What makes a good story? Interview with EJ Carroll
Episode description
EJ Carroll is a children’s book author and a student of narrative and story. In this interview we read one of her beautiful stories called ‘Eggs’ and explore what makes a good movie narrative.
Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/egrG-Ny9bBo
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2:15 EJ Reads her children’s story: Eggs
12:11 The meaning behind the book
13:26 The moral of a story should not be the goal
17:10 How to craft a story
22:08 Should stories be more Disney-like or closer to reality?
26:00 Movie hits and misses
29:21 The Matrix
31:24 The Big Short – Learning facts through comedy
33:57 After Life and The Invention of Lying - subconscious morals without compromising creativity
36:48 Inception – do stories need a conclusion?
39:31 EJ’s other books
42:17 Don’t preach at people!
44:21 The 20% High Spirited Child
52:34 Songbird – Covid 23
53:08 Matt’s disdain for untethered reality
56:29 Don’t talk down to your audience
1:00:34 Awkward Yeti Comics
1:03:37 Chasing the heights of emotion
1:05:15 The nervousness that comes with being real
1:06:34 Matt’s gets real
1:08:32 Kids need risky play! The 6 forms of risky play
1:14:45 EJ gets real
1:20:31 Float Tanks and Shakti Mats