by saschneider | Mar 12, 2024 | Parent and Teacher Resources, Video Game Storytelling, Writing
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Create a Choose Your Own AdventureCreating 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...
by saschneider | Jan 23, 2024 | Writing, Parent and Teacher Resources
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...
by saschneider | Dec 26, 2023 | 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...
by saschneider | Sep 28, 2023 | Kids, Writing, Misc, Video Game Storytelling, Favorite Articles
Review The Gran Turismo movie is more than a racing movie and it’s more than a video game movie. There are many reasons to like this movie. The director Neill Blomkamp did a fantastic job. Yes, the movie is based on a video game, but the subject isn’t...
by saschneider | Sep 27, 2023 | Kids, Writing, Parent and Teacher Resources, Video Game Storytelling
Video Game Storytelling with Evan Skolnick Discovered Wordsmiths Podcast Besides writing, I also run a weekly podcast called Discovered Wordsmiths. Each week I interview new authors and talk about this books. One interview that is relevant to video games was my...
by saschneider | Aug 27, 2023 | Writing, Parent and Teacher Resources, Kids
Getting Started Creating These Stories Before we get started creating a Choose Your Own Adventure story, we need to get familiar with the genre first. Time for a trip to the library. Take your students and check out various different types of these books. As...