything, the chronicles of an author, artist and analyzer. SOE will alternate focus each episode.Skimming Leaves is a sort of book of the month feature, where I will be discussing a book. I will let folks now what book is coming up and provide links to it and then give everyone a chance to read it before I share my thoughts and feelings on it.Story Machine episodes will feature me sharing an idea, you could call it a story prompt if you want and then sharing my progress on the books I am currently writing.The Workshop will allow me to dedicate time to learning myself some writing craft and share it with you.Topical episodes will give me a chance to focus on one or more topics in Writing that have caught my attention.ExpectationsFull disclosure, this is an re-introduction.SOE 1, went off the rails, clocking in at about 50 minutes and sprawling beyond the scope of the segments of the old format of the show.SOE 2-7 follow the same format as SOE 1 more or less, but from SOE 8 on, the show is different. In fact it was not until SOE 14 that I really found my footing and figured out exactly what I want SOE to look like. This is a production log after all, so I will keep things as they are, except the intro, which I plan to update as the need arises.As I love a wide range of stories, I encourage you to look around and see the various media I have analyzed and see if any of it sparks your interest.

Full Show Notes at MJMunozWIPWhat is the status of my current projects: progress made, length of time on the backburner?ActiveGrobug Series – Next actions to publish: make text descriptions and thumbnail sketched for all 32 pages. I think I am on the 4th draft of the manuscriptBack BurnerMTM – Breastfeeding Book for big brothers and sistersMTM –Next actions to publish: make text descriptions and thumbnail sketched for all 32 pagesFantasy Dragon Book – Manuscript may need revision. On holdCompleted WorksWhat did I accomplish this week as a storyteller?No writing this weekNo drawings this weekI analyzed the following shows:Avataro Sentai Donbrothers 30 Analysis – Is This Show Stupid or Brilliant? |SSS 030Fuuto PI 09 Analysis – Can a Broken Memory Work? |HB09Kamen Rider Geats 04 Analysis – When Does Failure Start?Lessons LearnedWhat did I learn from the world of story this week?Do not tie yourself so tightly to the format of your genre that it becomes stifling. Entertainment is more important than form. At least they need to be balanced. [Fuuto PI 09]As long as the message is naturally coming from the setting, characters and plot, even a cheesy message like “you have to give it your all in life” can come off as relevant, cool and a little inspiring. Takahashi used a battle royale, a nihilistic young man and a young woman being abused by her mother to convey that [Geats 04]Toshiki Inoue is showing me there is a fine line between writing a subversive story and one that is a fresh and novel approach to the genre or subject matter. [Donbrothers 30]Fabula Ex MachinaPart brainstorm, part drafting out loud.The idea:What if there were guardian angels in the form of magical talking bugs sent out from Heaven to help kids?MORE