Kids Archives - S.A. Schneider

Choose Your Own Adventure 4 – Path Choices

by saschneider | Mar 25, 2025 | Parent and Teacher Resources, Video Game Storytelling, Writing

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Create a Choose Your Own Adventure Let’s talk in more detail about the differen types of paths that you can use in your book. Since these stories aren’t a straight linear progression, you need to include...

Embracing the Magic – Words to Know

by saschneider | Mar 6, 2025 | - Town Magician, Parent and Teacher Resources, Writing

Below is the Words to Know section from the first Town Magician book. These are words used in the story and gathered in one place to help teachers and parents see them easily. Feel free to use this list with your kids and look for them in Embracing the Magic....

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Teacher Resources

by saschneider | Oct 14, 2024 | Holiday Stories, Parent and Teacher Resources, Writing

It’s almost Halloween. Time for the ghosts, ghouls and goblins to pop out of the woodwork and invade our towns. Usually for the candy. Along with all the typical activities, it’s a great time to read some classic horror. Of course, kids have Goosebumps and...

What to do with old books – Part 2

by saschneider | Apr 28, 2024 | Kids, Misc, Parent and Teacher Resources

Like many authors I wrote a book and proceeded to order a ton of copies. Everyone will be buying it, so I need dozens, right? Then, also like many authors, I got a bit better and fixed that book to a 2nd edition. Now, I’m stuck with dozens of books that I...

Choose Your Own Adventure 3 – Paths

by saschneider | Mar 12, 2024 | Parent and Teacher Resources, Video Game Storytelling, Writing

Creating the Story Even though a CYOA story can have many paths and wind all over the place, starting with a complete story can help students wrap their head around how to do this without getting overwhelmed. As probably happened in the earlier exercise, it is very...

Story Crafter – Logline GPT

by saschneider | Jan 23, 2024 | Parent and Teacher Resources, Writing

Logline for your manuscript I wanted to share a writing resource with everyone. I created a GPT to help craft a logline. This is intended to be a simple and friendly chat to help you create your own logline for a story you are working on or planning. This is a great...

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