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...
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...
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...
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...
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 | Favorite Articles, Kids, Misc, Video Game Storytelling, Writing
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...
